Lebanon national under-23 football team
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National association football team
| Nickname(s) | المنتخب الاولمبي (The Olympic Team) |
|---|---|
| Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) |
| Head coach | Jamal Taha |
| Captain | Mahmoud Zbib |
| Home stadium | Various |
| FIFA code | LBN |
| First international | |
| Syria 0–1 Lebanon (Hyderabad, India; 5 August 1991) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Lebanon 11–0 Afghanistan (Ulsan, South Korea; 5 October 2002) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Lebanon 0–5 Iraq (Beirut, Lebanon; 8 September 2007) United Arab Emirates 6–1 Lebanon (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 22 March 2019) | |
| Asian Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2002 ) |
| Best result | Group stage (2002) |
| Arab Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2023 ) |
| Best result | Group stage (2023) |
| WAFF U-23 Championship | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2021 ) |
| Best result | Group stage (2021, 2023) |
The Lebanon national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم), also known as the Lebanon Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان الأولمبي لكرة القدم), represents Lebanon in international under-23 association football competitions. Controlled by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the squad is governed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) continentally, and FIFA worldwide. The team also serves as the national under-22 football team of Lebanon.
The selection is limited to players under 23, except for the Olympics which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The side has never qualified for the Olympic Games nor the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. They have only participated once in the Asian Games, in 2002, in which they were eliminated in the group stage.[1]
Competitive record
[edit ]Summer Olympic Games
[edit ]| Summer Olympic Games record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1908–1988 | See Lebanon national team | See Lebanon national team | ||||||||||||||
| Spain Barcelona 1992 | Did not qualify | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| United States Atlanta 1996 | Did not participate | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||
| Australia Sydney 2000 | Did not qualify | 2nd of 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Greece Athens 2004 | First round win, Second round win, 4th of 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||||||||
| China Beijing 2008 | 2nd of 4, 4th of 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom London 2012 | Second round defeat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Brazil Rio 2016 | The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
| Japan Tokyo 2020 | The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
| France Paris 2024 | The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
| United States Los Angeles 2028 | To be determined | The 2028 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 52 |
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
[edit ]| AFC U-23 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 |
| Oman 2013 | Did not qualify | 5th of 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 18 | ||||||||
| Qatar 2016 | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||
| China 2018 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Thailand 2020 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan 2022 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Qatar 2024 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 48 |
Asian Games
[edit ]| Asian Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951–1998
|
See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
| South Korea Busan 2002 | Group stage | 12th of 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | Squad |
| Qatar Doha 2006 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| China Guangzhou 2010 | |||||||||
| South Korea Incheon 2014 | |||||||||
| Indonesia Indonesia 2018 | |||||||||
| China Hangzhou 2022 | |||||||||
| Japan Japan 2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Best: group stage | 1/6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | – |
Arab Games
[edit ]| Arab Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1953–2001
|
See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
| Algeria Algeria 2023 | Group stage | 8th of 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Squad |
| Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Best: group stage | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
