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 | |||
(Tehran, Iran; 25 June 2000) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Tehran, Iran; 1 July 2000) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Qatar; 13 October 2003) (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
[edit]FIFA U-17 World Cup
[edit]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 | |
did not enter | did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
did not qualify | The 2000 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
did not qualify | The 2004 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||||
The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||||
The 2010 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||||
Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
did not qualify | The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||||
The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||||
The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||||
to be determined | The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
[edit]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 | |
did not enter | did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
did not qualify | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||||
Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
did not qualify | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
4th of 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||||
5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||
Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
did not qualify | 3rd of 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||
4th of 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||
4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||
4th of 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||
5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
Total | – | 0/18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 35 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 106 |
Arab Cup U-17
[edit]Arab Cup U-17 record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
did not participate | |||||||||
Cancelled | |||||||||
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
[edit]WAFF U-16 Championship record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
3rd–4th place round | 4th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | — | |
Group stage | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | — | |
did not participate | |||||||||
7th–9th place round | 8th of 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | |
Group stage | 7th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | |
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
[edit]Players
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.