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.
Nickname(s) | صبايا الأرز (The Lady Cedars) | ||
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Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Head coach | Sahar Dbouk | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | LBN | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018) | |||
WAFF U-16 Girls Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2018) | ||
Best result | Champions (2019, 2023) | ||
Arab U-17 Women's Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) | ||
Best result | Champions (2015) | ||
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Lebanon_A_v_Lebanon_B%2C_19_October_2022_02.jpg/220px-Lebanon_A_v_Lebanon_B%2C_19_October_2022_02.jpg)
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
editFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
editFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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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
editAFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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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
editArab U-17 Women's Cup record | ||||||||
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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
editWAFF U-16 Girls Championship record | ||||||||
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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
editTournament | Result |
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2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship[a] | Fourth place |
Recent results and matches
edit2023
edit4 January 2023 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage | Lebanon | 2–0 | Bahrain | Aqaba, Jordan |
16:00 UTC+3 |
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Report Report (WAFF) |
Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan) |
6 January 2023 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage | Palestine | 0–5 | Lebanon | Aqaba, Jordan |
16:00 UTC+3 | Report Report (WAFF) |
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Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium |
8 January 2023 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage | Jordan | 1–1 | Lebanon | Aqaba, Jordan |
19:00 UTC+3 |
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Report Report (WAFF) |
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Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium |
10 January 2023 2022 WAFF U-16 final | Lebanon | 2–0 | Jordan | Aqaba, Jordan |
19:00 UTC+3 |
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Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium |
24 April 2023 2024 AFC U-17 qualification R1 | Lebanon | 5–2 | Guam | Dededo, Guam |
19:00 UTC+10 | Report |
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Stadium: GFA National Training Center Referee: Wang Chi-eh (Chinese Taipei) |
26 April 2023 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) |
Players
editThe following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship.[4]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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GK | Marcelle Skaiki | |||||
GK | Marie-Joe Chebli | |||||
GK | Nour Hammoudi | |||||
DF | Jilnar Al Kai | |||||
DF | Cyrine Jouni | |||||
DF | Gina Sleiman | |||||
DF | Haya Najjad | |||||
DF | Sara Feghali | |||||
DF | Gianna Frangieh | |||||
DF | Nora Daoui | |||||
DF | Patricia Mezher | |||||
MF | Cecile Iskandar | |||||
MF | Nagham Abu Khalil | |||||
MF | Paula Karam | |||||
MF | Celine Bitar | |||||
MF | Nagham Mohsen | |||||
MF | Yasmine Hamdar | |||||
FW | Cyrine Termos | |||||
FW | Reem Kawtharani | |||||
FW | Serena Nehme | |||||
FW | Ayana Rezkallah | |||||
FW | Lea Al Haj Ali | |||||
FW | Yara Shabtini |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Participated as "Lebanon (B)"
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.