Lebanon national under-17 football team
Nickname(s) | منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team) | ||
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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 | ||
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First international | |||
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 2–4 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg (Tehran, Iran; 25 June 2000) | |||
Biggest win | |||
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 7–2 Kyrgyzstan File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg (Tehran, Iran; 1 July 2000) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 0–9 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg (Qatar; 13 October 2003) File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 0–9 Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg (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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
China 1985 | did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||
Canada 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
Scotland 1989 | |||||||||||||||||
Italy 1991 | |||||||||||||||||
Japan 1993 | |||||||||||||||||
Ecuador 1995 | |||||||||||||||||
Egypt 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
New Zealand 1999 | |||||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 | did not qualify | The 2000 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
Finland 2003 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Peru 2005 | did not qualify | The 2004 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
South Korea 2007 | The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria 2009 | The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico 2011 | The 2010 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates 2013 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Chile 2015 | did not qualify | The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
India 2017 | The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil 2019 | The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesia 2023 | The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
Qatar 2025 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
AFC U-17 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Qatar 1985 | did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||
Qatar 1986 | |||||||||||||||||
Thailand 1988 | |||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates 1990 | |||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
Qatar 1994 | |||||||||||||||||
Thailand 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
Qatar 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
Vietnam 2000 | did not qualify | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
United Arab Emirates 2002 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Japan 2004 | did not qualify | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
Singapore 2006 | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
Uzbekistan 2008 | 4th of 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | ||||||||||
Uzbekistan 2010 | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
Iran 2012 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Thailand 2014 | did not qualify | 3rd of 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
India 2016 | 4th of 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
Malaysia 2018 | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
Bahrain 2020 | 4th of 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
Thailand 2023 | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
Saudi Arabia 2025 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 35 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 106 |
Arab Cup U-17
Arab Cup U-17 record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
Saudi Arabia 2011 | did not participate | ||||||||
Tunisia 2012 | |||||||||
Qatar 2014 | |||||||||
Morocco 2021 | Cancelled | ||||||||
Algeria 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 | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
Iran 2005 | 3rd–4th place round | 4th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | — |
Syria 2007 | Group stage | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | — |
Jordan 2009 | did not participate | ||||||||
State of Palestine 2013 | |||||||||
Jordan 2015 | |||||||||
Jordan 2018 | |||||||||
Jordan 2019 | 7th–9th place round | 8th of 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — |
Saudi Arabia 2021 | Group stage | 7th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — |
Jordan 2022 | Runners-up | 2nd of 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — |
Total | Best: runners-up | 5/9 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 45 | – |
Recent results and fixtures
Players
The following 23 players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.[4]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Jad Jawhar | ||||
21 | GK | Hassan Haidar | ||||
23 | GK | Christian Aoukar | ||||
2 | DF | Rawad Mchantaf | ||||
3 | DF | Omar Khalil | ||||
4 | DF | Chafik Yammine (captain) | ||||
5 | DF | Selim Moussallem | ||||
6 | DF | Issa Chaitou | ||||
13 | DF | Roudy Al Hajj | ||||
16 | DF | Ali Shoufi | ||||
18 | DF | Karim Chahine | ||||
8 | MF | Dany Zahreddine | ||||
10 | MF | Abdallah Dwek | ||||
12 | MF | Freddy Stephan | ||||
15 | MF | Giorgio El Chaer | ||||
20 | MF | Yehya Hamdan | ||||
22 | MF | Mohammad Atriss | ||||
7 | FW | Hussein Siblini | ||||
9 | FW | Mohamad Yassine | ||||
11 | FW | Abbas Hodroj | ||||
14 | FW | Badreddine Kawam | ||||
17 | FW | Georgio Elchammas | ||||
19 | FW | Samir Kassas |
See also
- Lebanon men's national football team
- Lebanon men's national under-23 football team
- Lebanon men's national under-20 football team
- Lebanon women's national football team
- Lebanon women's national under-20 football team
- Lebanon women's national under-17 football team
- Football in Lebanon
References
- ↑ الأردن يظفر بلقب غرب آسيا للناشئين [Jordan wins the WAFF U-16 Championship]. Kooora (in العربية). 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 العربية). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.