Lebanon national under-20 football team

Lebanon under-20
Nickname(s)	منتخب الشباب (The Youth Team)
Association	Lebanon Football Association; (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Bilal Fleifel
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	LBN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Lebanon 0–0 India ; (Tehran, Iran; 16 April 1973)
Biggest win
	Lebanon 4–1 Kyrgyzstan ; (Doha, Qatar; 6 October 2015)
Biggest defeat
	Syria 6–0 Lebanon ; (Fujairah, United Arab Emirates; 2 November 2011)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1973)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1973)
Arab Cup U-20
Appearances	1 (first in 2021)
Best result	Group stage (2021)
WAFF U-18 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2021)
Best result	Runners-up (2021)

The Lebanon national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم) is the national under-20 football team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-19 and national under-18 football teams of Lebanon.

While the team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, they have participated twice in the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, in 1973 and in 2008, with their best result being reaching the quarter-finals in the 1973 edition.[1][2] In the 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship, the U18 team made history by becoming the first Lebanon men's national team to reach a final, losing to hosts Iraq on penalty-shootouts.[3]

Notable former under-20 players include Nour Mansour, Rabih Ataya, and Mohamad Haidar,[4] who have all gone on to play for the senior side.[5]

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 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
1977	Did not enter									Did not enter
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989	Did not qualify									The 1988 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1991										The 1990 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1993										The 1992 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1995										The 1994 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1997										The 1996 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
1999										The 1998 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2001										The 2000 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2003	Withdrew									Withdrew
2005	Did not qualify									The 2004 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2007										The 2006 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2009										The 2008 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2011	Withdrew									Withdrew
2013	Did not qualify									The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2015										The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2017										The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2019										The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2023	To be decided									The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total	–	0/23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

AFC U-20 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
1959	Did not enter									Did not enter
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973	Quarter-finals	5th of 14	4	1	3	0	3	1	–	Qualified as invitees
1974	Did not enter									Did not enter
1975
1976
1977
1978
1980
1982
1985
1986
1988	Did not qualify									3rd of 3	4	3	0	1	8	4
1990	Did not enter									Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1994
1996										4th of 4	3	0	0	3	1	7
1998
2000										4th of 5	4	1	0	3	5	9
2002	Withdrew									Withdrew
2004	Did not qualify									3rd of 3	2	0	1	1	1	2
2006	Did not qualify									3rd of 3	2	0	0	2	1	6
2008	Round 1	15th of 16	3	0	0	3	2	12	Squad	2nd of 6	5	4	0	1	10	4
2010	Withdrew									Withdrew
2012	Did not qualify									3rd of 5	4	2	0	2	3	8
2014										3rd of 4	3	0	1	2	2	8
2016										3rd of 4	3	1	1	1	4	5
2018										3rd of 3	2	0	0	2	0	4
2020										2nd of 4	3	1	1	1	3	2
2023	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Best: quarter-finals	2/41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	–	–	–	–	–	–

Arab Cup U-20

Arab Cup U-20 record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2011	Did not participate
2012	Did not participate
2014	Cancelled
2020	Did not participate
2021	Group stage	15th of 16	3	0	0	3	2	10	–
Total	Best: N/A	1/4	3	0	0	3	2	10	–

WAFF U-18 Championship

WAFF U-18 Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019	Did not participate
2021	Runners-up	2nd of 9	4	2	2	0	3	1	–
Total	Best: N/A	1/2	4	2	2	0	3	1	–

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games record
Host nation, city and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1951–1987	See Lebanon national football team
Athens 1991	Did not participate
Languedoc-Roussillon 1993
Bari 1997
Tunis 2001
Almería 2005
Pescara 2009
Mersin 2013
Tarragona 2018
Oran 2022	To be determined
Total	–	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Jeux de la Francophonie

Jeux de la Francophonie record
Host nation, city and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
Casablanca 1989	Did not participate
Paris 1994
Antananarivo 1997
Ottawa 2001
Niamey 2005
Beirut 2009	Group stage	9th of 9	2	0	0	2	1	5	Squad
Nice 2013	Group stage	14 of 14	3	0	0	3	1	10	Squad
Abidjan 2017	Group stage	13 of 16	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad
Kinshasa 2022	To be determined
Total	Best: group stage	3/8	8	0	1	7	4	20	–

Recent results and matches

2021

21 June 2021 (2021-06-21) 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Senegal	5–1	Lebanon	Cairo, Egypt
16:00	S. Faye 9' Diao 22' Cissoko 56' Ndoye 60' (pen.) M. Faye 79'	Report	Ismail 3'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Mofeed Nasser (Jordan)

