Lebanon national under-23 football team
Nickname(s) | المنتخب الاولمبي (The Olympic Team) | ||
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Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Head coach | Vacant | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | LBN | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Hyderabad, India; 5 August 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Ulsan, South Korea; 5 October 2002) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Beirut, Lebanon; 8 September 2007) ![]() ![]() (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 | 3 (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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | Did not participate | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 2nd of 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | First round win, Second round win, 4th of 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||
![]() | 2nd of 4, 4th of 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | ||||||||||
![]() | Second round defeat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
![]() | The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | To be determined | The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
![]() | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
![]() | Did not qualify | 5th of 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||||||||
![]() | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
![]() | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 48 |
Asian Games
[edit]Asian Games record | |||||||||
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Host nation, city and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951–1998 | See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 12th of 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | Squad |
![]() | Did not participate | ||||||||
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Total | Best: group stage | 1/5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | – |
Arab Games
[edit]Arab Games record | |||||||||
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Host nation, city and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1953–2001 | See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 8th of 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Squad |
Total | Best: group stage | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
WAFF U-23 Championship
[edit]WAFF U-23 Championship record | |||||||||
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Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
![]() | Did not participate | ||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 10th of 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | Squad |
![]() | Fifth place play-off | 6th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
![]() | Group stage | 7th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Squad |
Total | Best: group stage | 3/4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | – |
Mediterranean Games
[edit]Mediterranean Games record | |||||||||
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Host nation, city and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951–1987 | See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
![]() | Did not participate | ||||||||
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![]() | See Lebanon national under-20 football team | ||||||||
![]() | 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
2023
[edit]24 March 2023 Friendly | Lebanon ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Safwa, Lebanon |
21:30 UTC+3 | Report |
| Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium |
26 March 2023 Friendly | Lebanon ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Safwa, Lebanon |
21:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium |
14 April 2023 Friendly | Indonesia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Jakarta, Indonesia |
20:30 UTC+7 | Report | Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Fariq Hitaba (Indonesia) |
16 April 2023 Friendly | Lebanon ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Jakarta, Indonesia |
20:30 UTC+7 |
| Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia) |
12 June 2023 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship | Oman ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Baghdad, Iraq |
17:45 UTC+3 |
| Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium |
16 June 2023 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship | Lebanon ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Baghdad, Iraq |
17:45 UTC+3 |
| Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium |
2 July 2023 2023 Arab Games | Lebanon ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Annaba, Algeria |
17:30 UTC+1 | Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania) |
5 July 2023 2023 Arab Games | Oman ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Annaba, Algeria |
17:30 UTC+1 |
| Report | Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait) |
8 July 2023 2023 Arab Games | Algeria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Annaba, Algeria |
21:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain) |
6 September 2023 2024 AFC U-23 qualification | Cambodia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Abha, Saudi Arabia |
16:00 UTC+3 | Report |
| Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Wang Di (China) |
9 September 2023 2024 AFC U-23 qualification | Lebanon ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Abha, Saudi Arabia |
19:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Di Wang (China) |
12 September 2023 2024 AFC U-23 qualification | Lebanon ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Abha, Saudi Arabia |
16:00 UTC+3 | Report |
| Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
Players
[edit]The following players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification games against Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, and Mongolia.[2]
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.
- ^ بعثة المنتخب الأولمبي تغادر إلى أبها غدًا [Lebanon Olympic team leaves for Abha] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.