Lebanon national football team
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{{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]]
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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 - 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 - 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 - 3'''
|-
| align="center" | [[March 20]], [[1965]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]]
|
|
| align="left" | {{fb|Cyprus}} - '''{{fb|Lebanon}}'''
| align="center" | '''0 - 2'''
|-
| align="center" | [[December 12]], [[1995]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
|
|
| align="left" | {{fb|Lebanon}} - {{fb|Slovakia}}
| align="center" | '''2 - 1'''
|-
| align="center" | [[February 11]], [[1996]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
|
|
| align="left" | {{fb|Lebanon}} - {{fb|Ecuador}}
| align="center" | '''1 - 0'''
|-
| align="center" | [[January 26]], [[1997]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
|
|
| align="left" | {{fb|Lebanon}} - {{fb|Estonia}}
| align="center" | '''2 - 0'''
|-
| align="center" | [[July 3]], [[2004]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|
|
| align="center" | [[Beijing]], [[China]]
|
|
| align="left" | {{fb|China}} - {{fb|Lebanon}}
| align="center" | '''0 - 6'''
|}
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===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]]
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