24 June 2021 (2021-06-24) 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Lebanon	0–2	Iraq	Cairo, Egypt
19:00		Report	Hassan 16' Ayoub 83'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia)

27 June 2021 (2021-06-27) 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Comoros	3–1	Lebanon	Cairo, Egypt
16:00	Mahmoud 25' Yassin 33' Abtah 69'	Report	Kassas 19'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya)

9 November 2021 (2021-11-09) Friendly	Lebanon	0–1	Syria	Bhamdoun, Lebanon
			Alama	Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23) 2021 WAFF U-18 GS	Syria	0–1	Lebanon	Erbil, Iraq
17:00 (GMT+3)		Report	El Fadl 56'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Mohamad Juma (Bahrain)

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 2021 WAFF U-18 GS	Lebanon	1–1	United Arab Emirates	Erbil, Iraq
17:00 (GMT+3)	El Fadl 20'	Report	Al-Ameeri 60'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Wathiq Abdullah (Iraq)

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) 2021 WAFF U-18 GS	Jordan	0–1	Lebanon	Erbil, Iraq
20:00 (GMT+3)		Report	El Fadl 53'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Baraa Abu Aishah (Palestine)

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) 2021 WAFF U-18 Final	Iraq	0–0 (3–2 p)	Lebanon	Baghdad, Iraq
19:00 (GMT+3)		Report		Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium Referee: Mohamad Arafah (Jordan)
	Penalties
	Ayoub Mahdi Fadel Raad		Kassas Sadek Al Moussawi Ghamlouch El Fadl

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship.[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	1GK	Rami Mjalli	(2003-10-15) 15 October 2003
21	1GK	Zaher Al Amin
23	1GK	Shareef Azaki	(2004-01-13) 13 January 2004

2	2DF	Ali Al Rida Ismail
3	2DF	Mohamad Al Moussawi	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003
4	2DF	Zakaria Shalhoub
5	2DF	Mohammad Al Turk	(2004-02-07) 7 February 2004
15	2DF	Shadi Al Hajj Mohamad
16	2DF	Mohamad Safwan	(2003-03-10) 10 March 2003
18	2DF	Ziad Jamaleddine
19	2DF	Saad Chweiki

6	3MF	Arij Hilal
8	3MF	Ali El Fadl
12	3MF	Mohamad Ghamlouch
14	3MF	Yasser Dimashk
17	3MF	Ali Alakbar Mannaa	(2003-06-23) 23 June 2003

7	4FW	Shadi Jouni
9	4FW	Karim Fadel
10	3MF	Mohamad Sadek
11	4FW	Ali Kassas
13	4FW	Majd Sharara
20	4FW	Omar Bahlawan	(2004-12-20) 20 December 2004
22	4FW	Mohammad Serdah

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 12 months, but are not part of the current squad.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Karim Arab		-	-		2021 Arab Cup U-20

DF	Karim Khanafer	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003	-	-		2021 Arab Cup U-20
DF	Ibrahim Chami		-	-	FC Laval	2021 Arab Cup U-20

MF	Mahmoud Zbib	(2004-02-29) 29 February 2004	-	-		2021 Arab Cup U-20
MF	Sami Afiouni	(2003-10-18) 18 October 2003	-	-		2021 Arab Cup U-20
MF	Oscar Ghantous	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003	-	-		2021 Arab Cup U-20

FW	Rayan Nassereddine	(2004-07-05) 5 July 2004	-	-		2021 Arab Cup U-20
FW	Eid Jeshi		-	-		2021 Arab Cup U-20

References

"Asian U-19 Championship 1973". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
"Asian U-20 Championship 2008". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
"بالصور.. ركلات الترجيح تحفظ لقب غرب آسيا لشباب العراق". كووورة. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
"DPR Korea v Lebanon" (PDF). The AFC. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
"Lebanon - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
@waffootball (23 November 2021). "تشكيلة منتخبي سوريا ولبنان" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[1] "Asian U-19 Championship 1973". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[2] "Asian U-20 Championship 2008". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[3] "بالصور.. ركلات الترجيح تحفظ لقب غرب آسيا لشباب العراق". كووورة. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[4] "DPR Korea v Lebanon" (PDF). The AFC. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[5] "Lebanon - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[6] @waffootball (23 November 2021). "تشكيلة منتخبي سوريا ولبنان" (Tweet) – via Twitter.