Lebanon women's national under-20 football team

The Lebanon women's national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 20 سنة للسيدات‎), colloquially known as "the Lady Cedars" (صبايا الأرز),[1][2] represents Lebanon in international women's youth football. The team is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association (LFA), the governing body for football in Lebanon. The team also serves as the women's national under-19 and women's national under-18 football team of Lebanon.

Lebanon under-20
Nickname(s)صبايا الأرز
(The Lady Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachHagop Demirjian
CaptainRida Wahab
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Jordan 3–0 Lebanon 
(Amman, Jordan; 5 November 2014)
Biggest win
 Hong Kong 0–6 Lebanon 
(Jounieh, Lebanon; 24 October 2018)
Biggest defeat
 South Korea 9–0 Lebanon 
(Hanoi, Vietnam; 26 April 2019)
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2019)

While the team has never participated in either the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, they have won one WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, in 2019,[3] and were runners-up in 2018.[4]

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's 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
2002 Did not enter Did not enter
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016 Did not qualify The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2018 Did not enter Did not enter
2020 Did not qualify The 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/10 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

AFC U-19 Women's Championship
AFC U-19 Women's 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
2002 Did not enter Did not enter
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015 Did not qualify 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 1 13
2017 Did not enter Did not enter
2019 Did not qualify 2nd of 5, 4th of 4 6 2 0 4 12 20
2022 To be determined To be determined
Total – 0/10 – – – – – – – Total 9 2 0 7 13 33

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s)

and year

 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2018 Runners-up 2nd of 3 2 1 0 1 4 2
2019 Champions 1st of 7 5 5 0 0 17 3
Total Best: champions 2/2 7 6 0 1 21 5

Recent results and matches

2019
29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 2019 WAFF U18 group stageLebanon 3–0 JordanIsa Town, Bahrain
  • El Tayyar
  • Assaf
Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium
31 December 2019 (2019-12-31) 2019 WAFF U18 group stageUnited Arab Emirates 1–3 LebanonIsa Town, Bahrain
 Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium

2020
2 January 2020 (2020-01-02) 2019 WAFF U18 group stageLebanon 4–0 IraqIsa Town, Bahrain
  • Assaf
  • Salha
  • Nassif
  • Abi Faraj
Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium
4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 2019 WAFF U18 semi-finalLebanon 4–2 PalestineIsa Town, Bahrain
 Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium
4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 2019 WAFF U18 finalLebanon 3–0 BahrainIsa Town, Bahrain
 Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Racha Yaghi Safa
22 1GK Sinal Breiche Akhaa
23 1GK Maha Korjieh EFP
2 2DF Nour Noujaim EFP
3 2DF Maria Mansour EFP
4 2DF Rida Wahab (Captain) SAS
6 2DF Layana Safieddine Safa
13 2DF Mira Sakr Akhaa
15 2DF Rana Sakr Akhaa
18 2DF Zeina Abi Faraj Akhaa
20 2DF Maria Slim SSFC
5 3MF Lara Bou Hamra Akhaa
7 3MF Farah El Tayar Akhaa
8 3MF Sophie Fayad EFP
9 3MF Zahraa Assaf SAS
10 3MF Lili Iskandar SAS
17 3MF Karly Harfouche SAS
11 4FW Cynthia Salha Akhaa
12 4FW Rawan Jalloul EFP
14 4FW Hiba Allouch SAS
16 4FW Rachelle Nassif Salam Zgharta
21 4FW Nathalie Al Abed Akhaa

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 12 months, but are not part of the current squad.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

See also

References
  1. Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "THE WAFF- Lebanon crowned the "WAFF U18" title". www.the-waff.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. "Jordan take West Asian crown on road to qualifiers". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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