Lebanon women's national under-20 football team

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Lebanon under-20
Nickname(s)صبايا الأرز
(The Lady Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachJouana Hamze
Top scorerLili Iskandar (10)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Jordan 3–0 Lebanon 
(Amman, Jordan; 5 November 2014)
Biggest win
 Hong Kong 0–6 Lebanon 
(Jounieh, Lebanon; 24 October 2018)
Biggest defeat
 South Korea 9–0 Lebanon 
(Hanoi, Vietnam; 26 April 2019)
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2019, 2022)
Medal record
Women's football
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bahrain
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lebanon
Silver medal – second place 2018 Lebanon

The Lebanon women's national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 20 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-19 and women's national under-18 football team of Lebanon.

While the team has never participated in either the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, they have won two WAFF U-18 Girls Championship titles, in 2019 and 2022, and were runners-up in 2018.

History

Lebanon U18 at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

The national team played their first competitive matches at the qualifiers for the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in November 2014.[3] Drawn with Jordan, Uzbekistan and India, Lebanon lost all three games,[4][5] finishing last in their qualifying group.[3]

In 2018 Lebanon hosted the inaugural WAFF U-18 Women's Championship between August and September, in preparation for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification the following October. After defeating Palestine 3–0 in the opening game, Lebanon lost 2–1 to Jordan in the effective final of the WAFF Championship and finished runners-up.[6]

Lebanon hosted their group in the first round of Asian qualifiers, in which they were drawn with Australia, Mongolia and Hong Kong; despite losing 2–0 to Australia, Lebanon won against the other two teams (thanks to a four-goal haul by Yara Bou Rada against Hong Kong and three goals by Samira Awad) and qualified to the second round.[7] Needing a second-place finish in their group of four teams to reach the final tournament, Lebanon finished last after losing against South Korea, Vietnam and Iran.[8]

The team's first success came in 2019, in the second edition of the WAFF Championship in Bahrain. After winning all three games in the group stage, Lebanon advanced the semi-finals, where they defeated Palestine 4–2 to reach the final against hosts Bahrain. Lebanon won 3–0 and were crowned champions for the first time.[9] Three years later, in 2022, Lebanon won their second-consecutive WAFF Championship title on home soil after beating Syria 5–1 in the final.[10]

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 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
Canada 2002 Did not enter Did not enter
Thailand 2004
Russia 2006
Chile 2008
Germany 2010
Japan 2012
Canada 2014
Papua New Guinea 2016 Did not qualify The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
France 2018 Did not enter Did not enter
Costa Rica 2022 To be determined The 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2024 To be determined The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/9 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

AFC U-20 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
India 2002 Did not enter Did not enter
China 2004
Malaysia 2006
China 2007
China 2009
Vietnam 2011
China 2013
China 2015 Did not qualify 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 1 13
China 2017 Did not enter Did not enter
Thailand 2019 Did not qualify 2nd of 5, 4th of 4 6 2 0 4 12 20
Uzbekistan 2024 To be determined To be determined
Total – 0/10 – – – – – – – Total 9 2 0 7 13 33

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s)

and year

Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
Lebanon 2018 Runners-up 2nd of 3 2 1 0 1 4 2
Bahrain 2019 Champions 1st of 7 5 5 0 0 17 3
Lebanon 2022 Champions 1st of 7 4 4 0 0 13 2
Total Best: champions 3/3 11 10 0 1 34 7

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
Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium
21 October 2022 (2022-10-21) 2022 WAFF U-18 group stage Jordan  0–2  Lebanon A Jounieh, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium
23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 2022 WAFF U-18 group stage Lebanon A  2–0  Syria Jounieh, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium
23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 2022 WAFF U-18 final Lebanon A  5–1  Syria Jounieh, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium

2023

8 March 2023 (2023-03-08) 2024 AFC U-20 qualification R1 Lebanon  v  Bhutan Jordan
--:-- UTC+3
10 March 2023 (2023-03-10) 2024 AFC U-20 qualification R1 Mongolia  v  Lebanon Jordan
--:-- UTC+3
12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 2024 AFC U-20 qualification R1 Lebanon  v  Jordan Jordan
--:-- UTC+3

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship.[11]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Lamitta El Dib
22 1GK Selena Malaeb
23 1GK Clara Khalil
2 Julie Atallah
3 Tia Rita Daher
4 Amina Karime
5 Waed Raed
6 Sophie Fayad
7 Evelina El Haddad
8 Zahwa Arabi
9 Zahraa Assaf
10 Christy Maalouf
11 Hiba Allouch
13 Lara Bou Hamra
14 Maria Slim
15 Stephanie El Kazzi
16 Serena Mansour
17 Joelle Barmaki
18 Hoda Hamzi
19 Celine Haidar
20 Mira Chalhoub

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

Top scorers

Lili Iskandar is the team's all-time record goalscorer.
# Player Period Goals
1 Lili Iskandar 2018–2020 10
2 Farah El Tayar 2019–2020 6
3 Yara Bou Rada 2018–2019 5
Christy Maalouf 2020–present
5 Samira Awad 2018–2019 4
6 Zahraa Assaf 2019–present 2
Amina Karime 2022–present 2
Hanin Tamim 2018–2019 2
9 Zeina Abi Faraj 2019–2020 1
Hiba Allouch 2022–present 1
Joya-Maria Azzi 2018–2019 1
Mariam Chehab 2014 1
Sophie Fayad 2022–present 1
Melanie Ghanime 2018–2019 1
Evelina El Haddad 2022–present 1
Dima Al Kasti 2018–2019 1
Rachelle Nassif 2019–present 1
Syntia Salha 2019–present 1

As of 23 October 2022.[a] Highlighted names denote a player called up in the last 12 months.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Does not include the game against Lebanon B on 19 October 2022

References

  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. ^ a b Di Maggio, Roberto (28 August 2018). "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2015". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ Qteishat, Yahya (5 November 2014). منتخب الشابات يفوزعلى نظيره اللبناني بثلاثية ويتصدر [The women's youth national team beat its Lebanese counterpart 3–0]. alghad.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ بالصور : منتخب الشابات يفوز على الهند في التصفيات الاسيوية [In pictures: Women's national football team beat India in Asian qualifiers]. almadenahnews.com (in Arabic). 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Jordan take West Asian crown on road to qualifiers". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  7. ^ FA Lebanon [@falebanon] (28 October 2018). "HISTORIC WIN!! LEBANON qualify for the round 2 of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Iranidoost, Kamal (30 April 2019). "Iran thrashes Lebanon at AFC U19 Women's C'ships". Mehr News Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ "THE WAFF- Lebanon crowned the "WAFF U18" title". www.the-waff.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  10. ^ "The Lebanese national team wins the third U-18 women's championship". the-Waff.com. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  11. ^ 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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