Lebanon national under-23 football team

Lebanon under-23
Nickname(s) منتخب الشباب (The Youth Team)
Association Lebanon Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach Milić Ćurčić
Captain Ghazi Hanineh
Home stadium Various
FIFA code LIB
First colours
Second colours
Asian Games
Appearances 1 (first in 2002)
Best result Group stage, 2002

Lebanon national under-23 football team, also known as Lebanon U-23 or Lebanon Olympic Team, represents Lebanon in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games and the AFC U-22 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international football tournament.

The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for the Olympics which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The team is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association.

History

The side has never qualified for the Olympic Games nor the AFC U22 Asian Cup. They have only participated once in the Asian Games, in 2002, in which they were eliminated in the group stage.[1] They claimed third place as hosts of the UAFA Pan Arab Games tournaments in 1957 and in 1997,[2][3] as well as managing a fourth place finish at the 1965 edition held in Egypt.[4]

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games Record Qualifications record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1908–1988See Lebanon national team
Spain 1992Did Not Qualify 4 1 0 3 4 5
United States 1996 - - - - - -
Australia 2000 4 1 1 2 4 5
Greece 2004 6 0 2 4 9 18
China 2008 11 5 1 5 10 19
United Kingdom 2012 2 0 1 1 1 2
Brazil 2016 - - - - - -
Japan 2020 To be determined - - - - - -
France 2024 - - - - - -
United States 2028 - - - - - -
Total 0 / 7 - - - - - - 27 7 5 15 28 49

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U22 Asian Cup
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Oman 2013Did not qualify------
Qatar 2016Did not qualify------
China 2018 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total0/3------

Asian Games

Asian Games Record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
South Korea 2002Group stage3111123
Qatar 2006Withdrew----- -
China 2010Withdrew----- -
South Korea 2014Withdrew----- -
Indonesia 2018 Withdrew - - - - - -
Total1/53111123

WAFF U-23 Championship

Year Result GP W D L GS GA
Qatar 2015 Withdrew - - - - -
Total 0/1 - - - - - -

Results and fixtures

2017

Team

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.[5]

Number Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mostafa Matar (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 Lebanon Salam Zgharta
21 1GK Ali Daher (1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 Lebanon Al Ahed
23 1GK Ali Hajj Hassan (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 Lebanon Al Ansar
2 2DF Nader Marrouch (1996-04-07) 7 April 1996
3 2DF Khalil Khamis (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 Lebanon Al Ahed
4 2DF Khaled Ali (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 Lebanon Tripoli
6 2DF Hussein Zein (1995-01-27) 27 January 1995 Lebanon Al Ahed
8 2DF Ghazi Hanineh(captain) (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 Lebanon Al Ahed
12 2DF Khaled Al Jasem (1995-10-23) 23 October 1995 Lebanon Tripoli
13 2DF Shadi Abou Assaf (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995
17 2DF Ali Ayoub (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995
18 2DF Abdallah Moghrabi (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995 Lebanon Tripoli
19 2DF Yasser Ashour (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995
2DF Ali Issa (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 Lebanon Safa
5 3MF Haidar Khriess (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996
10 3MF Mohamad Salem (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995
11 3MF Habib Shweikh (1995-10-24) 24 October 1995
14 3MF Abbas Assi (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995
20 3MF Hassan Kourani (1995-01-22) 22 January 1995
7 4FW Ali Karaki (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 Lebanon Safa
9 4FW Hassan Hammoud (1995-10-25) 25 October 1995
15 4FW Hussein Monzer (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 Lebanon Al Ahed
16 4FW Mohamad Kdouh (1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 Lebanon Al Ahed

Previous squads

Asian Games

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asian Games 2002". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  2. ↑ "2nd Pan Arab Games, 1957 (Beirut, Lebanon)". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  3. ↑ "8th Pan Arab Games, 1997 (Lebanon)". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  4. ↑ "4th Pan Arab Games, 1965 (Cairo, Egypt)". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  5. ↑ "Lebanon U23 | Fixtures, Results and Stats | Lebanon | World Football". www.worldfootball.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
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