Lebanon national under-23 football team
| Nickname(s) | المنتخب الاولمبي (The Olympic Team) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Jamal Taha | ||
| Captain | Mahmoud Zbib | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | LBN | ||
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| First international | |||
| Syria 0–1 (Hyderabad, India; 5 August 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 11–0 Afghanistan (Ulsan, South Korea; 5 October 2002) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| 0–5 Iraq (Beirut, Lebanon; 8 September 2007) United Arab Emirates 6–1 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 22 March 2019) | |||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2002) | ||
| Arab Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2023) | ||
| WAFF U-23 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2021) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2021, 2023) | ||
The Lebanon national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم), also known as the Lebanon Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان الأولمبي لكرة القدم), represents Lebanon in international under-23 association football competitions. Controlled by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the squad is governed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) continentally, and FIFA worldwide. The team also serves as the national under-22 football team of Lebanon.
The selection is limited to players under 23, except for the Olympics which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The side has never qualified for the Olympic Games nor the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. They have only participated once in the Asian Games, in 2002, in which they were eliminated in the group stage.[1]
Competitive record
Summer Olympic Games
| Summer Olympic Games record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1908–1988 | See Lebanon national team | See Lebanon national team | |||||||||||||||
| Barcelona 1992 | Did not qualify | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Atlanta 1996 | Did not participate | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||
| Sydney 2000 | Did not qualify | 2nd of 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Athens 2004 | First round win, Second round win, 4th of 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Beijing 2008 | 2nd of 4, 4th of 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | ||||||||||
| London 2012 | Second round defeat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Rio 2016 | The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo 2020 | The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
| Paris 2024 | The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles 2028 | To be determined | The 2028 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 52 | |
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
| AFC U-23 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 | |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | 5th of 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 48 | |
Asian Games
| Asian Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951–1998
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See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
| Busan 2002 | Group stage | 12th of 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | Squad |
| Doha 2006 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| Guangzhou 2010 | |||||||||
| Incheon 2014 | |||||||||
| Indonesia 2018 | |||||||||
| Hangzhou 2022 | |||||||||
| Japan 2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Best: group stage | 1/6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | – |
Arab Games
| Arab Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1953–2001
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See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
| Algeria 2023 | Group stage | 8th of 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Squad |
| Saudi Arabia 2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Best: group stage | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
WAFF U-23 Championship
| WAFF U-23 Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 2015 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2021 | Group stage | 10th of 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | Squad |
| 2022 | Fifth place play-off | 6th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
| 2023 | Group stage | 7th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Squad |
| 2024 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2025 | Seventh place play-off | 8th of 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad |
| Total | Best: group stage | 4/6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | – |
Mediterranean Games
| Mediterranean Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation, city and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1951–1987
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See Lebanon national football team | ||||||||
| Athens 1991 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| Languedoc-Roussillon 1993 | |||||||||
| Bari 1997 | |||||||||
| Tunis 2001 | |||||||||
| Almería 2005 | |||||||||
| Pescara 2009 | See Lebanon national under-20 football team | ||||||||
| Mersin 2013 | See Lebanon national under-19 football team | ||||||||
2018–present
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See Lebanon national under-18 football team | ||||||||
| Total | N/A | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2025
| 19 March 2025 2025 WAFF U-23 group stage | Syria | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Muscat, Oman | |
| 23:30 UTC+4 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex |
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| 19 March 2025 2025 WAFF U-23 5th–8th place | Kuwait | 1–0 | Muscat, Oman | |
| 20:30 UTC+4 |
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Report | Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex |
| 25 March 2025 2025 WAFF U-23 7th–8th place | 0–3 | United Arab Emirates | Muscat, Oman | |
| --:-- UTC+4 | Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex |
| 1 September 2025 2026 AFC U-23 qualification | Malaysia | v | Thailand | |
| --:-- UTC+7 |
| 5 September 2025 2026 AFC U-23 qualification | v | Thailand | Thailand | |
| --:-- UTC+7 |
| 9 September 2025 2026 AFC U-23 qualification | v | Mongolia | Thailand | |
| --:-- UTC+7 |
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Jamal Taha |
| Team manager | Rashid Nassar |
| Assistant coach | Hassan Hassoun |
| Goalkeeper coach | |
| Fitness coach | |
| Administrator | Fouad Balhawan |
| Physiotherapist | Elie Metni |
| Media officer | Charbel Krayem |
| Equipment officer | Shafiq Fares |
Players
The following 23 players were called up for the 2025 WAFF U-23 Championship, held in Oman on 19–25 March 2025.[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Shareef Azaki | 13 January 2004 | Mabarra | ||
| 22 | GK | Mohammad Hojeij | 16 January 2004 | Shabab Sahel | ||
| 23 | GK | Zaher El Amin | 15 May 2003 | Tadamon Sour | ||
| 2 | DF | Ali Alrida Ismail | 8 July 2003 | Nejmeh | ||
| 3 | DF | Mohamad Al Mahdi Al Moussawi | 3 October 2003 | Ansar | ||
| 4 | DF | Hasan Farhat | 21 September 2004 | Ahed | ||
| 5 | DF | Saad Chweiki | 23 March 2003 | Tripoli | ||
| 12 | DF | Hussein Kaawar | 24 October 2003 | Chabab Ghazieh | ||
| 13 | DF | Hsein Reda | 7 April 2004 | Ahed | ||
| 16 | DF | Abbas Ballout | 20 April 2003 | Ansar | ||
| 19 | DF | Ibrahim Chami | 13 December 2003 | Valour FC | ||
| 6 | MF | Mohamad Ghamlouch | 19 May 2003 | Racing Beirut | ||
| 7 | MF | Mahmoud Zbib (captain) | 29 February 2004 | Ahed | ||
| 8 | MF | Ali El Fadl | 29 March 2003 | Safa | ||
| 17 | MF | Ali Alakbar Mannaa | 23 June 2003 | Ahed | ||
| 18 | MF | Yasser Dimachek | 26 February 2003 | Shabab Baalbek | ||
| 21 | MF | Mohamad Bou Saleh | 19 March 2003 | Ansar | ||
| 9 | FW | Hassan Bazzi | 6 November 2004 | Tadamon Sour | ||
| 10 | FW | Mohamad Omar Sadek | 25 October 2003 | Nejmeh | ||
| 11 | FW | Khaled Al Hajjar | 22 September 2004 | Nejmeh | ||
| 14 | FW | Mohamad Dana | 14 January 2006 | Örebro SK | ||
| 15 | FW | Hasan Dana | 13 March 2007 | Örebro SK | ||
| 20 | FW | Omar Bahlawan | 20 December 2004 | Ansar | ||
See also
- Lebanon national football team
- Lebanon national under-20 football team
- Lebanon national under-17 football team
- Football in Lebanon
References
- ^ "Asian Games 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ @thelfadotcom; (16 March 2025). "إليكم قائمة منتخبنا الوطني الأولمبي للمشاركة في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا السادسة تحت 23 - عُمان 2025" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.