Markaz Balata

Markaz Shabab Balata (Arabic: مركز شباب بلاطة, lit. 'Balata Youth Center') is a professional football team based in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, Palestine, that plays in the West Bank Premier League. Founded in 1954, it won promotion to the WBPL in 2010.^[1]

Markaz Balata

Full name	Markaz Shabab Balata
Founded	1954; 71 years ago (1954)
Ground	Nablus Football Stadium, Nablus, West Bank
Capacity	15,000
League	West Bank Premier League
2022–23	5th of 12

Current squad

As of 22 February 2020^[2]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SRB Ivica Ceran 2 MF  PLE Abdelhamid Abuhabib 4 MF  PLE Mahmoud Abu Warda 7 MF  PLE Arafat Abu Serhan

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 FW  PLE Ihsan Sadeq 12 DF  PLE Abdelatif Bahdari — FW  ISR Musa Tarabin — FW  ISR Atef Abu Bilal

Honours

• Palestine Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2011

Asian record

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2021: Group stage

Continental results

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021	AFC Cup	Group B	Al-Ansar	0–2		4th
			Al-Muharraq	2–3
			Al-Salt	5–0