Lebanon national under-23 football team

Lebanon under-23

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 colours Second colours
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]

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
Barcelona 1992	Did not qualify										4th of 5	4	1	0	3	4	5
Atlanta 1996	Did not participate										Did not participate
Sydney 2000	Did not qualify										2nd of 3	4	1	1	2	4	5
Athens 2004											First round win, Second round win, 4th of 4	10	1	4	5	15	21
Beijing 2008											2nd of 4, 4th of 4	11	5	1	5	10	19
London 2012											Second round defeat	2	0	1	1	1	2
Rio 2016											The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Tokyo 2020											The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Paris 2024											The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
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 record											Qualification record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Did not qualify										5th of 6	5	1	0	4	12	18
2016											4th of 5	4	1	1	2	3	9
2018											3rd of 4	3	1	0	2	3	4
2020											3rd of 4	3	1	0	2	7	8
2022											3rd of 4	3	1	0	2	4	3
2024											3rd of 4	3	0	1	2	3	6
2026	To be determined										To be determined
Total	–	0/6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Total	21	5	2	14	32	48

Asian Games record
Host nation, city and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1951–1998	See Lebanon national football team
Busan 2002	Group stage	12th of 24	3	1	1	1	12	3	Squad
Doha 2006	Did not participate
Guangzhou 2010
Incheon 2014
Indonesia 2018
Hangzhou 2022
Japan 2026	To be determined
Total	Best: group stage	1/6	3	1	1	1	12	3	–

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 2023	Group stage	8th of 8	3	0	0	3	0	6	Squad
Saudi Arabia 2027	To be determined
Total	Best: group stage	1/1	3	0	0	3	0	6	–

WAFF U-23 Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2015	Did not participate
2021	Group stage	10th of 11	3	0	1	2	4	9	Squad
2022	Fifth place play-off	6th of 6	4	0	1	2	2	5	Squad
2023	Group stage	7th of 9	2	0	0	2	1	3	Squad
2024	Did not participate
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 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	See Lebanon national under-20 football team
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	–

Matches in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Syria  v  Lebanon

19 March 2025 (2025-03-19) 2025 WAFF U-23 group stage	Syria	2–2 (4–2 p)	Lebanon	Muscat, Oman
23:30 UTC+4	Dahan 51', 54' (pen.)	Report	Zbib 7' El Fadl 9'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
	Penalties
	Dahan Rahal Al-Hejjeh Al-Arjeh		Zbib Mannaa Bahlawan Kaawar

Kuwait  v  Lebanon

19 March 2025 (2025-03-19) 2025 WAFF U-23 5th–8th place	Kuwait	1–0	Lebanon	Muscat, Oman
20:30 UTC+4	Al-Rashidi 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex

Lebanon  v  United Arab Emirates

25 March 2025 (2025-03-25) 2025 WAFF U-23 7th–8th place	Lebanon	0–3	United Arab Emirates	Muscat, Oman
--:-- UTC+4				Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex

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	(2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 21)	Mabarra
22	1GK	Mohammad Hojeij	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 21)	Shabab Sahel
23	1GK	Zaher El Amin	(2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 21)	Tadamon Sour
2	2DF	Ali Alrida Ismail	(2003-07-08) 8 July 2003 (age 21)	Nejmeh
3	2DF	Mohamad Al Mahdi Al Moussawi	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21)	Ansar
4	2DF	Hasan Farhat	(2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 20)	Ahed
5	2DF	Saad Chweiki	(2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 22)	Tripoli
12	2DF	Hussein Kaawar	(2003-10-24) 24 October 2003 (age 21)	Chabab Ghazieh
13	2DF	Hsein Reda	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 21)	Ahed
16	2DF	Abbas Ballout	(2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 21)	Ansar
19	2DF	Ibrahim Chami	(2003-12-13) 13 December 2003 (age 21)	Valour FC
6	3MF	Mohamad Ghamlouch	(2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 (age 21)	Racing Beirut
7	3MF	Mahmoud Zbib (captain)	(2004-02-29) 29 February 2004 (age 21)	Ahed
8	3MF	Ali El Fadl	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 22)	Safa
17	3MF	Ali Alakbar Mannaa	(2003-06-23) 23 June 2003 (age 21)	Ahed
18	3MF	Yasser Dimachek	(2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 22)	Shabab Baalbek
21	3MF	Mohamad Bou Saleh	(2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 22)	Ansar
9	4FW	Hassan Bazzi	(2004-11-06) 6 November 2004 (age 20)	Tadamon Sour
10	4FW	Mohamad Omar Sadek	(2003-10-25) 25 October 2003 (age 21)	Nejmeh
11	4FW	Khaled Al Hajjar	(2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 (age 20)	Nejmeh
14	4FW	Mohamad Dana	(2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 (age 19)	Örebro SK
15	4FW	Hasan Dana	(2007-03-13) 13 March 2007 (age 18)	Örebro SK
20	4FW	Omar Bahlawan	(2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 (age 20)	Ansar

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