Lebanon national under-23 football team

The Lebanon national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم‎), also known as the Lebanon Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان الأولمبي لكرة القدم‎), represents Lebanon in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games and the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international football tournament.

Lebanon under-23
Nickname(s)المنتخب الاولمبي (The Olympic Team)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachMilić Ćurčić
CaptainMohamad Kdouh
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Syria 0–1 Lebanon 
(Hyderabad, India; 5 August 1991)
Biggest win
 Lebanon 11–0 Afghanistan 
(Ulsan, South Korea; 5 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Lebanon 0–5 Iraq 
(Beirut, Lebanon; 8 September 2007)
 United Arab Emirates 6–1 Lebanon 
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 22 March 2019)
Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
Best resultGroup stage (2002)

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. The side has never qualified for the Olympic Games nor the AFC U-23 Championship. They have only participated once in the Asian Games, in 2002, in which they were eliminated in the group stage.[1]

Competitive record

Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games record Qualification record
Host nation,
city and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1908–1988 See Lebanon national team See Lebanon national team
Barcelona 1992 Did not qualify 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 4 5
Atlanta 1996 Did not participate Did not participate
Sydney 2000 Did not qualify 2nd of 3 4 1 1 2 4 5
Athens 2004 First round win, Second round win, 4th of 4 10 1 4 5 15 21
Beijing 2008 2nd of 4, 4th of 4 11 5 1 5 10 19
London 2012 Second round defeat 2 0 1 1 1 2
Rio 2016 The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Tokyo 2020 The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Paris 2024 To be determined The 2024 AFC U-23 Championship will serve as the qualifying tournament
Los Angeles 2028 The 2028 AFC U-23 Championship will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/8 – – – – – – – Total 31 8 7 16 34 52

AFC U-23 Championship
AFC U-23 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
2013 Did not qualify 5th of 6 5 1 0 4 12 18
2016 4th of 5 4 1 1 2 3 9
2018 3rd of 4 3 1 0 2 3 4
2020 3rd of 4 3 1 0 2 7 8
Total – 0/4 – – – – – – – Total 15 4 1 10 25 39

WAFF U-23 Championship
WAFF U-23 Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2015 Withdrew
Total – 0/1 – – – – – – –

Asian Games
Asian Games record
Host nation,
city and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1951–1998
 See Lebanon national football team
Busan 2002 Group stage 12th of 24 3 1 1 1 12 3 Squad
Doha 2006 Withdrew
Guangzhou 2010
Incheon 2014
Indonesia 2018
Hangzhou 2022 To be determined
Total Best: group stage 1/5 3 1 1 1 12 3 –

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Hadi Mortada (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 Tadamon Sour
21 1GK Mohamad Taha (1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 Safa
23 1GK Shaker Wehbi (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 Akhaa Ahli
2 2DF Hekmat Zein Shabab Sahel
3 2DF Mostapha Kassab (1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 Ahed
4 2DF Andrew Azzi (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 Sagesse
17 2DF Marc Mhanna Racing Beirut
18 2DF Andrew Sawaya (2000-04-30) 30 April 2000 Nejmeh
20 2DF Hussein Sharafeddine (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 Nejmeh
22 2DF Ali Fahes Racing Beirut
6 3MF Yehya Al Hindi (1998-09-24) 24 September 1998 Nejmeh
7 3MF Hussein Monzer (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 Ahed
8 3MF Yousef Barakat Salam Zgharta
10 3MF Ali Al Hajj (2001-02-02) 2 February 2001 Nejmeh
14 3MF Khalil Bader (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 Chabab Ghazieh
19 3MF Youssef Al Hajj (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 Racing Beirut
5 4FW Alex Boutros (1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 Salam Zgharta
9 4FW Hassan Mhanna (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 Safa
11 4FW Mohamad Kdouh (captain) (1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 Ahed
12 4FW Kassem Al Shoum Shabab Arabi
13 4FW Fouad Eid Tripoli
15 4FW Karim Darwiche (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 Akhaa Ahli
16 4FW Moussa Tawil (1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 Ansar

Previous squads

Asian Games

Coaching staff
As of 22 March 2019[3]
Position Name
Head Coach Milić Ćurčić
Supervisor Miodrag Radulović
Goalkeeper Coach Srđan Kljajević
Physiotherapist Elie Matni
Doctor Johnny Ibrahim
Team Manager Fouad Bahlawan
Equipment Officer Ahmad Fakhreddine
Head of Delegation Jihad El Chohof

See also

References
  1. "Asian Games 2002". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. Lebanon, Football. "قائمة الأولمبي المتأخرة بغياب المحترفين". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "AFCS". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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