Lebanon national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lebanon women's national under-17 football team.

Lebanon under-17

Nickname(s)	منتخب الناشئين (The Junior Team)
Association	Lebanon Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Hagop Demirjian
Captain	Mahmoud Zbib
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	LBN
First colours Second colours
First international
Lebanon 2–4 Qatar (Tehran, Iran; June 25, 2000)
Biggest win
Lebanon 7–2 Kyrgyzstan (Tehran, Iran; July 1, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Lebanon 0–9 Qatar (Qatar; October 13, 2003)

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-16 Championship, they participate in the WAFF U-15 Championship. The Lebanese U-17 national football team has been able to produce Lebanese senior nationals, such as former Bundesliga players Roda Antar and Youssef Mohamad, as well as former Saudi Professional League players Mohamad Haidar and Mohammed Ghaddar.

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
2021											The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Total	–	0/19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Total	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship 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										4th of 5	4	1	0	3	6	16
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
Total	–	0/18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Total	31	5	0	26	36	103

WAFF U-15 Championship

WAFF U-15 Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2005	Fourth place	4th
2007	Unknown
2009
2013	Did not participate
2015
2018
2019	7th-9th place round	8th of 9	4	1	0	3	3	4	–
Total	Best: fourth place	2/7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Recent results and fixtures

2019

Syria v Lebanon

1 July 2019 (2019-07-01) 2019 WAFF U-15 group stage	Syria	1–0	Lebanon	Zarqa, Jordan
16:00				Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium

Lebanon v Bahrain

5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) 2019 WAFF U-15 group stage	Lebanon	0–1	Bahrain	Zarqa, Jordan
16:00				Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium

Kuwait v Lebanon

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07) 2019 WAFF U-15 7th-9th place	Kuwait	2–1	Lebanon	Zarqa, Jordan
22:00				Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium

Lebanon v Palestine

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) 2019 WAFF U-15 7th-9th place	Lebanon	2–1	Palestine	Zarqa, Jordan
22:00				Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium

Kyrgyzstan v Lebanon

18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 2020 AFC U-16 qualification	Kyrgyzstan	3–2	Lebanon	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00	Almazbekov 62' Abylkasymov 72', 85'	Report	Khalaf 10' Nassereddine 21'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

Lebanon v Iraq

20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) 2020 AFC U-16 qualification	Lebanon	1–2	Iraq	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
15:30	Zbib 84'	Report	Al-Ameer 64' Jameel 78'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 45 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

Lebanon v United Arab Emirates

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 2020 AFC U-16 qualification	Lebanon	1–4	United Arab Emirates	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
15:30	Zbib 63' (pen.)	Report	Adil 16' (pen.) Al-Harthi 26', 60' Abdulrahim 32'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Najib Ghorra	(2004-09-17) 17 September 2004	Athletico SC
22	1GK	Taha Al Ghazri		ASA
23	1GK	Shareef Azaki		Ahed
2	2DF	Issam Ayache		Ahed
3	2DF	Mauricio Chemaya	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004	Athletico SC
4	2DF	Karim Rahal		Ahed
5	2DF	Mohammad Al Turk		Ansar
15	2DF	Rawad Al Jeitani	(2005-04-02) 2 April 2005	Salam Zgharta
21	2DF	Christian Abdel Malak	(2004-05-10) 10 May 2004	BFA
6	3MF	John El Haddad		Bsports Academy
10	3MF	Mahmoud Zbib (captain)		Ahed
14	3MF	Hassan Kawam		Ahed
18	3MF	Chris Joe Issa	(2004-04-03) 3 April 2004	BFA
7	4FW	Khaled Alhajjar	(2004-09-22) 22 September 2004	BFA
8	4FW	Bachar Ibrahim El Husseini		BFA
9	4FW	Obeida Al Awad	(2004-01-04) 4 January 2004	Athletico SC
11	4FW	Abdul Hamid El Mourad		Salam Zgharta
12	4FW	Rayan Nassereddine	(2004-07-05) 5 July 2004	BFA
13	4FW	Hussein Askar	(2004-10-20) 20 October 2004	Pro Sports
16	4FW	Elio Roustom		Salam Zgharta
17	4FW	Hadi Jezzini		Shabab Sahel
19	4FW	Ibrahim Khalaf		Bsports Academy
20	4FW	Omar Bahlawan		Ansar

See also

• Lebanon national football team
• Lebanon national under-23 football team
• Lebanon national under-20 football team
• Football in Lebanon