The Lebanon women's national futsal team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة الصالات النسائي; French: Équipe du Liban féminine de futsal) represents Lebanon in international women's futsal competitions.[2] Nicknamed "the Lady Cedars", the team is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA).
| Nickname(s) | صبايا الأرز (The Lady Cedars) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Maroun El-Khoury | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | LBN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 48  11 (11 March 2020)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Lebanon 2–8 Iran  (Jordan, 28 July 2008) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Lebanon 19–0 Qatar  (Isa Town, Bahrain, 8 April 2012) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Lebanon 2–8 Iran (Jordan, 28 July 2008)  China 0–6 Lebanon (Bangkok, Thailand, 7 May 2018) | |||
| AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2018) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2018) | ||
| WAFF Women's Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2007) | ||
While Lebanon has yet to participate in the Women's Futsal World Tournament and the AMF Futsal Women's World Cup, they have participated once at the AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, in 2018, and twice in the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship, where they came fourth in 2012.
Competitive record edit
Women's Futsal World Tournament edit
| Women's Futsal World Tournament record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 2010
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 2011
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 2012
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| 2013
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 2014
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| 2015
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| Total | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
AMF Futsal Women's World Cup edit
| AMF Futsal Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 2008
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 2013
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| 2017
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| Total | 0/3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup edit
| AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 2015
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 2018
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Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | Qualified as invitees | |||||||
 2020
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To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games edit
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record | |||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2005
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Did not enter | ||||||
 2007
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 2009
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 2013
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 2017
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| 2021
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To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 0/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
WAFF Women's Futsal Championship edit
| WAFF Women's Futsal Championship record | |||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 2008
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Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
 2012
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Fourth place | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 |
| Total | 2/2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 18 |
Players edit
Current squad edit
The following players were called up for the 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship.[3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Reine Alameh | 12 April 1991 | SAS
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| 2 | GK | Nathaline Gilinguirian | 12 April 1986 | Zouk Mosbeh
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| 3 | FP | Yara Hosry | 13 February 1999 | AUST
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| 4 | FP | Joanne Beaumier | 10 April 1996 | Zouk Mosbeh
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| 5 | FP | Nathalie Matar | 20 September 1995 | Zouk Mosbeh
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| 6 | FP | Rayane Rachid | 28 July 1994 | Zouk Mosbeh
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| 7 | FP | Taghrid Hamadeh | 1 June 1988 | Zouk Mosbeh
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| 8 | FP | Léa Dahrouge | Saint Joseph University
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| 9 | FP | Sara Bakri | 1 November 1989 | SAS
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| 10 | FP | Nancy Tchaylian | 28 May 1991 | Zouk Mosbeh
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| 11 | FP | Aya Jamal Eddine | 11 October 1997 | AUST
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| 12 | FP | Jana Assi | 2 July 1999 | AUST
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| 13 | FP | Reem Chalhoub | SAS
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| 14 | FP | Marie Joe Wakim | Zouk Mosbeh
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Previous squads edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Form = current rating minus average rating of last 6 matches (or fewer for teams who have not yet played 6 matches). "Women's FIFA Futsal World Ranking"
- ^ "AFC Women's Futsal Championship Preview - Matchday Three: May 06 2018". www.publicnow.com. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Lebanon squad". Lebanese Futsal Committee. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.