The 1940 association football match between the national teams of Mandatory Palestine and Lebanon was the latter's first official international match, and the former's last before they became the Isra
The Maccabiah Stadium (pictured in 1935), where the match was held
A ticket to the match between Mandatory Palestine and Lebanon.
The line-ups of Mandatory Palestine (left) and Lebanon (right) before the match
Lebanese forward Camille Cordahi, who scored Lebanon's first official international goal
Camille Cordahi
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Camille Rouhana Cordahi was a Lebanese footballer who played as a forward. He is the Lebanon national team's first official goalscorer, scoring his side's lone goal in a friendly game against Mandator
1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match
…Palestine's forced substitution at half-time due to injury hampered their control of the game and in the fifth minute of the second half, Lebanese forward Camille Cordahi scored to become Lebanon's first official international goalscorer. Werner Kaspi scored his second goal of the game in the 60th minute, with the match…
Cordahi in 1964
Cordahi (top row, third from right) with DPHB in 1939