Lebanon national under-17 football team

The Lebanon national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم‎) is the national under-17 football team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-16 and national under-15 football teams of Lebanon.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lebanon women's national under-17 football team.
Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachHagop Demirjian
CaptainMahmoud Zbib
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Lebanon 2–4 Qatar 
(Tehran, Iran; June 25, 2000)
Biggest win
 Lebanon 7–2 Kyrgyzstan 
(Tehran, Iran; July 1, 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Lebanon 0–9 Qatar 
(Qatar; October 13, 2003)

While the team is yet to qualify for both the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-16 Championship, they participate in the WAFF U-15 Championship. The Lebanese U-17 national football team has been able to produce Lebanese senior nationals, such as former Bundesliga players Roda Antar and Youssef Mohamad, as well as former Saudi Professional League players Mohamad Haidar and Mohammed Ghaddar.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 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
1985 Did not enter Did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001 Did not qualify The 2000 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2003 Withdrew Withdrew
2005 Did not qualify The 2004 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2007 The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2009 The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2011 The 2010 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2013 Withdrew Withdrew
2015 Did not qualify The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2017 The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2019 The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2021 The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/19 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

AFC U-16 Championship
AFC U-16 Championship record Qualification record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1985 Did not enter Did not enter
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000 Did not qualify 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 9 13
2002 Withdrew Withdrew
2004 Did not qualify 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 0 10
2006 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 2 9
2008 4th of 6 5 2 0 3 9 15
2010 5th of 5 4 0 0 4 1 12
2012 Withdrew Withdrew
2014 Did not qualify 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 6 16
2016 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 2 11
2018 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 3 8
2020 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 4 9
Total – 0/18 – – – – – – – Total 31 5 0 26 36 103

WAFF U-15 Championship
WAFF U-15 Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2005 Fourth place 4th
2007 Unknown
2009
2013 Did not participate
2015
2018
2019 7th-9th place round 8th of 9 4 1 0 3 3 4 –
Total Best: fourth place 2/7 – – – – – – –

Recent results and fixtures

2019
1 July 2019 (2019-07-01) 2019 WAFF U-15 group stageSyria 1–0 LebanonZarqa, Jordan
16:00 Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium
5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) 2019 WAFF U-15 group stageLebanon 0–1 BahrainZarqa, Jordan
16:00 Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium
7 July 2019 (2019-07-07) 2019 WAFF U-15 7th-9th placeKuwait 2–1 LebanonZarqa, Jordan
22:00 Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium
11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) 2019 WAFF U-15 7th-9th placeLebanon 2–1 PalestineZarqa, Jordan
22:00 Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 2020 AFC U-16 qualificationKyrgyzstan 3–2 LebanonBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00
  • Almazbekov  62'
  • Abylkasymov  72', 85'
 Report
  • Khalaf  10'
  • Nassereddine  21'
 Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)
20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) 2020 AFC U-16 qualificationLebanon 1–2 IraqBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
15:30
  • Zbib  84'
 Report
  • Al-Ameer  64'
  • Jameel  78'
 Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
Attendance: 45
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 2020 AFC U-16 qualificationLebanon 1–4 United Arab EmiratesBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
15:30
Report
  • Adil  16' (pen.)
  • Al-Harthi  26', 60'
  • Abdulrahim  32'
 Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification.[1][2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Najib Ghorra (2004-09-17) 17 September 2004 Athletico SC
22 1GK Taha Al Ghazri ASA
23 1GK Shareef Azaki Ahed
2 2DF Issam Ayache Ahed
3 2DF Mauricio Chemaya (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 Athletico SC
4 2DF Karim Rahal Ahed
5 2DF Mohammad Al Turk Ansar
15 2DF Rawad Al Jeitani (2005-04-02) 2 April 2005 Salam Zgharta
21 2DF Christian Abdel Malak (2004-05-10) 10 May 2004 BFA
6 3MF John El Haddad Bsports Academy
10 3MF Mahmoud Zbib (captain) Ahed
14 3MF Hassan Kawam Ahed
18 3MF Chris Joe Issa (2004-04-03) 3 April 2004 BFA
7 4FW Khaled Alhajjar (2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 BFA
8 4FW Bachar Ibrahim El Husseini BFA
9 4FW Obeida Al Awad (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 Athletico SC
11 4FW Abdul Hamid El Mourad Salam Zgharta
12 4FW Rayan Nassereddine (2004-07-05) 5 July 2004 BFA
13 4FW Hussein Askar (2004-10-20) 20 October 2004 Pro Sports
16 4FW Elio Roustom Salam Zgharta
17 4FW Hadi Jezzini Shabab Sahel
19 4FW Ibrahim Khalaf Bsports Academy
20 4FW Omar Bahlawan Ansar

See also

References
  1. "AFCS". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. "Copa Official". Copa Official. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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