Lebanon women's national under-17 football team explained

Lebanon under-17
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Fifa Trigramme:LBN
Nickname:Arabic: صبايا الأرز
(The Lady Cedars)
Association:Lebanon Football Association
(Arabic: الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
Sub-Confederation:WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation:AFC (Asia)
Coach:Sahar Dbouk
Home Stadium:Various
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First Game: 2–2
(Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Largest Win: 8–0
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018)
Largest Loss: 8–0
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018)
Type:women
Regional Name:WAFF U-16 Girls Championship
Regional Cup Apps:3
Regional Cup First:2018
Regional Cup Best:Champions (2019, 2023)
2Ndregional Name:Arab U-17 Women's Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:1
2Ndregional Cup First:2015
2Ndregional Cup Best:Champions (2015)

The Lebanon women's national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة للسيدات), colloquially known as "the Lady Cedars" (Arabic: صبايا الأرز|links=no),[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-16 and women's national under-15 football team of Lebanon.

While the team has never qualified to either the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, they have won both the Arab U-17 Women's Cup (in 2015) and the WAFF U-16 Girls Championship (in 2019 and 2023). With their 2015 Arab Cup win, they became the first Lebanese national football team (men's or women's) to win a title.[3]

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup recordQualification record
Host nation(s)
and year
RoundSquadOutcome
2008Did not enterDid not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2022Did not qualifyThe 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
2024The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
2025To be determinedThe 2025 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total0/9Total

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup recordQualification record
Host nation(s)
and year
RoundSquadOutcome
2005Did not enterDid not enter
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017WithdrewWithdrew
2019Did not qualify3rd of 542021418
2022To be decidedTo be decided
Total0/8Total42021418

WAFF U-16 Girls Championship

WAFF U-16 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year
Round
2018Runners-up2nd of 64211146
2019Champions1st of 43300130
2023Champions1st of 44310101
TotalBest: champions3/311821377

Other tournaments

!Tournament!Result
2022 WAFF U-18 Girls ChampionshipFourth place

Recent results and matches

2023

Players

The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship. Abou Diab. Rami. 2018-08-17. FA Lebanon. en-US. 2020-01-06.
  2. Web site: صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة. Lebanon. Football. football-lebanon.com. 11 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship. Abou Diab. Rami. 2019-12-16. FA Lebanon. en-US. 2019-12-21.
  4. Web site: 2 January 2023. ar:بعثة منتخب لبنان للناشئات تغادر الى الأردن. The delegation of the Lebanon national team for young women leaves for Jordan. https://the-lfa.com/u17w_waff_leb/. 3 January 2023. Lebanese Football Association. ar.