Lebanon national under-17 football team

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)	منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team)
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
First colours	Second colours
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]

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 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
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

AFC U-17 Asian 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
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

Arab Cup U-17 record
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

WAFF U-16 Championship record
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	–

Recent results and fixtures

Players

The following 23 players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1GK	Jad Jawhar
21	1GK	Hassan Haidar
23	1GK	Christian Aoukar

2	2DF	Rawad Mchantaf
3	2DF	Omar Khalil
4	2DF	Chafik Yammine (captain)
5	2DF	Selim Moussallem
6	2DF	Issa Chaitou
13	2DF	Roudy Al Hajj
16	2DF	Ali Shoufi
18	2DF	Karim Chahine

8	3MF	Dany Zahreddine
10	3MF	Abdallah Dwek
12	3MF	Freddy Stephan
15	3MF	Giorgio El Chaer
20	3MF	Yehya Hamdan
22	3MF	Mohammad Atriss

7	4FW	Hussein Siblini
9	4FW	Mohamad Yassine
11	4FW	Abbas Hodroj
14	4FW	Badreddine Kawam
17	4FW	Georgio Elchammas
19	4FW	Samir Kassas

References

^ الأردن يظفر بلقب غرب آسيا للناشئين [Jordan wins the WAFF U-16 Championship]. Kooora (in Arabic). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Lebanon 0–4 Islamic Republic of Iran". Asian Football Confederation. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Lebanon 1–4 Saudi Arabia". Asian Football Confederation. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ وفد منتخب الناشئين غادر الى مسقط للمشاركة في تصفيات كأس آسيا تحت 17 عاماً [The delegation of the junior national team left for Muscat to participate in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers]. Lebanese Football Federation (in Arabic). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[1] الأردن يظفر بلقب غرب آسيا للناشئين [Jordan wins the WAFF U-16 Championship]. Kooora (in Arabic). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[2] "Lebanon 0–4 Islamic Republic of Iran". Asian Football Confederation. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[3] "Lebanon 1–4 Saudi Arabia". Asian Football Confederation. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[4] وفد منتخب الناشئين غادر الى مسقط للمشاركة في تصفيات كأس آسيا تحت 17 عاماً [The delegation of the junior national team left for Muscat to participate in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers]. Lebanese Football Federation (in Arabic). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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