Lebanon national beach soccer team

Lebanon
Nickname(s)رجال الأرز
(The Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachKhaled Berjaui
CaptainMohamad Merhi
FIFA codeLBN
BSWW ranking 49 17 (9 April 2025)[1]


First colours


Second colours
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultFourth place (2015, 2017)
Medal record
Men's Beach soccer
Asian Beach Games
Da Nang 2016

The Lebanon national beach soccer team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم الشاطئية) represents Lebanon in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association, the governing body for football in Lebanon.

In 2016 Lebanon achieved third place at the 5th Asian Beach Games, beating Afghanistan 9–5 at the bronze medal match.[2] This became the first medal in an official competition in the history of the Lebanese Football Association for any men's national team (football, futsal and beach soccer).[3] They have also managed two fourth place finishes in a row at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, in 2015 and 2017, narrowly missing out on the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup both times.[4]

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
1995 did not enter
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013 did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025 to be determined
Total Best: N/A 0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
2006 did not enter
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013 Group stage 8th of 16 3 2 0 0 1 16 13
2015 Fourth place 4th of 14 5 1 1 0 3 18 19
2017 Fourth place 4th of 12 4 2 0 0 2 17 14
2019 Quarter-finals 5th of 15 4 2 0 0 2 21 12
2023 Group stage 9th of 16 3 1 0 0 2 16 13
2025 ongoing
Total Best: fourth place 5/10 16 8 1 0 10 86 71

Asian Beach Games

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
Bali 2008 did not enter
Muscat 2010 Group stage 10th of 16 3 1 0 0 2 12 16
Haiyang 2012 Fourth place 4th of 15 6 3 1 0 2 30 24
Phuket 2014 did not enter
Da Nang 2016 Third place 3rd of 11 5 2 0 2 1 25 17
Total Best: third place 3/5 14 6 1 2 5 67 57

WAFF Beach Soccer Championship

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
2013 Group stage 5th of 7 3 1 0 0 2 10 16
2022 Group stage 5th of 7 3 1 0 0 2 12 12
Total Best: group stage 2/2 6 2 0 0 4 22 28

Players

Current squad

The following 12 players were called up for the 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1  LBN Mohamed Choker
2  LBN Mohamed Osman
3  LBN Ahmed Kaawar
4  LBN Ahmad El Khatib
5  LBN Sameh Jalal
6  LBN Mahmoud Matar
No. Pos. Nation Player
7  LBN Mostafa El Zein
8  LBN Mohamad Merhi (captain)
9  LBN Mohamad A. Haidar
10  LBN Mohamad Al-Saleh
11  LBN Mohamad H. Haidar
12  LBN Hussein Salame

See also

References

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  2. ^ "A Bronze Medal for the Lebanese National Beach Soccer Team in the Asian Games". Sports 961. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20200924023312/https://lebanonfg.com/single/2002
  4. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017, Lebanon Fall Short Of WC Qualification". Sports 961. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. ^ https://www.the-lfa.com.lb/news/AFC_Beach_Soccer25_toPataya.php
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