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Lebanon national under-17 football team

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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)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachDaniel Giménez
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
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
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup stage (2022)
WAFF U-16 Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2005)
Best resultRunners-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

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FIFA U-17 World Cup

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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
China 1985 did not enter did not enter
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 did not qualify The 2000 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Finland 2003 Withdrew Withdrew
Peru 2005 did not qualify The 2004 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
South Korea 2007 The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Nigeria 2009 The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Mexico 2011 The 2010 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
United Arab Emirates 2013 Withdrew Withdrew
Chile 2015 did not qualify The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
India 2017 The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Brazil 2019 The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Indonesia 2023 The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
Qatar 2025 Withdrew Withdrew
Total – 0/20 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

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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
Qatar 1985 did not enter did not enter
Qatar 1986
Thailand 1988
United Arab Emirates 1990
Saudi Arabia 1992
Qatar 1994
Thailand 1996
Qatar 1998
Vietnam 2000 did not qualify 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 9 13
United Arab Emirates 2002 Withdrew Withdrew
Japan 2004 did not qualify 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 0 10
Singapore 2006 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 2 9
Uzbekistan 2008 4th of 6 5 2 0 3 9 15
Uzbekistan 2010 5th of 5 4 0 0 4 1 12
Iran 2012 Withdrew Withdrew
Thailand 2014 did not qualify 3rd of 5 4 2 0 2 6 12
India 2016 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 2 11
Malaysia 2018 4th of 5 4 1 0 3 3 8
Bahrain 2020 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 4 9
Thailand 2023 5th of 5 4 0 1 3 2 7
Saudi Arabia 2025 Withdrew Withdrew
Total – 0/18 – – – – – – – Total 35 6 1 28 38 106

Arab Cup U-17

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Arab Cup U-17 record
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 2011 did not participate
Tunisia 2012
Qatar 2014
Morocco 2021 Cancelled
Algeria 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

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WAFF U-16 Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year 		Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Iran 2005 3rd–4th place round 4th of 6 4 0 1 3 3 14 —
Syria 2007 Group stage 5th of 5 4 0 1 3 2 20 —
Jordan 2009 did not participate
State of Palestine 2013
Jordan 2015
Jordan 2018
Jordan 2019 7th–9th place round 8th of 9 4 1 0 3 3 4 —
Saudi Arabia 2021 Group stage 7th of 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 —
Jordan 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

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Players

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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
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

See also

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References

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  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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