Lebanon national football team 1205183 224700647 2008-07-10T00:57:34Z Aaron carass 5877248 [[World Football Elo Ratings|Elo Ratings]]. {{Infobox National football team | Name = Lebanon | Badge = Lebanon_FA.gif | FIFA Trigramme = LIB | FIFA Rank = 150 | 1st ranking date = August 1993 | FIFA max = 85 | FIFA max date = December 1998 | FIFA min = 150 | FIFA min date = July 2008 | Elo Rank = 131 | Nickname = [[Cedar|Cedars]] | Association = [[Federation Libanaise de Football Association|Federation Libanaise de<br>Football Association]] | Confederation = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] ([[Asia]]) | Coach = Vacant | Most caps = | Top scorer = [[Roda Antar]] (23 goals) | Home Stadium = [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium]] | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=C00000|body1=C00000|rightarm1=C00000|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=C00000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_thinredsides|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| First game = {{flagicon|Palestine|Mandate}} [[Israel national football team|Palestine/Eretz Israel]] 5 - 0 '''Lebanon''' [[Image:Lebanese French flag.svg|22px]] <br/>([[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]]; [[April 27]], [[1940]]) | Largest win = {{Flagicon|LIB}} '''Lebanon''' 11 - 1 {{fb-rt|PHI|1919}}<br/>([[Japan]]; [[September 28]], [[1967]]) | | Largest loss = {{fb|Iraq|1959}} 8 - 0 '''Lebanon''' {{Flagicon|LIB}}<br/>([[Iraq]]; [[November 25]], [[1959]])<br> {{fb|Qatar}} 8 - 0 '''Lebanon''' {{Flagicon|LIB}}<br/>([[Qatar]]; [[March 27]], [[1985]])| | World cup apps = | World cup first = - | World cup best = Championship | Regional name = [[Asian Cup|AFC Asian Cup]] | Regional cup apps = 1 | Regional cup first = [[Asian Cup 2000|2000]] | Regional cup best = Round 1, [[Asian Cup 2000|2000]] }} The '''Lebanon national football team''' is the national team of the [[Lebanon|Republic of Lebanon]] and is controlled by the [[Federation Libanaise de Football Association]]. It is a affiliated with the [[Asian Football Confederation]]. It has never qualified for the [[Football World Cup|World Cup]] finals. The closest they have come was the qualifying for the [[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] tournament, where a win against Vietnam in their last group match would have seen them progress to the group stage ahead of the much favoured [[Korea Republic national football team|Korea Republic]]. Lebanon also hosted the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]], but didn't made it past the group stages as the team lost 4-0 to [[Iran national football team|Iran]] and tied [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] (2-2) and [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] (1-1). == World Cup record == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Year !Round !Position !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA |- |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||''Did Not Enter'' (part of [[France]])||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||''Did Not Enter'' (part of [[France]])||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||''Did Not Enter'' (part of [[France]])||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-|- |- |{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Withdrew||-||-||-||-||-||-|| |- |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||''Did Not Qualify||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||'' Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||'' Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||'' Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||'' Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |'''Total'''||0/18||'''No Appearance (so far)'''||-||-||-||-||-||- |} == Asian Cup record == * [[Asian Cup 1956|1956]] to [[Asian Cup 1968|1968]] - ''Did not enter'' * [[Asian Cup 1972|1972]] - ''Did not qualify'' * [[Asian Cup 1976|1976]] - ''Withdrew'' * [[Asian Cup 1980|1980]] - ''Did not qualify'' * [[Asian Cup 1984|1984]] to [[Asian Cup 1992|1992]] - ''Did not enter'' * [[Asian Cup 1996|1996]] - ''Did not qualify'' * [[Asian Cup 2000|2000]] - '''Round 1''' * [[Asian Cup 2004|2004]] - ''Did not qualify'' * [[Asian Cup 2007|2007]] - ''Withdrew during qualifying'' ==Coaches== {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" |- bgcolor=#CADCFB ! Nat. ! ! ! Name ! ! ! Arrival ! ! ! Exit |- |- |{{flagicon|LIB}} | | | [[Adnan Al-Shargi]] | | | align="center" | January 1993 | | | align="center" | November 1995 |- |{{flagicon|Wales}} | | | [[Terry Yorath]] | | | align="center" | December 1995 | | | align="center" | June 1997 |- |{{flagicon|Egypt}} | | | [[Mahmoud Saad]] | | | align="center" | June 1997 | | | align="center" | December 1998 |- | {{flagicon|Syria}} | | | [[Mohammed Kwid]] | | | align="center" | 2004 | | | align="center" | 2005 |- | {{flagicon|LIB}} | | | [[Adnan Al-Shargi]] | | | align="center" | 2005 | | | align="center" | 2005 |- | {{flagicon|LIB}} | | | [[Emile Rustom]] | | | align="center" | 2005 | | | align="center" | June 2008 |} [[Terry Yorath]], former Tottenham Hotspur and [[Wales national football team]] player took over the Lebanese