Lebanon women's national under-17 football team

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.

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)صبايا الأرز
(The Lady Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachSahar Dbouk
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Djibouti 2–2 Lebanon 
(Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Biggest win
 Lebanon 8–0 Bahrain 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Bangladesh 8–0 Lebanon 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018)
WAFF U-16 Girls Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2019, 2023)
Arab U-17 Women's Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2015)
Best resultChampions (2015)
Lebanon U16 at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

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-16 Girls Championship (in 2019 and 2023). 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

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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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 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
  2024 The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
  2025 To be determined The 2025 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total 0/9 Total

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

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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
  2022 To be decided To be decided
Total 0/8 Total 4 2 0 2 14 18

Arab U-17 Women's Cup

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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-16 Girls Championship

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WAFF U-16 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
Total Best: champions 3/3 11 8 2 1 37 7

Other tournaments

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Tournament Result
  2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship[a] Fourth place

Recent results and matches

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2023

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4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage Lebanon   2–0   Bahrain Aqaba, Jordan
16:00 UTC+3
  • Iskandar   31', 90+5'
Report
Report (WAFF)
Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage Palestine   0–5   Lebanon Aqaba, Jordan
16:00 UTC+3 Report
Report (WAFF)
Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium
8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage Jordan   1–1   Lebanon Aqaba, Jordan
19:00 UTC+3
Report
Report (WAFF)
Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium
10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) 2022 WAFF U-16 final Lebanon   2–0   Jordan Aqaba, Jordan
19:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium
24 April 2023 (2023-04-24) 2024 AFC U-17 qualification R1 Lebanon   5–2   Guam Dededo, Guam
19:00 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: GFA National Training Center
Referee: Wang Chi-eh (Chinese Taipei)
26 April 2023 (2023-04-26) 2024 AFC U-17 qualification R1 Philippines   2–0   Lebanon Dededo, Guam
19:00 UTC+10
Report Stadium: GFA National Training Center
Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)
25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) Friendly Lebanon   1–0   Syria Jounieh, Lebanon
--:-- UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium

Players

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The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Marcelle Skaiki
1GK Marie-Joe Chebli
1GK Nour Hammoudi

2DF Jilnar Al Kai
2DF Cyrine Jouni
2DF Gina Sleiman
2DF Haya Najjad
2DF Sara Feghali
2DF Gianna Frangieh
2DF Nora Daoui
2DF Patricia Mezher

3MF Cecile Iskandar
3MF Nagham Abu Khalil
3MF Paula Karam
3MF Celine Bitar
3MF Nagham Mohsen
3MF Yasmine Hamdar

4FW Cyrine Termos
4FW Reem Kawtharani
4FW Serena Nehme
4FW Ayana Rezkallah
4FW Lea Al Haj Ali
4FW Yara Shabtini

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Participated as "Lebanon (B)"

References

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  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. ^ Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ بعثة منتخب لبنان للناشئات تغادر الى الأردن [The delegation of the Lebanon national team for young women leaves for Jordan]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 2 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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