WAFF U-23 Championship
[edit ]| WAFF U-23 Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| Qatar 2015 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabia 2021 | Group stage | 10th of 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | Squad |
| Saudi Arabia 2022 | Fifth place play-off | 6th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
| Iraq 2023 | Group stage | 7th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Squad |
| Saudi Arabia 2024 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| Oman 2025 | Seventh place play-off | 8th of 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad |
| Total | Best: group stage | 4/6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | – |
Mediterranean Games
[edit ]| Mediterranean Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951–1987
|
See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
| Greece Athens 1991 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| France Languedoc-Roussillon 1993 | |||||||||
| Italy Bari 1997 | |||||||||
| Tunisia Tunis 2001 | |||||||||
| Spain Almería 2005 | |||||||||
| Italy Pescara 2009 | See Lebanon national under-20 football team | ||||||||
| Turkey Mersin 2013 | See Lebanon national under-19 football team | ||||||||
2018–present
|
See Lebanon national under-18 football team | ||||||||
| Total | N/A | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Recent results and matches
[edit ]Matches in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches
Win Draw Loss
2025
[edit ]Lebanon v United Arab Emirates
25 March 2025 (2025年03月25日) 2025 WAFF U-23 7th–8th place Lebanon 0–3 United Arab Emirates Muscat, Oman
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Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Players
[edit ]The following 23 players were called up for the 2025 WAFF U-23 Championship, held in Oman on 19–25 March 2025.[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Shareef Azaki | (2004年01月13日) 13 January 2004 (age 21) | Lebanon Mabarra | ||
| 22 | 1GK | Mohammad Hojeij | (2004年01月16日) 16 January 2004 (age 21) | Lebanon Shabab Sahel | ||
| 23 | 1GK | Zaher El Amin | (2003年05月15日) 15 May 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Tadamon Sour | ||
| 2 | 2DF | Ali Alrida Ismail | (2003年07月08日) 8 July 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Nejmeh | ||
| 3 | 2DF | Mohamad Al Mahdi Al Moussawi | (2003年10月03日) 3 October 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Ansar | ||
| 4 | 2DF | Hasan Farhat | (2004年09月21日) 21 September 2004 (age 20) | Lebanon Ahed | ||
| 5 | 2DF | Saad Chweiki | (2003年03月23日) 23 March 2003 (age 22) | Lebanon Tripoli | ||
| 12 | 2DF | Hussein Kaawar | (2003年10月24日) 24 October 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Chabab Ghazieh | ||
| 13 | 2DF | Hsein Reda | (2004年04月07日) 7 April 2004 (age 20) | Lebanon Ahed | ||
| 16 | 2DF | Abbas Ballout | (2003年04月20日) 20 April 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Ansar | ||
| 19 | 2DF | Ibrahim Chami | (2003年12月13日) 13 December 2003 (age 21) | Canada Valour FC | ||
| 6 | 3MF | Mohamad Ghamlouch | (2003年05月19日) 19 May 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Racing Beirut | ||
| 7 | 3MF | Mahmoud Zbib (captain) | (2004年02月29日) 29 February 2004 (age 21) | Lebanon Ahed | ||
| 8 | 3MF | Ali El Fadl | (2003年03月29日) 29 March 2003 (age 22) | Lebanon Safa | ||
| 17 | 3MF | Ali Alakbar Mannaa | (2003年06月23日) 23 June 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Ahed | ||
| 18 | 3MF | Yasser Dimachek | (2003年02月26日) 26 February 2003 (age 22) | Lebanon Shabab Baalbek | ||
| 21 | 3MF | Mohamad Bou Saleh | (2003年03月19日) 19 March 2003 (age 22) | Lebanon Ansar | ||
| 9 | 4FW | Hassan Bazzi | (2004年11月06日) 6 November 2004 (age 20) | Lebanon Tadamon Sour | ||
| 10 | 4FW | Mohamad Omar Sadek | (2003年10月25日) 25 October 2003 (age 21) | Lebanon Nejmeh | ||
| 11 | 4FW | Khaled Al Hajjar | (2004年09月22日) 22 September 2004 (age 20) | Lebanon Nejmeh | ||
| 14 | 4FW | Mohamad Dana | (2006年01月14日) 14 January 2006 (age 19) | Sweden Örebro SK | ||
| 15 | 4FW | Hasan Dana | (2007年03月13日) 13 March 2007 (age 18) | Sweden Örebro SK | ||
| 20 | 4FW | Omar Bahlawan | (2004年12月20日) 20 December 2004 (age 20) | Lebanon Ansar | ||
See also
[edit ]- Lebanon national football team
- Lebanon national under-20 football team
- Lebanon national under-17 football team
- Football in Lebanon
References
[edit ]- ^ "Asian Games 2002". RSSSF . Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ @thelfadotcom (16 March 2025). "إليكم قائمة منتخبنا الوطني الأولمبي للمشاركة في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا السادسة تحت 23 - عُمان 2025" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.
