Lebanon national football team records and statistics

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This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanon national football team. The page shows the records as of 11 June 2024.

Contents

Team records

Wins

A thrilling win over DPR Korea

 —Fox Sports Asia subheading after the national team won 4–1 against North Korea in 2019 [1]

Largest win
11–1 vs Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines on 6 October 1967
Largest away win
0–5 vs Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait on 26 January 1962
Largest win at the Asian Cup
4–1 vs Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea on 17 January 2019, 2019 Asian Cup

Draws

Highest scoring draw
3–3 vs Flag of Syria.svg  Syria on 17 October 1998
Highest scoring draw at the Asian Cup
2–2 vs Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq on 15 October 2000

Defeats

The Lebanese army intervened to break up a quarrel between the Kuwait and Lebanon national team players.

 —Al-Watan newspaper comment after Lebanon's 6–0 home defeat to Kuwait in 2011 [2]

Largest defeat
8–0 vs Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq on 25 November 1959
8–0 vs Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar on 27 March 1985
Largest defeat at home
0–6 vs Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait on 2 July 2011
Largest defeat at the Asian Cup
4–0 vs Flag of Iran.svg  Iran on 12 October 2000, 2000 Asian Cup

Streaks

Lebanon went 16 games unbeaten before losing in Kuwait last month. During that run, they conceded just eight goals.

 —Fox Sports Australia on Lebanon's 16-game unbeaten streak between 2016 and 2018 [3]

Longest unbeaten run
16 games, from 2016 to 2018 [4]
Longest run without victory
14, from 1979 to 1988
Most consecutive wins
8, from 1993 to 1996
Most consecutive draws
5, from 2000 to 2001
Most consecutive losses
7, from 2008 to 2009
Most consecutive games with at least one goal scored
9, from 1993 to 1996, and in 2001
Most consecutive games without a goal scored
7, from 1979 to 1987, and from 2018 to 2019
Most consecutive games without a goal conceded
4, in 2015
Most consecutive games with at least one goal conceded
14, from 1953 to 1961

World rankings

FIFA

Source: FIFA.com [5]

Lebanon reaches highest ever position in FIFA World Ranking

 —FA Lebanon heading announcing Lebanon's highest ever FIFA World Ranking in September 2018 [6]

Highest FIFA ranking
77th (September 2018)
Lowest FIFA ranking
178th (April – May 2011)

Below is a chart of Lebanon's FIFA ranking from 1992 to the present.

Elo

Source: Eloratings.net [7]

Highest Elo ranking
46th (April 1940)
Lowest Elo ranking
164th (July 2011)

Appearances

General

Most appearances
Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 123 caps

The following are the top ten most capped players; players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone:

RankPlayerCapsGoalsPeriod
1 Hassan Maatouk 123262006–2024
2 Mohamad Haidar 9552011–present
3 Abbas Ahmad Atwi 8882002–2016
4 Roda Antar 83201998–2016
5 Youssef Mohamad 8131999–2016
6 Jamal Taha 71121993–2000
Nader Matar 7142012–present
8 Walid Ismail 6912010–2019
9 Nour Mansour 6732010–present
10 Vardan Ghazaryan 66211995–2001

As of 11 June 2024. [8] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.

First player to reach a century of caps
Hassan Maatouk, vs Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait on 19 November 2022 [9]
Shortest time needed to reach a century of caps
Hassan Maatouk, 16 years, 9 months and 23 days between his debut (vs Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2006) and his 100th cap (vs Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait on 19 November 2022)
Longest Lebanese career
Hassan Maatouk, 18 years, 4 months and 16 days between first (vs Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2006) and last cap (vs Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh on 11 June 2024)
Most consecutive calendar years of appearances
Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 19 years
Appearances in three separate decades
Roda Antar; 18 in the 1990s, 38 in the 2000s, and 26 in the 2010s
Youssef Mohamad; 7 in the 1990s, 41 in the 2000s, and 33 in the 2010s
Hassan Maatouk; 17 in the 2000s, 72 in the 2010s, and 34 in 2020s

Goals

General

Lebanon scored their lone goal in the 7th minute. Kamil [ sic ] netting on a smart pass from Yaroudi [ sic ].

 —The Palestine Post newspaper comment on Lebanon's first-ever international goal against Mandatory Palestine in 1940. [10]

First goal
Camille Cordahi vs Ensign of the Palestine Mandate (1927-1948).svg  Mandatory Palestine on 27 April 1940
Most goals
Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 26 goals
RankPlayerGoalsCapsAveragePeriod
1 Hassan Maatouk (list)261230.212006–2024
2 Vardan Ghazaryan 21660.321995–2001
3 Roda Antar 20830.241998–2016
4 Mohamad Ghaddar 19460.412006–2017
5 Levon Altounian 181811956–1967
6 Haitham Zein 17500.341997–2004
7 Mahmoud El Ali 12460.262007–2012
Jamal Taha 12710.171993–2000
9 Mardik Tchaparian 101011956–1963
Joseph Abou Mrad 10210.481953–1967

As of 11 June 2024. [11] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.

Hat-tricks

As of 11 June 2024 [12]

PlayerCompetitionAgainstHome/AwayResultGoalsDate
Elias Georges 1961 Arab Games Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Neutral7–144 September 1961
Mardik Tchaparian [13] 1963 Arab Cup Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Home6–0331 March 1963
Haitham Zein 1999 Arab Games Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Away3–1323 August 1999
Gilberto Friendly Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Home3–135 August 2000
Haitham Zein 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Home6–0313 May 2001
Roda Antar 2002 Arab Cup Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Home4–2324 December 2002
Hassan Maatouk 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Home4–0311 June 2024

On major tournaments

AFC Asian Cup

Hilal El-Helwe hammered home his second.

 —Goal.com on Hilal El-Helwe's brace against North Korea at the 2019 Asian Cup [14]

Most goals in a single Asian Cup tournament
Hilal El-Helwe (in 2019), 2 goals
Most goals in total at Asian Cup tournaments
Hilal El-Helwe (in 2019), 2 goals
Most goals in a single Asian Cup finals match
Hilal El-Helwe, 2 goals vs Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea on 17 January 2019
First goal in an Asian Cup finals match
Abbas Chahrour, vs Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq on 15 October 2000

Captains

PlayerYear(s)Source
Unknown1940
Labib Majdalani 1942
Emile Nassar 1947
Unknown1953–1956
Youssef Yammout 1957–1963 [15]
Levon Altonian 1963 [16]
Elias Georges 1965
Joseph Abou Murad 1966 [17]
Unknown1967
Toni Jreij 1970 [18]
Adnan Mekdache 1971
Souheil Rahal 1971 [19]
Unknown1974–1975
Abdelrahman Chebaro 1979 [20]
Ahmad Saleh 1985
Unknown1987
Hassan Abboud 1988 [21]
Ghassan Abou Diab 1988–1993 [22]
Hassan Ayoub [lower-alpha 1] 1993–1996 [21]
Jamal Taha 1995–2000 [23]
Ali Fakih 2001 [21]
Moussa Hojeij 2002 [24]
Youssef Mohamad [lower-alpha 2] 2003–2004 [21] [25]
Roda Antar [lower-alpha 3] 2004–2016 [26]
Hassan Maatouk 2016–2024 [27]

Footnotes

    1. ↑ In 1993, Issam Kobeissy acted as captain in Hassan Ayoub's absence.
    2. ↑ In 2003, one of Faisal Antar and Abbas Ali Atwi acted as captain in Youssef Mohamad's absence.
    3. ↑ Between 2004 and 2016, Youssef Mohamed acted as captain in Roda Antar's absence.

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