Lebanon 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.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lebanon women's national under-17 football team.
Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)منتخب الناشئين‎ (The Junior Team)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم‎)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachMohamed Diab
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)

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 WAFF U-15 Championship. The team has produced several senior nationals, such as Jad Noureddine and Mohamad Kdouh.[1]

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 To be determined The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/19 – – – – – – – 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 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 6 16
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 To be determined To be determined
Total – 0/18 – – – – – – – Total 31 5 0 26 36 103

WAFF U-15 Championship
WAFF U-15 Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2005 3rd-4th place round 4th of 6 2 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 –
Total Best: fourth place 3/7 10 1 2 9 8 38 –

Recent results and fixtures

2020
12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) Friendly Qatar  3–1  Lebanon Doha, Qatar
  • Al Nuaimi  15'
  • Shannan  39'
  • Al Rawi  81'
 Report
  • Ghantous  55'
 Stadium: Aspire Dome
15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) Friendly Qatar  2–1  Lebanon Doha, Qatar
  • Al Qureshi  (p)
  • Mohsen
Report
  • Zbib
Stadium: Aspire Dome

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the friendly games against Qatar, on 12 and 15 November 2020.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Rami Majalli Ahed
22 1GK Sharif Azaki Ahed
23 1GK Antoine Al Hajj BFA
2 2DF Hassan Chemali Tadamon Sour
3 2DF Mohamad Safwan Bourj
4 2DF Zakaria Chalhoub Shabab Ghazieh
5 2DF Karim Khanafer FC Beirut
12 2DF Ali Rida Ismail Nejmeh
13 2DF Christian Abdel Malak BFA
15 2DF Abbas Kanso Ahed
6 3MF Mahmoud Zbib Ahed
8 3MF Ali Al Fadel Shabab Sahel
14 3MF Oscar Ghantous Salam Zgharta
16 3MF Ali Al Akbar Mannah Tadamon Sour
18 3MF Yasser Dimashk Nejmeh
19 3MF Hassan Kawam Ahed
21 3MF Michel Feghali BFA
7 4FW Mohammad Sadek Tripoli
9 4FW Abdallah Fakih Tadamon Sour
10 4FW Khaled Hajjar BFA
11 4FW Mohammad Ghamloush Nejmeh
17 4FW Chris Issa BFA
20 4FW Omar Bahlawan Ansar

See also

References
  1. "Lebanon v Saudi Arabia". The AFC. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. Baradhi, Maria (10 November 2020). "Lebanon's U-17's head to Qatar". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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