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	Vacant
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	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

Summer Olympic Games

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	To be determined									The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will serve 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

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

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
Total	Best: group stage	1/5	3	1	1	1	12	3	–

Arab Games

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
Total	Best: group stage	1/1	3	0	0	3	0	6	–

WAFF U-23 Championship

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
Total	Best: group stage	3/4	9	0	2	6	7	17	–

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	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	–

Recent results and matches

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

Win Draw Loss

2023

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24) Friendly	Lebanon	0–1	Jordan	Safwa, Lebanon
21:30 UTC+3		Report	Al Riyalat 32'	Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium

26 March 2023 (2023-03-26) Friendly	Lebanon	0–3	Jordan	Safwa, Lebanon
21:30 UTC+3		Report	Al Diabat 37' Aburhal 45' Al Haj 52'	Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14) Friendly	Indonesia	1–2	Lebanon	Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 UTC+7	Ismail 84' (o.g.)	Report	Sabbah 90' Nasser 90+6'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Fariq Hitaba (Indonesia)

16 April 2023 (2023-04-16) Friendly	Lebanon	0–1	Indonesia	Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 UTC+7			Beckham 5'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) Friendly	Lebanon	3–2	Syria	Bhamdoun, Lebanon
17:00 UTC+3	Sadek Kassas Haidar			Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06) Friendly	Lebanon	1–3	Syria	Bhamdoun, Lebanon
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium

12 June 2023 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship	Oman	1–0	Lebanon	Baghdad, Iraq
17:45 UTC+3	Al-Abdulsalam 42' (pen.)			Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium

16 June 2023 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship	Lebanon	1–2	Yemen	Baghdad, Iraq
17:45 UTC+3	Sadek 53'		Al-Sharif 55' Mahrous 65'	Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium

2 July 2023 2023 Arab Games	Lebanon	0–3	Sudan	Annaba, Algeria
17:30 UTC+1			Noah 14', 49' Ezzallah 90'	Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

5 July 2023 2023 Arab Games	Oman	1–0	Lebanon	Annaba, Algeria
17:30 UTC+1	Al Habashi 40'	Report		Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

8 July 2023 2023 Arab Games	Algeria	2–0	Lebanon	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	Lebanon	Abha, Saudi Arabia
16:00 UTC+3	Chami 45+1' (o.g.) Sor 65'	Report	Nasser 7'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Wang Di (China)

9 September 2023 2024 AFC U-23 qualification	Lebanon	0–3	Saudi Arabia	Abha, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3		Report	Radif 11' Al-Nasser 38' Maran 90+4'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Di Wang (China)

12 September 2023 2024 AFC U-23 qualification	Lebanon	1–1	Mongolia	Abha, Saudi Arabia
16:00 UTC+3	Haidar 37' (pen.)	Report	Andersson 33'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

Players

The following players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification games against Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, and Mongolia.^[2]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Hadi Kanj	(2001-09-14) 14 September 2001 (age 23)	Ansar
1GK	Rami Mjalli	(2003-10-15) 15 October 2003 (age 21)	Ahed
1GK	Anthony Maassry	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 20)	Montfermeil U19

2DF	Ali Alrida Ismail	(2003-07-08) 8 July 2003 (age 21)	Nejmeh
2DF	Mohamad Baker El Housseini	(2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 (age 22)	Bourj
2DF	Maxime Aoun	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23)	Ansar
2DF	Abdul Razzak Dakramanji	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 23)	Tripoli
2DF	Ibrahim Chami	(2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 21)	FC Laval
2DF	Saad Chweiki	(2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21)	Bourj
2DF	Sajed Amhaz	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 22)	Safa
2DF	Hussein Saleh	(2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 22)	Racing Beirut

3MF	Ali Shaitou	(2002-10-05) October 5, 2002 (age 22)	Bourj
3MF	Mohammad Saad	(2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23)	Nejmeh
3MF	Ali El Fadl	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 21)	Shabab Sahel
3MF	Omar Sabbagh	(2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 22)	UC San Diego Tritons
3MF	Mohamad Ghamlouch	(2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 (age 21)	Ahly Nabatieh
3MF	Mohammad Al Massri	(2001-06-22) 22 June 2001 (age 23)	Ansar
3MF	Said Saad	(2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 22)	Shabab Sahel
3MF	Karim Mekkaoui	(2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 23)	Racing Beirut

4FW	Elario Ghassan	(2001-03-30) March 30, 2001 (age 23)	SSV Jeddeloh II
4FW	Shadi Jouni	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 21)	Ahly Nabatieh
4FW	Mohamad Haidar	(2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 23)	Shabab Sahel
4FW	Mohammad Nasser	(2001-10-16) 16 October 2001 (age 23)	Safa

References

^ "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.

[1] "Asian Games 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[2] 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.

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AFC U-23 Asian Cup
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