Lebanon national under-17 football team

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Lebanon national under-17 football team - Wikipedia

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Lebanon under-17

Nickname(s)

منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team)

Association

Lebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Sub-confederation

WAFF (West Asia)

Head coach

Daniel Giménez

Home stadium

Various

FIFA code

LBN

First colours

Second colours

First international

Lebanon 2–4 Qatar

(Tehran, Iran; 25 June 2000)

Biggest win

Lebanon 7–2 Kyrgyzstan

(Tehran, Iran; 1 July 2000)

Biggest defeat

Lebanon 0–9 Qatar

(Qatar; 13 October 2003)

Lebanon 0–9 Egypt

(Sig, Algeria; 27 August 2022)

Arab Cup U-17

Appearances

1 (first in 2022)

Best result

Group stage (2022)

WAFF U-16 Championship

Appearances

5 (first in 2005)

Best result

Runners-up (2022)

The Lebanon national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم) is the national under-17 football team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-16 and national under-15 football teams of Lebanon.

While the team is yet to qualify for both the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, they participate in the Arab Cup U-17 and WAFF U-16 Championship. Lebanon reached the final of the 2022 WAFF U-16 Championship, losing 1–0 to hosts Jordan.^[1] The team has produced several senior nationals, such as Hussein El Dor, Omar El Kurdi, Jad Noureddine and Mohamad Kdouh.^[2]^[3]

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record										Qualification record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	did not enter									did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	did not qualify									The 2000 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2003	Withdrew									Withdrew
2005	did not qualify									The 2004 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2007										The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2009										The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2011										The 2010 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2013	Withdrew									Withdrew
2015	did not qualify									The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2017										The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2019										The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2023										The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
2025	Withdrew									Withdrew
Total	–	0/20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	did not enter									did not enter
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000	did not qualify									4th of 5	4	1	0	3	9	13
2002	Withdrew									Withdrew
2004	did not qualify									3rd of 3	2	0	0	2	0	10
2006										3rd of 3	2	0	0	2	2	9
2008										4th of 6	5	2	0	3	9	15
2010										5th of 5	4	0	0	4	1	12
2012	Withdrew									Withdrew
2014	did not qualify									3rd of 5	4	2	0	2	6	12
2016										4th of 4	3	0	0	3	2	11
2018										4th of 5	4	1	0	3	3	8
2020										4th of 4	3	0	0	3	4	9
2023										5th of 5	4	0	1	3	2	7
2025	Withdrew									Withdrew
Total	–	0/18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	35	6	1	28	38	106

Arab Cup U-17

Arab Cup U-17 record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2011	did not participate
2012
2014
2021	Cancelled
2022	Group stage	15th of 16	3	0	1	2	0	15	—
Total	Best: group stage	1/4	3	0	1	2	0	15	–

WAFF U-16 Championship

WAFF U-16 Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2005	3rd–4th place round	4th of 6	4	0	1	3	3	14	—
2007	Group stage	5th of 5	4	0	1	3	2	20	—
2009	did not participate
2013
2015
2018
2019	7th–9th place round	8th of 9	4	1	0	3	3	4	—
2021	Group stage	7th of 9	2	0	0	2	1	5	—
2022	Runners-up	2nd of 8	5	3	0	2	5	2	—
Total	Best: runners-up	5/9	19	4	2	13	14	45	–

Players

The following 23 players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1GK	Jad Jawhar
21	1GK	Hassan Haidar
23	1GK	Christian Aoukar

2	2DF	Rawad Mchantaf
3	2DF	Omar Khalil
4	2DF	Chafik Yammine (captain)
5	2DF	Selim Moussallem
6	2DF	Issa Chaitou
13	2DF	Roudy Al Hajj
16	2DF	Ali Shoufi
18	2DF	Karim Chahine

8	3MF	Dany Zahreddine
10	3MF	Abdallah Dwek
12	3MF	Freddy Stephan
15	3MF	Giorgio El Chaer
20	3MF	Yehya Hamdan
22	3MF	Mohammad Atriss

7	4FW	Hussein Siblini
9	4FW	Mohamad Yassine
11	4FW	Abbas Hodroj
14	4FW	Badreddine Kawam
17	4FW	Georgio Elchammas
19	4FW	Samir Kassas

References

^ الأردن يظفر بلقب غرب آسيا للناشئين [Jordan wins the WAFF U-16 Championship]. Kooora (in Arabic). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Lebanon 0–4 Islamic Republic of Iran". Asian Football Confederation. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Lebanon 1–4 Saudi Arabia". Asian Football Confederation. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ وفد منتخب الناشئين غادر الى مسقط للمشاركة في تصفيات كأس آسيا تحت 17 عاماً [The delegation of the junior national team left for Muscat to participate in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers]. Lebanese Football Federation (in Arabic). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

Lebanon national football team

Lebanese Football Association

Venues

Records and statistics

Team	Statistics By opponent Per manager Records and statistics
Individual	Caps Goals Hat-tricks Captaincies

Players

Men's	Current 30+ caps Born outside Lebanon 2000 Asian Cup 2019 Asian Cup Total
Women's	Total Born outside Lebanon

Goals

Hassan Maatouk

Results

Men's	Official 1940–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Unofficial
Women's	Official

AFC Asian Cup

Other tournaments

Notable matches

Mandatory Palestine 5–1 Lebanon (1940)

Other LFA teams

Men's	Youth U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach
Women's	Senior Youth U-20 U-17 Futsal

Football in Lebanon

National teams

Men	Senior U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach soccer
Women	Senior U-20 U-17 Futsal

League competitions

Men	Premier League Second Division Third Division Fourth Division Fifth Division
Women	Football League

Cup competitions

Men	FA Cup Federation Cup Super Cup Elite Cup (defunct) Challenge Cup (defunct)
Women	FA Cup Super Cup

Miscellaneous

v t e National sports teams of Lebanon
A1 GP Badminton Ball hockey Basketball M M-U19 M-U17 W W-U18 W-U17 Beach soccer Football M M-U23 M-U20 M-U17 W W-U20 W-U17 Futsal M W Handball Ice hockey M W Rugby league Rugby union Tennis M W Volleyball
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games Mediterranean Games

v t e National under-17 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

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Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Arab Cup U-17

WAFF U-16 Championship

Recent results and fixtures

Players

See also

References