Lebanon women's national under-17 football team
| Nickname(s) | صبايا الأرز (The Lady Cedars) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Georges Esper | ||
| Top scorer | Christy Maalouf (5) | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | LBN | ||
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| First international | |||
 2–2 Lebanon  (Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Lebanon 8–0  (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Bangladesh 8–0 Lebanon (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018) | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in ) | ||
| Best result | Champions () | ||
| Arab U-17 Women's Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2015) | ||
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Medal record | |||
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.
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 , in 2015 and 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
 2008
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 2010
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 2012
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 2014
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 2016
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 2018
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 2022
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
 2005
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 2007
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 2009
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 2011
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| 2013
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| 2015
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| 2017
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Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
| 2019
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Did not qualify | 3rd of 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | |||||||||
 2022
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To be decided | To be decided | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | |
WAFF U-15 Girls Championship[]
| record | ||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
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Champions | 1st of 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
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To be determined | |||||||
| Total | Best: champions | 2/2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 |
Arab U-17 Women's Cup[]
| Arab U-17 Women's Cup record | ||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 2015
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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[]
Players[]
Current squad[]
The following 23 players were called up for the .
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zahwa Arabi | ||||
| Christy Maalouf | ||||
| Evelina Haddad | ||||
Player records[]
Top scorers[]
| # | Player | Period | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | 5 | |
| 2018 | |||
| Christy Maalouf | 2018–present | ||
| 4 | Cynthia Salha | 2018 | 4 |
| 5 | 2015 | 3 | |
| Farah El Tayar | 2018 | ||
| 7 | 2015 | 2 | |
| 2018 | |||
| Aya Jurdi | 2015 |
As of 16 December 2019. Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
See also[]
- Lebanon women's national football team
- Lebanon women's national under-20 football team
- Lebanon national under-17 football team
- Women's football in Lebanon
- Football in Lebanon
References[]
- ^ Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
External links[]
- Lebanon women's national football team
- Youth football in Lebanon
- Women's national under-17 association football teams