Talk:Palestine national football team

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I yes agreed whit you Isreal and Palestene have equal right "old" Palestine football associationWolfmann 17:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phrase Removal

I removed Dancarney's addition, because domestic games have nothing to do with the Palestine national team, besides I don't see how bombing one single stadium stops the domestic league. Besides, the bombing occured only this year, as the phrase noted, and the Palestine national team never hosted official games in the PA. ⌠Yellow up⌡ 22:38, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I thought that Palestine not having a domestic league was an interesting point, much as West Germany winning the World Cup in 1954 despite not having a domestic professional league is also interesting. I think you're right about mentioning the bombing of the national stadium though, that probably only needs to be mentioned in the Palestine Stadium page.Dancarney 13:01, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

It is an interesting point, but it should be on Palestinian FA or Palestinian League, not the domestic team. If the national team reaches the World Cup/Asia Cup, I think it could be worth mentioning (i.e. "The Palestine national team reached the 2008 Asia Cup despite not having a local league"). ⌠Yellow up⌡ 13:31, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I agreed whit you. Wolfmann 17:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Before Palestine re-recognized in 1998, Palestine act as West Bank national football team. So i think West Bank should merge into this page as part of history. Matt86hk talk 04:41, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

There is nothing on the West Bank team article to merge, so I would suggest that that page be deleted (or made a redirect to here) and a comment along the lines of "From 19... to 19 ..., the Palestinians were represented in international football under the name "West Bank"" in this article. However, other superceded national teams (USSR, East Germany, Saar, Yugoslavia, South Vietnam, South Yemen, Czechoslovakia) have retained their distinctive page. Kevin McE 00:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Geographical correctness

"The Palestine national football team is the national team of Palestine and is..." shouldn't that be changed to the national team of the Palestinian Authority or Palestinian Territories, being that Palestine is not technically a country. Romis 13:33, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

It is wrong to treat international teams as if they must belong to each different country because such a simplification doesn't hold true in all cases. The Palestine national football team is the team of the Palestinian Football Federation, which was admitted to FIFA as the representative of "Palestine". In practice, however, FIFA deals with the PFF over issues relating to the Palestinian territories and the diaspora, over which the PFF and its team are given some special consideration by FIFA. Chinese Taipei is not a country either, but FIFA is a sporting organisation, not a political one. It calls the teams "Palestine" and "Chinese Taipei" to avoid having to endorse a particular political POV like the nationhood of the Palestinian National Authority or the Republic of China. Tonyobrienuk 17:07, 29 September 2006 (UTC)