Lebanon national under-20 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-20 football team.
Lebanon under-20
Nickname(s)منتخب الشباب (The Youth Team)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachBilal Fleifel
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
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
Appearances2 (first in 1973)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1973)
Arab Cup U-20
Appearances1 (first in 2021)
Best resultGroup stage (2021)
WAFF U-18 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2021)
Best resultRunners-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
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not enter Did not enter
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989 Did not qualify The 1988 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Portugal 1991 The 1990 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Australia 1993 The 1992 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Qatar 1995 The 1994 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Malaysia 1997 The 1996 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Nigeria 1999 The 1998 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Argentina 2001 The 2000 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
United Arab Emirates 2003 Withdrew Withdrew
Netherlands 2005 Did not qualify The 2004 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Canada 2007 The 2006 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Egypt 2009 The 2008 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Colombia 2011 Withdrew Withdrew
Turkey 2013 Did not qualify The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
New Zealand 2015 The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
South Korea 2017 The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Poland 2019 The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Indonesia 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
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Malaysia 1959 Did not enter Did not enter
Malaysia 1960
Thailand 1961
Thailand 1962
Malaysia 1963
South Vietnam 1964
Japan 1965
Philippines 1966
Thailand 1967
South Korea 1968
Thailand 1969
Philippines 1970
Japan 1971
Thailand 1972
Iran 1973 Quarter-finals 5th of 14 4 1 3 0 3 1 – Qualified as invitees
Thailand 1974 Did not enter Did not enter
Kuwait 1975
Thailand 1976
Iran 1977
Bangladesh 1978
Thailand 1980
Thailand 1982
United Arab Emirates 1985
Saudi Arabia 1986
Qatar 1988 Did not qualify 3rd of 3 4 3 0 1 8 4
Indonesia 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
United Arab Emirates 1992 Did not qualify
Indonesia 1994
South Korea 1996 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 1 7
Thailand 1998
Iran 2000 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 5 9
Qatar 2002 Withdrew Withdrew
Malaysia 2004 Did not qualify 3rd of 3 2 0 1 1 1 2
India 2006 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 1 6
Saudi Arabia 2008 Round 1 15th of 16 3 0 0 3 2 12 Squad 2nd of 6 5 4 0 1 10 4
China 2010 Withdrew Withdrew
United Arab Emirates 2012 Did not qualify 3rd of 5 4 2 0 2 3 8
Myanmar 2014 3rd of 4 3 0 1 2 2 8
Bahrain 2016 3rd of 4 3 1 1 1 4 5
Indonesia 2018 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 0 4
Uzbekistan 2020 2nd of 4 3 1 1 1 3 2
Uzbekistan 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total Best: quarter-finals 2/41 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

Arab Cup U-20[]

Arab Cup U-20 record
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Morocco 2011 Did not participate
Jordan 2012
Qatar 2014 Cancelled
Saudi Arabia 2020 Did not participate
Egypt 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
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
State of Palestine 2019 Did not participate
Iraq 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
Host nation,
city and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1951–1987
 See Lebanon national football team
Greece Athens 1991 Did not participate
France Languedoc-Roussillon 1993
Italy Bari 1997
Tunisia Tunis 2001
Spain Almería 2005
Italy Pescara 2009
Turkey Mersin 2013
Spain Tarragona 2018
Algeria To be determined
Total – 0/8 – – – – – – –

Jeux de la Francophonie[]

Jeux de la Francophonie record
Host nation,
city and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Morocco Casablanca 1989 Did not participate
France Paris 1994
Madagascar Antananarivo 1997
Canada Ottawa 2001
Niger Niamey 2005
Lebanon Beirut 2009 Group stage 9th of 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 Squad
France Nice 2013 Group stage 14 of 14 3 0 0 3 1 10 Squad
Ivory Coast Abidjan 2017 Group stage 13 of 16 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad
Democratic Republic of the Congo To be determined
Total Best: group stage 3/8 8 0 1 7 4 20 –

Recent results and matches[]

2021[]

21 June 2021 (2021-06-21) 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS Senegal  5–1  Lebanon Cairo, Egypt
16:00
  • 9'
  • 22'
  • 56'
  • 60' (pen.)
  • 79'
 Report
  • 3'
 Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Mofeed Nasser (Jordan)
24 June 2021 (2021-06-24) 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS Lebanon  0–2  Iraq Cairo, Egypt
19:00 Report
  • 16'
  • 83'
 Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia)
27 June 2021 (2021-06-27) 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS   3–1  Lebanon Cairo, Egypt
16:00
  • 25'
  • 33'
  • 69'
 Report 19' Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya)
9 November 2021 (2021-11-09) Friendly Lebanon  0–1  Syria Bhamdoun, Lebanon
 Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium
23 November 2021 (2021-11-23) 2021 WAFF U-18 GS Syria  0–1  Lebanon Erbil, Iraq
17:00 (GMT+3) Report
  • 56'
 Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Mohamad Juma (Bahrain)
25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 2021 WAFF U-18 GS Lebanon  1–1  United Arab Emirates Erbil, Iraq
17:00 (GMT+3)
  • 20'
 Report
  • 60'
 Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Wathiq Abdullah (Iraq)
27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) 2021 WAFF U-18 GS Jordan  0–1  Lebanon Erbil, Iraq
20:00 (GMT+3) Report
  • 53'
 Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Baraa Abu Aishah (Palestine)
1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) 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
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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
1 1GK (2003-10-15) 15 October 2003 (age 18)
21 1GK
23 1GK (2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 18)
2 2DF
3 2DF (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 18)
4 2DF
5 2DF (2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 17)
15 2DF
16 2DF (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 18)
18 2DF
19 2DF
6 3MF
8 3MF
12 3MF
14 3MF
17 3MF (2003-06-23) 23 June 2003 (age 18)
7 4FW
9 4FW
10 3MF
11 4FW
13 4FW
20 4FW (2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 (age 17)
22 4FW

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
GK - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20
DF (2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 18) - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20
DF - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20
MF (2004-02-29) 29 February 2004 (age 17) - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20
MF (2003-10-18) 18 October 2003 (age 18) - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20
MF (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 18) - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20
FW (2004-07-05) 5 July 2004 (age 17) - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20
FW - - 2021 Arab Cup U-20

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Asian U-19 Championship 1973". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Asian U-20 Championship 2008". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ "بالصور.. ركلات الترجيح تحفظ لقب غرب آسيا لشباب العراق". كووورة. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ "DPR Korea v Lebanon" (PDF). The AFC. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Lebanon - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. ^ @waffootball (23 November 2021). "تشكيلة منتخبي سوريا ولبنان" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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