Lebanon national under-20 football team

Lebanon Lebanon
Nickname(s) الأرز
Les Cèdres
(The Cedars)
Association الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم
Lebanon Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach Samer Saad
Captain AbdelGhany Ramadan
Home stadium Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
Saida International Stadium
FIFA code LIB
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Lebanon 0-0  India
(Tehran, Iran; 16 april 1973
Biggest win
 Lebanon 4-1  Kyrgyzstan
(Doha, Qatar; 6 october 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Syria 6-0  Lebanon
(Fujairah, UAE; 2011)
AFC U19 Asian Cup
Appearances 2
Best result Quarterfinals in 1973

The Lebanese National Under 20 Football Team represents the Lebanese Republic in Under 20 competitions. Their official nickname is The Cedars. The team is controlled by Federation Libanaise de Football Association (LFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and also the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF).

In 2014 Lebanon could have the best generation with players like Abdelghany Ramadan joining the team. And others

The team has never qualified for the FIFA U20 World Cup. They have only participated twice in 1973 and 2008, with their best result is the quarter-finals in 1975 edition.

The U20 team has produced notable players such as Roda Antar and Youssef Mohamad.

Current Squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Levon Kinoyan (1995-05-06) May 6, 1995 0 0 Lebanon Al Ansar
1GK Nazih Assaad (1995-05-13) May 13, 1995 0 0 Lebanon Nejmeh
1GK Salim Abdelhade (1995-09-23) September 23, 1995 1 0 Lebanon Al Ahli Saida

2DF Khaled Al Jasem (1994-02-27) February 27, 1994 2 0 Lebanon Al Ahed
2DF Shadi Skaf (1996-03-29) March 29, 1996 6 0 Lebanon Nejmeh
2DF Mohamad Daher (1994-05-04) May 4, 1994 5 0 Lebanon Homenmen Beirut
2DF Khaled Ali (1995-06-15) June 15, 1995 2 0 Lebanon Tadamon Sour
2DF Khalil Khamis (1994-04-22) April 22, 1994 3 0 Lebanon Al-Safa FC
2DF Mahmoud Najdi (1989-01-01) January 1, 1989 0 0 Germany TV Jahn Hiesfeld

3MF Hassan Kourani (1996-03-27) March 27, 1996 0 0 Lebanon Al Ahed
3MF Sam Awad (1996-07-16) July 16, 1996 0 0 Australia Rockdale City Suns FC
3MF Ghazi Honeini (1996-09-03) September 3, 1996 0 0 Lebanon Racing Beirut
4FW Ali Mezher (1997-08-14) August 14, 1997 3 2 Italy Juventus FC
3MF Dikrak Diradjian (1996-08-17) August 17, 1996 1 1 Lebanon Homenmen Beirut
3MF Hussen Fakha (1996-06-10) June 10, 1996 3 0 Lebanon Tadamon Sour
3MF Alberto Brahimcha (1995-02-13) February 13, 1995 1 0 France Paris Saint-Germain

4FW Zakeriya Elrich (1996-05-04) May 4, 1996 9 9 Australia Sydney Olympic FC
4FW Philippe Paoli (1996-04-01) April 1, 1996 3 1 Germany FC Koln
4FW Tony Hamod (1995-02-11) February 11, 1995 3 6 Lebanon Hekmeh FC
4FW Kassem Hayek (1997-11-19) November 19, 1997 0 0 France Olympique Lyonnais
4FW Elias Doummit (1997-08-10) August 10, 1997 1 0 Spain Villarreal CF
4FW Elie Boustany Bouza (1996-03-17) March 17, 1996 4 3 Lebanon Hekmeh FC
4FW AbdelGhany Ramadan (1996-07-14) July 14, 1996 0 0 England Manchester City

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