Lebanon national football team

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Lebanon

Association

Federation Libanaise de
Football Association

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Adnan Al Sharki

Home stadium

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium

FIFA code

LIB

FIFA ranking

137

Highest FIFA ranking

85 (December 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

145 (November 1995)

Elo ranking

111





First kit





Second kit

First international

Palestine/Eretz Israel 5 - 0 Lebanon

(Palestine; April 27, 1940)

Biggest win

Lebanon 11 - 1 Philippines

(Japan; September 28, 1967)

Biggest defeat

Iraq 8 - 0 Lebanon

(Iraq; November 25, 1959)

Qatar 8 - 0 Lebanon

(Qatar; March 27, 1985)

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 2000)

Best result

Round 1, 2000

The Lebanon national football team is the national team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Federation Libanaise de Football Association. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals. The closest they have come was the qualifying for the 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.

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 and tied Iraq (2-2) and Thailand (1-1).

1 Last and next games
2 World Cup record
3 Asian Cup record
4 West Asian Football Federation Championship record
5 Olympic Games Qualification
6 Current Squad
- 6.1 Recent Call Ups

[edit] Last and next games

Date	Venue	Team # 1	Team # 2	Result	Competition
16 Jun 2007	Amman, Jordan	Lebanon	Syria	0:1 (0:1)	WAFF Championship
20 Jun 2007	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	Lebanon	3:0 (1:0)	WAFF Championship
23 Sep 2007	Dubai, UAE	UAE	Lebanon	1:1 (0:1)	Friendly Match
8 Oct 2007	Saida, Lebanon	Lebanon	India	4:1 (1:1)	World Cup Qualification
30 Oct 2007	Goa, India	India	Lebanon	2:2 (1:0)	World Cup Qualification

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1982 - Did not enter
1986 - Withdrew during qualifying
1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
1972 - Did not qualify
1976 - Withdrew
1980 - Did not qualify
1984 to 1992 - Did not enter
1996 - Did not qualify
2000 - Round 1
2004 - Did not qualify
2007 - Withdrew during qualifying

[edit] West Asian Football Federation Championship record

2000 to 2004 - Round 1
2007 - Round 1

[edit] Olympic Games Qualification

Lebanon has also played in the qualification for the men's Olympic tournament hosted in 2008 in China.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers
February 28	Thien Truong Stadium, Nam Dinh	Vietnam	0 – 2 (0–1)
March 14	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut	Oman	1 – 0 (0–0)	Hamza Salem 83'
March 28	Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta	Indonesia	2 – 1 (1–0)	Hassan Maatouk 23' Hussein Amine 62'
April 18	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut	Indonesia	2 – 1 (2–0)	Tarek El Ali 4', 38'
May 16	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut	Vietnam	1 – 0 (1–0)	Akram Mograbi 5'
August 23	Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang	Korea DPR	1 – 0 (1–0)	Ali Yaakoub 12'
September 8	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut	Iraq	0 – 5 (0–1)
September 12	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford	Australia	0 – 3 (0–2)
October 17	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut	Australia	0 – 0
November 17	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut	Korea DPR	1 – 2 (1–1)
November 21	Umm-Affai Stadium, Doha	Iraq	2 – 5 (0–4)

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. (Second Leg)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	GK	Larry Mehanna	28 October 1983	Al-Ansar
2	DF	Ali Al Saadi		Safa Beirut
3	MF	Ramez Dayoub		Safa Beirut
4	DF	Hussein Amine		Al-Ansar
5	DF	Mootazbellah Eljounaidi		Al-Ansar
6	DF	Faisal Antar	20 December 1978	Al Nejmeh
8	MF	Hussein Hamdan	22 August 1978	Al-Hikma
9	MF	Khodor Salame	1 January 1984	Safa Beirut
10	MF	Abbas Ahmed Atwi	12 September 1979	Al Nejmeh
11	FW	Mohammed Ghaddar	1 January 1984	Al Nejmeh
12	GK	Hassan Moghnieh		Al-Ansar
13	FW	Mahmoud Al Ali		Al-Ahed
14	MF	Amer Khan		Safa Beirut
15	MF	Ali Yaakoub
16	MF	Mohamad Korhani		Safa Beirut
17	DF	Mohammed Halawi	5 April 1977	Al Nejmeh
18	FW	Paul Rustom		Al-Ansar