Lebanon national under-20 football team

The Lebanon national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم‎) is the national under-20 football team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-19 football team of Lebanon.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lebanon women's national under-20 football team.
Lebanon under-20
Nickname(s)منتخب الشباب (The Youth Team)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachRoy Abi Elias
CaptainPhilippe Ayoub
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
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
Appearances2 (first in 1973)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1973)

While the team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, they have 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 U-20 players include Nour Mansour, Rabih Ataya and Mohamad Haidar,[3] who have all gone on to play for the senior side.[4]

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 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
1977 Did not enter Did not enter
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989 Did not qualify The 1988 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1991 The 1990 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1993 The 1992 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1995 The 1994 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1997 The 1996 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1999 The 1998 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2001 The 2000 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2003 Withdrew Withdrew
2005 Did not qualify The 2004 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2007 The 2006 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2009 The 2008 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2011 Withdrew Withdrew
2013 Did not qualify The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2015 The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2017 The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2019 The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2021 The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/23 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

AFC U-19 Championship
AFC U-19 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
1959 Did not enter Did not enter
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973 Quarter-finals 5th of 14 4 1 3 0 3 1 – Qualified as invitees
1974 Did not enter Did not enter
1975
1976
1977
1978
1980
1982
1985
1986
1988 Did not qualify 3rd of 3 4 3 0 1 8 4
1990
1992
1994
1996 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 1 7
1998
2000 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 5 9
2002 Withdrew Withdrew
2004 Did not qualify 3rd of 3 2 0 1 1 1 2
2006 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 1 6
2008 Round 1 15th of 16 3 0 0 3 2 12 Squad 2nd of 6 5 4 0 1 10 4
2010 Withdrew Withdrew
2012 Did not qualify 3rd of 5 4 2 0 2 3 8
2014 3rd of 4 3 0 1 2 2 8
2016 3rd of 4 3 1 1 1 4 5
2018 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 0 4
2020 2nd of 4 3 1 1 1 3 2
Total Best: quarter-finals 2/41 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games record
Host nation,
city and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1951–1987
 See Lebanon national football team
Athens 1991 Did not participate
Languedoc-Roussillon 1993
Bari 1997
Tunis 2001
Almería 2005
Pescara 2009
Mersin 2013
Tarragona 2018
Oran 2021 To be determined
Total – 0/8 – – – – – – –

Jeux de la Francophonie
Jeux de la Francophonie record
Host nation,
city and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Casablanca 1989 Did not participate
Paris 1994
Antananarivo 1997
Ottawa 2001
Niamey 2005
Beirut 2009 Group stage 9th of 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 Squad
Nice 2013 Group stage 14 of 14 3 0 0 3 1 10 Squad
Abidjan 2017 Group stage 13 of 16 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad
Kinshasa 2021 To be determined
Total Best: group stage 3/8 8 0 1 7 4 20 –

Recent results and matches

2019
21 August 2019 (2019-08-21) FriendlyArmenia 2–0 LebanonYerevan, Armenia
  • Aghasaryan  (p)
  • Shaghoyan
Report
23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) FriendlyArmenia 5–0 LebanonYerevan, Armenia
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02) 2020 AFC U-19 qualificationSyria 1–1 LebanonDushanbe, Tajikistan
16:00
  • Ramadan  40'
 Report
  • Mekkaoui  72'
 Stadium: Republican Central Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) 2020 AFC U-19 qualificationLebanon 0–1 TajikistanDushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 Report
Stadium: Republican Central Stadium
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
6 October 2019 (2019-10-06) 2020 AFC U-19 qualificationLebanon 2–0 MaldivesDushanbe, Tajikistan
16:00
  • Hijazi  19'
  • Dakramanji  76'
 Report Stadium: Republican Central Stadium
Attendance: 60
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches against Syria, Tajikistan and the Maldives on 2, 4 and 6 October 2019, respectively.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Tarek Najia Bromley
22 1GK Talal El Dandachli Safa
23 1GK Hassan Taki Chabab Ghazieh
2 2DF Ali Kanaan Ansar
3 2DF Maxime Aoun Ansar
4 2DF Antonios Moukari Fajr Zgharta
6 2DF Adam Hijazi Tripoli
13 2DF Abdul Razzak Dakramanji Tripoli
18 2DF Jad Flayti Shabab Sahel
19 2DF Saad Fayad Akhaa Ahli Aley
8 3MF Karim Mekkaoui Racing Beirut
10 3MF Jean Yemezian Racing Beirut
15 3MF Mohamad Haidar Shabab Sahel
16 3MF Mohamed Atwi Sportfreunde Siegen
17 3MF Hassan Srour Ahed
21 3MF Mahdi Hammoud Victoria Highlanders
5 4FW Eyad Hammoud Ansar
7 4FW Elias Aslan IFK Stocksund
9 4FW Philippe Ayoub (Captain) Salam Zgharta
11 4FW Mohammad Al Masri Ahed
12 4FW Roberto Rosenberg Racing Beirut
14 4FW Hassan Hawila Tadamon Sour
20 4FW Ceasar Abi Shakra Ansar

Previous squads

AFC U-19 Championship

Coaching staff
As of 2 October 2019[6]
Position Name
Head Coach Roy Abi Elias
Assistant Coach Soultan Kassem
Team Manager Bachir Bechara
Physiotherapist Hussein Makki
Equipment Officer Hussein Shehadi
Technical Staff Mohamad Ibrahim

See also

References
  1. "Asian U-19 Championship 1973". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. "Asian U-20 Championship 2008". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 11 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. "Lebanon - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  5. Afiouni, Nadim (2019-10-02). "Meet our u-19s". Lebanese Football Review. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  6. "AFCS". the-afc.com. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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