Lebanon women's national under-20 football team

Lebanon under-20
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
Captain	Rida Wahab
Top scorer	Lili Iskandar (10)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	LBN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	3–0 Lebanon ; (Amman, Jordan; 5 November 2014)
Biggest win
	0–6 Lebanon ; (Jounieh, Lebanon; 24 October 2018)
Biggest defeat
	South Korea 9–0 Lebanon ; (Hanoi, Vietnam; 26 April 2019)
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	Champions (2019)
show Medal record
Women's football
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

The Lebanon women's national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 20 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-19 and women's national under-18 football team of Lebanon.

While the team has never participated in either the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, they have won one WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, in 2019,^[3] and were runners-up in 2018.^[4]

Competitive record[]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

FIFA U-20 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
2002	Did not enter									Did not enter
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016	Did not qualify									The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2018	Did not enter									Did not enter
2022	To be determined									The 2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total	–	0/10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup[]

AFC U-20 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
2002	Did not enter									Did not enter
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Did not qualify									4th of 4	3	0	0	3	1	13
2017	Did not enter									Did not enter
2019	Did not qualify									2nd of 5, 4th of 4	6	2	0	4	12	20
2022	To be determined									To be determined
Total	–	0/10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	9	2	0	7	13	33

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship[]

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018	Runners-up	2nd of 3	2	1	0	1	4	2
2019	Champions	1st of 7	5	5	0	0	17	3
	To be determined
Total	Best: champions	2/2	7	6	0	1	21	5

Recent results and matches[]

2020[]

23 December 2020 (2020-12-23) Friendly		3–1	Lebanon	showCairo, Egypt
13:00 UTC+2	45+5', 84', 90+2'	Report	Iskandar 86'	Stadium: Police Academy Stadium

26 December 2020 (2020-12-26) Friendly		2–3	Lebanon	showNew Cairo, Egypt
14:00 UTC+2	8' 37'	Report	Maalouf 33', 45' Iskandar 65'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 24 players were called up for the two friendlies against , on 23 and 26 December 2020.^[5]
Caps, goals, and player numbers are correct as of 26 December 2020 after the match against Egypt.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Goals	Club
1GK	Sinal Breiche	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 18)	0	Akhaa Ahli Aley
1GK	Lamitta El Dib		0	EFP
1GK		(2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 18)	0	Super Girls
1GK	Racha Yaghi	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 19)	0	Safa

2DF		(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 17)	0	Akhaa
2DF			0	EFP
2DF		(2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 (age 16)	0	EFP
2DF	Nour Noujaim	(2004-02-06) 6 February 2004 (age 17)	0	EFP
2DF		(2004-02-25) 25 February 2004 (age 17)	0	Southern Stars
2DF	Rida Wahab (Captain)	(2004-02-14) 14 February 2004 (age 17)	0	SAS

3MF		(2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 18)	0	Safa
3MF	Evelina Haddad		0	EFP
3MF			0	SAS
3MF	Lili Iskandar	(2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 19)	10	SAS
3MF			0	SAS
3MF			0	Safa
3MF		(2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 (age 18)	0	Akhaa Ahli Aley

4FW		(2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 (age 17)	0	Akhaa Ahli Aley
4FW		(2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 (age 17)	0	SAS
4FW		(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 17)	1	SAS
4FW		(2005-02-04) 4 February 2005 (age 16)	0	Super Girls
4FW	Christy Maalouf	(2005-12-20) 20 December 2005 (age 15)	2	EFP
4FW	Cynthia Salha	(2003-01-12) 12 January 2003 (age 18)	1	Safa
4FW	Farah El Tayar	(2003-12-10) 10 December 2003 (age 17)	6	EFP

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	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

DF		1	Akhaa Ahli Aley	2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
DF	^INJ	0	EFP	2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
DF		0	Akhaa Ahli Aley	2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

MF	^INJ	0	EFP	2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

FW	^INJ	1	Safa	2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
^INJ Withdrew due to injury

Player records[]

Lili Iskandar is the team's all-time record goalscorer.

Top scorers[]

#	Player	Period	Goals
1	Lili Iskandar	2018–present	10
2	Farah El Tayar	2019–present	6
3	Yara Bou Rada	2018–2019	5
4	Samira Awad	2018–2019	4
5	Christy Maalouf	2020–present	2
5	Hanin Tamim	2018–2019	2
7		2019–present	1
		2019–present
	Joya Maria Azzi	2018–2019
		2014
	Melanie Ghanime	2018–2019
	Dima Kasty	2018–2019
		2019–present
	Cynthia Salha	2019–present

As of 26 December 2020. Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

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.
^ "THE WAFF- Lebanon crowned the "WAFF U18" title". www.the-waff.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "Jordan take West Asian crown on road to qualifiers". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ Baradhi, Maria (21 December 2020). "24 players called up for the two friendlies against Egypt". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

External links[]

Official website

[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] "THE WAFF- Lebanon crowned the "WAFF U18" title". www.the-waff.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[4] "Jordan take West Asian crown on road to qualifiers". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[5] Baradhi, Maria (21 December 2020). "24 players called up for the two friendlies against Egypt". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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