Lebanon national under-20 football team

Lebanon under-20

Nickname(s)	منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team)
Association	Lebanon Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Jalal Radwan
Captain	Antoine Al Douaihy
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	LIB
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, UAE; 2 November 2011)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1973)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 1973

Lebanon national under-20 football team (also known as Lebanon Under-20 or Lebanon U-20) represents Lebanon in international football competitions in the AFC U-19 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as in any other under-20 international football tournament. It is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association.

History

The team has never qualified for the FIFA U20 World Cup. They have only participated twice in the AFC U-19 Championship, in 1973 and in 2008, with their best result being reaching the quarter-finals in the 1973 edition.^[1][2]

Notable former U20 players include Roda Antar, Youssef Mohamad, Hassan Maatouk, Nour Mansour, Rabih Ataya and Mohamad Haidar.^[3]

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979		-	-	-	-	-	-
1981		-	-	-	-	-	-
1983		-	-	-	-	-	-
1985		-	-	-	-	-	-
1987		-	-	-	-	-	-
1989		-	-	-	-	-	-
1991		-	-	-	-	-	-
1993		-	-	-	-	-	-
1995		-	-	-	-	-	-
1997		-	-	-	-	-	-
1999		-	-	-	-	-	-
2001		-	-	-	-	-	-
2003		-	-	-	-	-	-
2005		-	-	-	-	-	-
2007		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009		-	-	-	-	-	-
2011		-	-	-	-	-	-
2013		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015		-	-	-	-	-	-
2017		-	-	-	-	-	-
2019		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/20	-	-	-	-	-	-

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship record Qualifications Year Round PLD W D* L GS GA PLD W D L GS GA 1959 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1960 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1961 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1962 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1963 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1964 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1965 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1966 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1967 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1968 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1969 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1970 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1971 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1972 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1973 Quarterfinals 4 1 3 0 3 1 - - - - - - 1974 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1975 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1976 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1977 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1978 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1980 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1982 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1985 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1986 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1988 Did not qualify - - - - - - 4 0 0 4 4 11 1990 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - - 1992 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - - 1994 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - - 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 7 1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - - 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - - 4 1 0 3 5 9 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - 3 1 0 2 6 8 2004 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - - 2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - - 2008 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 12 5 4 0 1 10 4 2010 Withdrew - - - - - - - - - - - - 2012 Did not qualify - - - - - - 4 2 0 2 3 8 2014 Did not qualify - - - - - - 3 0 1 2 2 8 2016 Did not qualify - - - - - - 3 1 1 1 4 5 2018 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 4 Total 2/39 7 1 3 3 5 16 31 9 2 20 35 64

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Results and fixtures

2017

Lebanon  v  Iraq

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	Lebanon	0–2	Iraq	Doha, Qatar
19:00		Report	Bayesh  25' Raad  88'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Qatar  v  Lebanon

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	Qatar	2–0	Lebanon	Doha, Qatar
19:00	Ali  45+1', 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Team

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.^[4]

Number	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Antoine Al Douaihy(captain)	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999
13	1GK	Mohammad Zahr	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000	Al Ahed
22	1GK	Mohamad Bechara	(1999-05-14) 14 May 1999	Nejmeh
2	2DF	Issa Nehme	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000
3	2DF	Hussein Fahes	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999	Shabab Al-Sahel
5	2DF	Joseph Khalife	(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999
15	2DF	Hussein Ghamlouche	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999
18	2DF	Andrew Sawaya	(2000-04-30) 30 April 2000	Nejmeh
21	2DF	Moustafa Al Mallah	(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999
23	2DF	Mahdi Kenaan	(1999-11-24) 24 November 1999	Al Ahed
6	3MF	Kassem Hayek	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000	Lyon
8	3MF	Ali Sabra	(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999	Al Ahed
9	3MF	Mahmoud Kaawar	(1999-03-25) 25 March 1999	Nejmeh
10	3MF	Youssef Al Haj	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999	Nejmeh
11	3MF	Ali Kharoubi	(1999-02-12) 12 February 1999	Al Ahed
14	3MF	Mahdi Zein	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000	Nejmeh
16	3MF	Imadeddine Karime	(1999-10-30) 30 October 1999
7	4FW	Daniel Abou Fakher	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000	Al Ansar
17	4FW	Mohamad Fahes	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999	Al Ahed
19	4FW	Hady Ghandour	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000	Tooting & Mitcham
20	4FW	Khalil Bader	(1999-07-27) 27 July 1999	Nejmeh

See also

• Lebanon national football team
• Lebanon national under-23 football team
• Lebanon national under-17 football team
• Football in Lebanon

References

External links

• Lebanon U19 at World Football