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Lebanon national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lebanon women's national under-17 football team.

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.

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachDaniel Giménez
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
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
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup stage (2022)
WAFF U-16 Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2005)
Best resultRunners-up (2022)

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
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 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
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
Total – 0/18 – – – – – – – Total 35 6 1 28 38 106

Arab Cup U-17 edit

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 edit

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 –

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
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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ الأردن يظفر بلقب غرب آسيا للناشئين [Jordan wins the WAFF U-16 Championship]. Kooora (in Arabic). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Lebanon 0–4 Islamic Republic of Iran". Asian Football Confederation. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Lebanon 1–4 Saudi Arabia". Asian Football Confederation. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
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