team during December 1995 and was sacked on June 1997. He was replaced by Egyptian manager [[Mahmoud Saad]]. [[Emile Rustom]] took over from Adnan Al-Shargi after being assistant manager. Rustom was then sacked after 3 years at the helm for failing to guide the National team into the 4th stage of World Cup Qualifiers for the South Africa 2010 World Cup. == West Asian Football Federation Championship record == {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="#AAAAAA" align="center" !Year !Final Position !Played !Goals Scored !Goals Conceded !Wins !Draws !Losses |- |[[West Asian Football Federation Championship 2000|Jordan 2000]] |'''Group B (3rd)''' |3 |3 |2 |1 |1 |1 |- |[[2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship|Syria 2002]] |Group 1 (3rd) |2 |0 |3 |0 |0 |2 |- |[[West Asian Football Federation Championship 2004|Iran 2004]] |Group 2 (3rd) |2 |1 |7 |0 |0 |2 |- |[[2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship|Jordan 2007]] |Group 1 (3rd) |2 |0 |4 |0 |0 |2 |- |[[2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship|Iran 2008]] |''Withdrew'' |- |- |- |- |- |- |- bgcolor="#DDDDDD" align="center" |Total |'''Best:''' Group B (3rd) |9 |4 |21 |1 |1 |7 |} == 2010 World Cup == {{2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Group 4 | expanded = yes | fixtures = yes | tiebreakers = <!-- "yes", to display the tiebreaking notes --> }} ==Current Squad== {{nat fs g start}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#FRDEBC" align="left" | Coach |----- bgcolor="#FFD2D6" {{nat fs g player|no=0|pos=Coach|name=|age=|caps=|goals=|club=[[Lebanon national football team|National Team]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" align="left" | Goalkeepers |----- bgcolor="#FFECCE" {{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Larry Mehanna]]|age=[[28 October]], [[1982]] (age 26)|caps=??|goals=0|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Hassan Moghnieh]]|age=[[7 December]], [[1986]] (age 22)|caps=??|goals=0|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#BBF0C9" align="left" | Defense |----- bgcolor="#E7FAEC" {{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Youssef Mohamad]]|age=[[1 July]], [[1980]] (age 28)|caps=33|goals=0|club=[[1. FC Köln]]|clubnat=Germany}} {{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=[[Ali El Atat]]|age=[[9 October]] [[1984]] (age 24)|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Al-Mabarrah]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=DF|name=[[Faisal Antar]]|age=[[20 December]], [[1978]] (age 30)|caps=15|goals=3|club=[[Al-Mabarrah]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Ali Al Saadi]]|age=[[20 April]], [[1986]] (age 22)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Safa Sporting Club|Safa Beirut]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Ahmad El Choum]]|age=[[3 August]], [[1983]] (age 25)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Hussein Amine]]|age=[[15 March]], [[1985]] (age 23)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Bilal Najarin]]|age=[[8 February]], [[1981]](age 27)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Nejmeh|Al Nejmeh]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=DF|name=[[Khaled Hamieh]]|age=[[7 June]], [[1981]] (age 27)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Nejmeh|Al Nejmeh]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Ali Yaacoub]]|age=[[26 January]], [[1985]] (age 25)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Al-Ahed]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name=[[Mootaz Jounaidi]]|age=[[20 January]], [[1986]] (age 22)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | Midfield |----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD" {{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Roda Antar]]|age=[[12 September]], [[1980]] (age 28)|caps=48|goals=23|club=[[1. FC Köln]]|clubnat=Germany}} {{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Hussein Hamdan]]|age=[[22 August]], [[1978]] (age 30)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Mohammed Halaweh]]|age=[[5 April]], [[1977]] (age 31)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Al-Ahed]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=MF|name=[[Khodor Salame]]|age=[[1 January]], [[1984]] (age 26)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Safa Sporting Club|Safa Beirut]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=MF|name=[[Ramez Dayoub]]|age=[[8 September]], [[1984]] (age 26)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Safa Sporting Club|Safa Beirut]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Mohammed Baqir Younis]]|age=[[7 July]], [[1984]] (age 26)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Racing Beirut]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Jihad Helwi]]|age=[[1 September]], [[1985]] (age 25)|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Nejmeh|Al Nejmeh]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=MF|name=[[Nasrat Al Jamal]]|age=[[1 July]], [[1980]] (age 28)|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Abbas Ahmed Atwi]]|age=[[12 September]], [[1979]] (age 29)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Nejmeh|Al