Lebanon women's national under-17 football team
| 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 | Joseph Mouawad | ||
| Captain | Gianna Frangieh | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | LBN | ||
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| First international | |||
| Djibouti 2–2 (Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 8–0 Bahrain (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Bangladesh 8–0 (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018) | |||
| Arab U-17 Women's Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2015) | ||
| WAFF U-17 Girls Championship | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2018) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2019, 2023, 2025) | ||
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 (in 2015) and the WAFF U-17 Girls Championship (in 2019, 2023, and 2025). With their 2015 Arab Cup win, they became the first Lebanese national football team (men's or women's) 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 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | The 2017, 2019 and 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 | |||||||||
| 2024 | 2nd of 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 22 | |
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 |
WAFF U-17 Girls Championship
| WAFF U-17 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 |
| 2023 | Champions | 1st of 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | Third place | 3rd of 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | Champions | 1st of 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Total | Best: champions | 5/5 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 10 |
Other tournaments
| Tournament | Result |
|---|---|
| 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship[a] | Fourth place |
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
| 8 February 2025 2025 WAFF U-17 group stage | 2–0 | Syria | Khobar, Saudi Arabia | |
| 15:15 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan) |
| 10 February 2025 2025 WAFF U-17 group stage | Palestine | 0–4 | Khobar, Saudi Arabia | |
| 19:15 UTC+3 | Report |
|
Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria) |
| 14 February 2025 2025 WAFF U-17 semi-final | 3–0 | Bahrain | Khobar, Saudi Arabia | |
| 15:30 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Referee: Reem Al-Dossary (Saudi Arabia) |
| 16 February 2025 2025 WAFF U-17 final | 4–0 | Syria | Khobar, Saudi Arabia | |
| 19:30 UTC+3 |
|
Report | Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City |
Players
The following players were called up for the 2025 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship.[4]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Marie-Joe Chebli | EFP | |||
| 22 | GK | Ghenwa Karam | BFA | |||
| 23 | GK | Marie Jaffal | Southern Stars | |||
| 2 | DF | Yasmina Nassar | BFA | |||
| 3 | DF | Christina Chebli | EFP | |||
| 4 | DF | Joya Bou Assaf | Jounieh | |||
| 5 | DF | Gianna Frangieh (captain) | Salam Zgharta | |||
| 12 | DF | Yara Abi Fadel | BFA | |||
| 14 | DF | Jovita Boulous | Jounieh | |||
| 18 | DF | Remie Elias | EFP | |||
| 6 | MF | Gaelle Abou Melheb | BFA | |||
| 8 | MF | Marita Chebli | EFP | |||
| 10 | MF | Yara Geitani | ÓBerytus | |||
| 13 | MF | Rama Moghrabi | Salam Zgharta | |||
| 15 | MF | Zahra Asaad | Southern Stars | |||
| 17 | MF | Rama Kharroubi | No Limits | |||
| 20 | MF | Layane Kalkas | Bordeaux | |||
| 7 | FW | Calina Osman | BFA | |||
| 9 | FW | Sara Issa | Jounieh | |||
| 11 | FW | Jocelyn Madi | Akhaa Ahli Aley | |||
| 16 | FW | Tatianna El Kaym | BFA | |||
| 19 | FW | Zahraa Moslemani | PSV Bork | |||
| 21 | FW | Yasmin Habbal | Haringey Borough | |||
See also
- Lebanon women's national football team
- Lebanon women's national under-20 football team
- Lebanon men's national under-17 football team
- Women's football in Lebanon
- Football in Lebanon
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.
- ^ منتخب لبنان للناشئات يغادر إلى الدمام للمشاركة في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا [Lebanon's junior women's team leaves for Dammam to participate in the WAFF Championship]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.