Lebanon national under-20 football team
Nickname(s) | منتخب الشباب (The Youth Team) | ||
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Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Head coach | Bilal Fleifel | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | LBN | ||
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First international | |||
Lebanon 0–0 India (Tehran, Iran; 16 April 1973) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Lebanon 4–1 Kyrgyzstan (Doha, Qatar; 6 October 2015) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Syria 6–0 Lebanon (Fujairah, United Arab Emirates; 2 November 2011) | |||
AFC U-20 Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1973) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (1973) | ||
Arab Cup U-20 | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2021) | ||
WAFF U-18 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2021) |
The Lebanon national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم) is the national under-20 football team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-19 and national under-18 football teams of Lebanon.
While the team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, they have participated twice in the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, in 1973 and in 2008, with their best result being reaching the quarter-finals in the 1973 edition.[1][2] In the 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship, the U18 team made history by becoming the first Lebanon men's national team to reach a final, losing to hosts Iraq on penalty-shootouts.[3]
Notable former under-20 players include Nour Mansour, Rabih Ataya, and Mohamad Haidar,[4] who have all gone on to play for the senior side.[5]
Competitive record[]
FIFA U-20 World Cup[]
FIFA U-20 World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1977 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
1979 | |||||||||||||||||
1981 | |||||||||||||||||
1983 | |||||||||||||||||
1985 | |||||||||||||||||
1987 | |||||||||||||||||
1989 | Did not qualify | The 1988 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
1991 | The 1990 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
1993 | The 1992 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
1995 | The 1994 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
1997 | The 1996 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
1999 | The 1998 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2001 | The 2000 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2003 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
2005 | Did not qualify | The 2004 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
2007 | The 2006 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | The 2008 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
2013 | Did not qualify | The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
2015 | The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | To be decided | The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC U-20 Asian Cup[]
AFC U-20 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1959 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
1960 | |||||||||||||||||
1961 | |||||||||||||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||||||
1963 | |||||||||||||||||
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1972 | |||||||||||||||||
1973 | Quarter-finals | 5th of 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | Qualified as invitees | |||||||
1974 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
1975 | |||||||||||||||||
1976 | |||||||||||||||||
1977 | |||||||||||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||||||||
1980 | |||||||||||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||||||
1985 | |||||||||||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||||||||
1988 | Did not qualify | 3rd of 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
1990 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
1992 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | |||||||||||||||||
1996 | 4th of 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||||||||
2000 | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
2002 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
2004 | Did not qualify | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
2006 | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
2008 | Round 1 | 15th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | Squad | 2nd of 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |
2010 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
2012 | Did not qualify | 3rd of 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
2014 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
2016 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
2018 | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
2020 | 2nd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
2023 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | Best: quarter-finals | 2/41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Arab Cup U-20[]
Arab Cup U-20 record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
2011 | Did not participate | ||||||||
2012 | |||||||||
2014 | Cancelled | ||||||||
2020 | Did not participate | ||||||||
2021 | Group stage | 15th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | – |
Total | Best: N/A | 1/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | – |
WAFF U-18 Championship[]
WAFF U-18 Championship record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
2019 | Did not participate | ||||||||
2021 | Runners-up | 2nd of 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
Total | Best: N/A | 1/2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
Mediterranean Games[]
Mediterranean Games record | |||||||||
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Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951–1987
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See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
Athens 1991 | Did not participate | ||||||||
Languedoc-Roussillon 1993 | |||||||||
Bari 1997 | |||||||||
Tunis 2001 | |||||||||
Almería 2005 | |||||||||
Pescara 2009 | |||||||||
Mersin 2013 | |||||||||
Tarragona 2018 | |||||||||
To be determined | |||||||||
Total | – | 0/8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Jeux de la Francophonie[]
Jeux de la Francophonie record | |||||||||
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Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
Casablanca 1989 | Did not participate | ||||||||
Paris 1994 | |||||||||
Antananarivo 1997 | |||||||||
Ottawa 2001 | |||||||||
Niamey 2005 | |||||||||
Beirut 2009 | Group stage | 9th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad |
Nice 2013 | Group stage | 14 of 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | Squad |
Abidjan 2017 | Group stage | 13 of 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
To be determined | |||||||||
Total | Best: group stage | 3/8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | – |
Recent results and matches[]
2021[]
21 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Senegal | 5–1 | Lebanon | Cairo, Egypt |
16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Mofeed Nasser (Jordan) |
24 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Lebanon | 0–2 | Iraq | Cairo, Egypt |
19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia) |
27 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | 3–1 | Lebanon | Cairo, Egypt | |
16:00 |
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Report | 19' | Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya) |
9 November 2021 Friendly | Lebanon | 0–1 | Syria | Bhamdoun, Lebanon |
Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium |
23 November 2021 2021 WAFF U-18 GS | Syria | 0–1 | Lebanon | Erbil, Iraq |
17:00 (GMT+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Mohamad Juma (Bahrain) |
25 November 2021 2021 WAFF U-18 GS | Lebanon | 1–1 | United Arab Emirates | Erbil, Iraq |
17:00 (GMT+3) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Wathiq Abdullah (Iraq) |
27 November 2021 2021 WAFF U-18 GS | Jordan | 0–1 | Lebanon | Erbil, Iraq |
20:00 (GMT+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Baraa Abu Aishah (Palestine) |
1 December 2021 2021 WAFF U-18 Final | Iraq | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Lebanon | Baghdad, Iraq |
19:00 (GMT+3) | Report | Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium Referee: Mohamad Arafah (Jordan) | ||
Penalties | ||||
Players[]
Current squad[]
The following 23 players were called up for the 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship.[6]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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1 | GK | 15 October 2003 | ||||
21 | GK | |||||
23 | GK | 13 January 2004 | ||||
2 | DF | |||||
3 | DF | 3 October 2003 | ||||
4 | DF | |||||
5 | DF | 7 February 2004 | ||||
15 | DF | |||||
16 | DF | 10 March 2003 | ||||
18 | DF | |||||
19 | DF | |||||
6 | MF | |||||
8 | MF | |||||
12 | MF | |||||
14 | MF | |||||
17 | MF | 23 June 2003 | ||||
7 | FW | |||||
9 | FW | |||||
10 | MF | |||||
11 | FW | |||||
13 | FW | |||||
20 | FW | 20 December 2004 | ||||
22 | FW |
Recent call-ups[]
The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 12 months, but are not part of the current squad.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 | |||
DF | 6 June 2003 | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 | ||
DF | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 | |||
MF | 29 February 2004 | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 | ||
MF | 18 October 2003 | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 | ||
MF | 21 November 2003 | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 | ||
FW | 5 July 2004 | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 | ||
FW | - | - | 2021 Arab Cup U-20 |
See also[]
- Lebanon national football team
- Lebanon national under-23 football team
- Lebanon national under-17 football team
- Lebanon women's national under-20 football team
- Football in Lebanon
References[]
- ^ "Asian U-19 Championship 1973". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Asian U-20 Championship 2008". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "بالصور.. ركلات الترجيح تحفظ لقب غرب آسيا لشباب العراق". كووورة. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "DPR Korea v Lebanon" (PDF). The AFC. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Lebanon - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ @waffootball (23 November 2021). "تشكيلة منتخبي سوريا ولبنان" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Lebanon national football team
- Asian national under-20 association football teams
- Youth football in Lebanon