Lebanon under-17 | |
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Fifa Trigramme: | LBN |
Nickname: | Arabic: منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team) |
Association: | Lebanon Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) |
Coach: | Daniel Giménez |
Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
Sub-Confederation: | WAFF (West Asia) |
Home Stadium: | Various |
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First Game: | 2–4 (Tehran, Iran; 25 June 2000) |
Largest Win: | 7–2 (Tehran, Iran; 1 July 2000) |
Largest Loss: | 0–9 (Qatar; 13 October 2003) 0–9 (Sig, Algeria; 27 August 2022) |
Regional Name: | FIFA U-17 World Cup |
2Ndregional Name: | AFC U-16 Championship |
3Rdregional Name: | Arab Cup U-17 |
3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 1 |
3Rdregional Cup First: | 2022 |
3Rdregional Cup Best: | Group stage (2022) |
4Thregional Name: | WAFF U-16 Championship |
4Thregional Cup Apps: | 5 |
4Thregional Cup First: | 2005 |
4Thregional Cup Best: | Runners-up (2022) |
The Lebanon national under-17 football team 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 | Squad | Outcome | ||||||||||||||
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 | to be determined | The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC U-17 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year | Round | Squad | Outcome | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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 | 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 | 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]