Lebanon national under-17 football team

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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 coachRoy Abi Elias
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)

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 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
China 1985 Did not enter Did not enter
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Did not qualify The 2000 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Finland 2003 Withdrew Withdrew
Peru 2005 Did not qualify The 2004 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
South Korea 2007 The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Nigeria 2009 The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Mexico 2011 The 2010 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
United Arab Emirates 2013 Withdrew Withdrew
Chile 2015 Did not qualify The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
India 2017 The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Brazil 2019 The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Peru 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
Qatar 1985 Did not enter Did not enter
Qatar 1986
Thailand 1988
United Arab Emirates 1990
Saudi Arabia 1992
Qatar 1994
Thailand 1996
Qatar 1998
Vietnam 2000 Did not qualify 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 9 13
United Arab Emirates 2002 Withdrew Withdrew
Japan 2004 Did not qualify 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 0 10
Singapore 2006 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 2 9
Uzbekistan 2008 4th of 6 5 2 0 3 9 15
Uzbekistan 2010 5th of 5 4 0 0 4 1 12
Iran 2012 Withdrew Withdrew
Thailand 2014 Did not qualify 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 6 16
India 2016 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 2 11
Malaysia 2018 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 3 8
Bahrain 2020 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 4 9
Bahrain 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total – 0/18 – – – – – – – Total 31 5 0 26 36 103

Arab Cup U-17[]

Arab Cup U-17 record
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 2011 Did not participate
Tunisia 2012
Qatar 2014
Morocco 2021 To be determined
Total Best: N/A 0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 –

WAFF U-15 Championship[]

WAFF U-15 Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Iran 3rd-4th place round 4th of 6 2 0 1 3 3 14 –
Syria 2007 Group stage 5th of 5 4 0 1 3 2 20 –
Jordan 2009 Did not participate
State of Palestine 2013
Jordan 2015
Jordan 2018
Jordan 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 U16  3–1  Lebanon U16 Doha, Qatar
  • Goal 15'
  • Goal 39'
  • Goal 81'
 Report
  • Goal 55'
 Stadium: Aspire Dome
15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) Friendly Qatar U16  2–1  Lebanon U16 Doha, Qatar
  • Goal (p)
  • Goal
 Report
  • Goal
 Stadium: Aspire Dome

2021[]

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Friendly Armenia U16  4–0  Lebanon U16 Yerevan, Armenia
11:00 UTC+4
  • Goal
  • GoalGoal
  • Goal
 Report Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium
22 June 2021 (2021-06-22) Friendly Armenia U15  2–3  Lebanon U16 Yerevan, Armenia
11:00 UTC+4
  • Goal 19'
  • Goal 45'
 Report
  • Goal 15'
  • Goal 30'
  • Goal 84'
 Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium
24 June 2021 (2021-06-24) Friendly Lebanon U16  2–4  Kyrgyzstan U16 Armenia
18:00 UTC+4
  • GoalGoal
15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) Friendly Lebanon U16  1–2  Syria U16 Bhamdoun, Lebanon
Attendance: Amin AbdelNour Stadium
18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) Friendly Lebanon U16  0–1  Syria U16 Bhamdoun, Lebanon
Attendance: Amin AbdelNour Stadium

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 Lebanon Ahed
22 1GK Lebanon Ahed
23 1GK Lebanon BFA
2 2DF Lebanon Tadamon Sour
3 2DF Lebanon Bourj
4 2DF Lebanon Shabab Ghazieh
5 2DF Lebanon
12 2DF Lebanon Nejmeh
13 2DF Lebanon BFA
15 2DF Lebanon Ahed
6 3MF Lebanon Ahed
8 3MF Lebanon Shabab Sahel
14 3MF Lebanon Salam Zgharta
16 3MF Lebanon Tadamon Sour
18 3MF Lebanon Nejmeh
19 3MF Lebanon Ahed
21 3MF Lebanon BFA
7 4FW Lebanon Tripoli
9 4FW Lebanon Tadamon Sour
10 4FW Lebanon BFA
11 4FW Lebanon Nejmeh
17 4FW Lebanon BFA
20 4FW Lebanon 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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