Lebanon women's national under-17 football team

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)	صبايا الأرز; (The Lady Cedars)
Association	Lebanon Football Association ; (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Sahar Dbouk
Top scorer	Nathalie Al Abed; Zahraa Assaf; Christy Maalouf (5)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	LBN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Djibouti 2–2 Lebanon ; (Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Biggest win
	Lebanon 8–0 Bahrain ; (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Bangladesh 8–0 Lebanon ; (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018)
WAFF U-15 Girls Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	Champions (2019)
Arab U-17 Women's Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Champions (2015)
Medal record
Women's football
WAFF U-15 Girls Championship
Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Lebanon U16 at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

The Lebanon women's national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة للسيدات), colloquially known as "the Lady Cedars" (Arabic: صبايا الأرز),^[1]^[2] represents Lebanon in international women's youth football. The team is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association (LFA), the governing body for football in Lebanon. The team also serves as the women's national under-16 and women's national under-15 football team of Lebanon.

While the team has never qualified to either the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, they have won both the Arab U-17 Women's Cup and the WAFF U-15 Girls Championship, in 2015 and 2019 respectively, becoming the first Lebanese national team to win a title.^[3]

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World 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
2008	Did not enter									Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2022	Did not qualify									The 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Women's 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
2005	Did not enter									Did not enter
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017	Withdrew									Withdrew
2019	Did not qualify									3rd of 5	4	2	0	2	14	18
2022	To be decided									To be decided
Total	–	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	4	2	0	2	14	18

WAFF U-15 Girls Championship

WAFF U-15 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018	Runners-up	2nd of 6	4	2	1	1	14	6
2019	Champions	1st of 4	3	3	0	0	13	0
2022	To be determined
Total	Best: champions	2/2	7	5	1	1	27	6

Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Arab U-17 Women's Cup record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2015	Champions	1st of 6	4	3	1	0	11	2
Total	Best: champions	1/1	4	3	1	0	11	2

Other tournaments


Tournament	Result
2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship^[a]	Fourth place

Recent results and matches

2022

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19) 2022 WAFF U-18 group stage	Lebanon A	4–1	Lebanon B	Jounieh, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+3	Hamzi 20', 22' Allouch 23' Raed 44'	Report	Abdine 78'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium

21 October 2022 (2022-10-21) 2022 WAFF U-18 group stage	Lebanon B	0–3	Syria	Jounieh, Lebanon
11:00 UTC+3		Report	Mohammad 4' Jarbou 15' Gharib 53'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Esra'a AlMbaidin (Jordan)

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 2022 WAFF U-18 group stage	Jordan	2–0	Lebanon B	Jounieh, Lebanon
11:00 UTC+3	Shuwayyat 45' Owaisat 73'	Report		Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 2022 WAFF U-18 final	Jordan	2–1	Lebanon B	Jounieh, Lebanon
11:00 UTC+3	Owaisat 2' AlTmaizy 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Iskandar 53'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium

2023

24 April 2023 (2023-04-24) 2024 AFC U-17 qualification R1	Lebanon	v	Guam	Guam
--:-- UTC+10

26 April 2023 (2023-04-26) 2024 AFC U-17 qualification R1	Philippines	v	Lebanon	Guam
--:-- UTC+10

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1GK	Mounia Rina Bazzi
21	1GK	Marcelle Skaiki
23	1GK	Aya Kobaissi

2		Asiyah Zreika
3		Jilnar Al Kai
4		Gina Sleiman
5		Tala Abi Akl
6		Celine Bitar
7		Tatiana Kanaan
8		Lama Abdine
9		Yasmine Hamdar
10		Cecile Iskandar
11		Ayana Rezkallah
12		Nagham Mohsen
13		Razan Al Timany
14		Doaa Kobaissi
15		Haya Najjad
16		Joylyn Chahine
17		Lea Hachem
18		Paula Kram
20		Tima Karnouh
22		Clara Najjar

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 12 months, but are not part of the current squad.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Player records

Top scorers

Christy Maalouf is the team's joint-all-time record goalscorer.

#	Player	Period	Goals
1	Nathalie Al Abed	2018	5
	Zahraa Assaf	2018
	Christy Maalouf	2018–present
4	Cynthia Salha	2018	4
5	Hala Ghalaini	2015	3
5	Farah El Tayar	2018	3
7	Mariam Chehab	2015	2
	Sophie Fayad	2018
	Aya Jurdi	2015

As of 23 October 2022^[update]. Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Notes

^ Participated as "Lebanon (B)"

References

^ Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
^ لبنان (أ) يتصدر جدول الترتيب بعد فوز كبير في إفتتاح بطولة غرب آسيا للشابات [Lebanon (A) tops the table after a big win in the opening of the West Asian Women's Championship]. Lebanese Football Association. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

External links

Official website

[4] Participated as "Lebanon (B)"

[1] Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[3] Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[5] لبنان (أ) يتصدر جدول الترتيب بعد فوز كبير في إفتتاح بطولة غرب آسيا للشابات [Lebanon (A) tops the table after a big win in the opening of the West Asian Women's Championship]. Lebanese Football Association. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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