Nejmeh]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=MF|name=[[Mahmoud El Ali]]|age=[[4 March]], [[1984]] (age 26)|caps=8|goals=5|club=[[Al-Ahed]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Amer Khan]]|age=[[4 June]], [[1983]] (age 27)|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Safa Sporting Club|Safa Beirut]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name=[[Mohamad Korhani]]|age=[[10 March]], [[1981]] (age 27)|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Safa Sporting Club|Safa Beirut]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} |----- ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#FFACB3" align="left" | Forward |----- bgcolor="#FFD2D6" {{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Mohammed Ghaddar]]|age=[[1 January]], [[1984]] (age 26)|caps=??|goals=11|club=[[Nejmeh|Al Nejmeh]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=FW|name=[[Paul Rustom]]|age=[[26 January]], [[1983]] (age 27)|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[Al-Ansar (Lebanon)|Al-Ansar]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=FW|name=[[Tarek Al Ali]]|age=[[6 February]], [[1986]] (age 24)|caps=??|goals=2|club=[[Al-Mabarrah]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=FW|name=[[Abbas Ali Atwi]]|age=[[15 December]], [[1984]] (age 26)|caps=??|goals=??|club=[[Al Ahed]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Ali Nasseredine]]|age=[[24 January]], [[1984]] (age 26)|caps=12|goals=9|club=[[Nejmeh]]|clubnat=Lebanon}} {{nat fs g end}} ===Former Players=== *[[Mardek Chabarian]] *[[Levon Altonian]] *[[Joseph Abu Mourad]] *[[Robert Shehada]] *[[Masoud Boroumand]] *[[Buddy Farah]] *[[Wael Nazha]] == Matches == == Notable Matches == {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" |- bgcolor=#CADCFB ! Date ! ! ! Tournament ! ! ! Place ! ! ! Match ! Score |- |- | align="center" | [[January 23]], [[1955]] | | | align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] | | | align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | | | align="left" | '''{{fb|Lebanon}}''' - {{fb|Bulgaria}} | align="center" | '''2&nbsp;-&nbsp;3''' |- | align="center" | [[February 29]], [[1955]] | | | align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] | | | align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | | | align="left" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''Lebanon''' - {{fb-rt|Hungary}} | align="center" | '''1&nbsp;-&nbsp;4''' |- | align="center" | [[October 20]], [[1957]] | | | align="center" | [[2nd Pan Arab Games]] | | | align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | | | align="left" | '''{{fb|Lebanon}}''' - {{fb|Jordan}} | align="center" | '''6&nbsp;-&nbsp;3''' |- | align="center" | [[March 20]], [[1965]] | | | align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] | | | align="center" | [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]] | | | align="left" | {{fb|Cyprus}} - '''{{fb|Lebanon}}''' | align="center" | '''0&nbsp;-&nbsp;2''' |- | align="center" | [[December 12]], [[1995]] | | | align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] | | | align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | | | align="left" | {{fb|Lebanon}} - {{fb|Slovakia}} | align="center" | '''2&nbsp;-&nbsp;1''' |- | align="center" | [[February 11]], [[1996]] | | | align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] | | | align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | | | align="left" | {{fb|Lebanon}} - {{fb|Ecuador}} | align="center" | '''1&nbsp;-&nbsp;0''' |- | align="center" | [[January 26]], [[1997]] | | | align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] | | | align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | | | align="left" | {{fb|Lebanon}} - {{fb|Estonia}} | align="center" | '''2&nbsp;-&nbsp;0''' |- | align="center" | [[July 3]], [[2004]] | | | align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] | | | align="center" | [[Beijing]], [[China]] | | | align="left" | {{fb|China}} - {{fb|Lebanon}} | align="center" | '''0&nbsp;-&nbsp;6''' |} <br clear=all> ===List of International Results=== *[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/leb-intres-prehist.html Lebanon - International Results - Early History] == Statistics & Records == * '''First Player to Make Debut Without Playing For Lebanese Club:''' [[Masoud Boroumand]] * '''First Player to End Career Without Playing For Lebanese Club:''' [[Masoud Boroumand]] {{fb start}} {{International Football}} {{AFC teams}} {{UAFA Football}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Asian national football teams]] [[Category:Football in Lebanon|*]] [[Category:National sports teams of Lebanon|Football]] [[ar:منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم]] [[de:Libanesische Fußballnationalmannschaft]] [[es:Selección de fútbol del Líbano]] [[fr:Équipe du Liban de football]] [[ko:레바논 축구 국가대표팀]] [[it:Nazionale di calcio del Libano]] [[he:נבחרת לבנון בכדורגל]] [[lt:Libano vyrų futbolo rinktinė]] [[nl:Libanees voetbalelftal]] [[pl:Reprezentacja Libanu w piłce nożnej]] [[ja:サッカーレバノン代表]] [[pt:Seleção Libanesa de Futebol]] [[vi:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Liban]] [[tr:Lübnan Millî Futbol Takımı]]