Lebanon women's national under-17 football team

The Lebanon women's national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة للسيدات‎), colloquially known as "the Lady Cedars" (Arabic: صبايا الأرز‎),[1][2] represents Lebanon in international women's youth football. The team is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association (LFA), the governing body for football in Lebanon. The team also serves as the women's national under-16 and women's national under-15 football team of Lebanon.

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)صبايا الأرز‎
(The Lady Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم‎)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachGeorges Esper
Top scorerNathalie Al Abed
Zahraa Assaf
Christy Maalouf (5)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Djibouti 2–2 Lebanon 
(Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Biggest win
 Lebanon 8–0 Bahrain 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Bangladesh 8–0 Lebanon 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018)
WAFF U-15 Girls Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2019)
Arab U-17 Women's Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2015)
Best resultChampions (2015)

While the team has never qualified to either the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, they have won both the Arab U-17 Women's Cup and the WAFF U-15 Girls Championship, in 2015 and 2019 respectively, becoming the first Lebanese national team to win a title.[3]

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's 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
2008 Did not enter Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2022 Did not qualify The 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/7 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
AFC U-17 Women's 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
2005 Did not enter Did not enter
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017 Withdrew Withdrew
2019 Did not qualify 3rd of 5 4 2 0 2 14 18
2022 To be decided To be decided
Total – 0/8 – – – – – – – Total 4 2 0 2 14 18

WAFF U-15 Girls Championship
WAFF U-15 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2018 Runners-up 2nd of 6 4 2 1 1 14 6
2019 Champions 1st of 4 3 3 0 0 13 0
Total Best: champions 2/2 7 5 1 1 27 6

Arab U-17 Women's Cup
Arab U-17 Women's Cup record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2015 Champions 1st of 6 4 3 1 0 11 2
Total Best: champions 1/1 4 3 1 0 11 2

Recent results and matches

2019
12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) 2019 WAFF U15 Championship Lebanon  6–0  Palestine Jordan
  • Christy Maalouf
  • Waad Raad
  • Lama Abdine
Report
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 2019 WAFF U15 Championship Lebanon  1–0  Jordan Jordan
  • Amina Karimi
Report
16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) 2019 WAFF U15 Championship Lebanon  7–0  Syria Jordan
  • Christy Maalouf
  • Lama Abdine
  • Jana Korjieh
Report

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2019 WAFF U-15 Girls Championship.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
Selena Malaeb
Perla Harakeh
Aya Kobaissy
Amina Karime
Julie Attallah
Serena Mansour
Tia Rita Daher
Darin Khalil
Sara Haidar Atwi
Om El Banin Mazeh
Zahwa Arabi
Christy Maalouf
Nour Abed El Sater
Celine Haidar
Joylyn Chahine
Waed Raed
Jana Korjieh
Lama Abdine
Lea Hachem
Doaa Kobaissy
Evelina Haddad
Cecile Iskandar
Tima Karanouh

Player records

Top scorers
# Player Period Goals
1 Nathalie Al Abed 2018 5
Zahraa Assaf 2018
Christy Maalouf 2018–present
4 Cynthia Salha 2018 4
5 Hala Ghalaini 2015 3
Farah El Tayar 2018
7 Mariam Chehab 2015 2
Sophie Fayad 2018
Aya Jurdi 2015

As of 16 December 2019. Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

See also

References
  1. Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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