Nickname(s) | منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team) | ||
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Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Head coach | Daniel Giménez | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | LBN | ||
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First international | |||
Lebanon 2–4 Qatar (Tehran, Iran; 25 June 2000) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Lebanon 7–2 Kyrgyzstan (Tehran, Iran; 1 July 2000) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Lebanon 0–9 Qatar (Qatar; 13 October 2003) Lebanon 0–9 Egypt (Sig, Algeria; 27 August 2022) | |||
Arab Cup U-17 | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2022 ) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2022) | ||
WAFF U-16 Championship | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 2005 ) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2022) |
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.
While the team is yet to qualify for both the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, they participate in the Arab Cup U-17 and WAFF U-16 Championship. Lebanon reached the final of the 2022 WAFF U-16 Championship, losing 1–0 to hosts Jordan. [1] The team has produced several senior nationals, such as Hussein El Dor, Omar El Kurdi, Jad Noureddine and Mohamad Kdouh. [2] [3]
FIFA U-17 World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
2025 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC U-17 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 3rd of 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
2023 | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
2025 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 35 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 106 |
Arab Cup U-17 record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
2011 | did not participate | ||||||||
2012 | |||||||||
2014 | |||||||||
2021 | Cancelled | ||||||||
2022 | Group stage | 15th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | — |
Total | Best: group stage | 1/4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | – |
WAFF U-16 Championship record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
2005 | 3rd–4th place round | 4th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | — |
2007 | Group stage | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | — |
2009 | did not participate | ||||||||
2013 | |||||||||
2015 | |||||||||
2018 | |||||||||
2019 | 7th–9th place round | 8th of 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — |
2021 | Group stage | 7th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — |
2022 | Runners-up | 2nd of 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — |
Total | Best: runners-up | 5/9 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 45 | – |
The following 23 players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification. [4]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Jad Jawhar | ||||
21 | GK | Hassan Haidar | ||||
23 | GK | Christian Aoukar | ||||
2 | DF | Rawad Mchantaf | ||||
3 | DF | Omar Khalil | ||||
4 | DF | Chafik Yammine (captain) | ||||
5 | DF | Selim Moussallem | ||||
6 | DF | Issa Chaitou | ||||
13 | DF | Roudy Al Hajj | ||||
16 | DF | Ali Shoufi | ||||
18 | DF | Karim Chahine | ||||
8 | MF | Dany Zahreddine | ||||
10 | MF | Abdallah Dwek | ||||
12 | MF | Freddy Stephan | ||||
15 | MF | Giorgio El Chaer | ||||
20 | MF | Yehya Hamdan | ||||
22 | MF | Mohammad Atriss | ||||
7 | FW | Hussein Siblini | ||||
9 | FW | Mohamad Yassine | ||||
11 | FW | Abbas Hodroj | ||||
14 | FW | Badreddine Kawam | ||||
17 | FW | Georgio Elchammas | ||||
19 | FW | Samir Kassas |
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