Lebanon national football team
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| Nickname(s) | رجال الأرز (The Cedars) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Liviu Ciobotariu | ||
| Captain | Hassan Maatouk | ||
| Most caps | Abbas Ahmed Atwi Hassan Maatouk (84) | ||
| Top scorer | Hassan Maatouk (21) | ||
| Home stadium | Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 85  4 (7 February 2019)[1] | ||
| Highest | 77 (September 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 178 (April – May 2011) | ||
| Elo ranking | |||
| Current | 96 4 (3 March 2019)[2] | ||
| Highest | 46 (27 April 1940) | ||
| Lowest | 164 (28 July 2011) | ||
| First international | |||
 Mandatory Palestine 5–1 Lebanon  (Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine; 27 April 1940) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Lebanon 8–1 Pakistan  (Bangkok, Thailand; 26 May 2001) Lebanon 7–0 Laos  (Sidon, Lebanon; 12 November 2015) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 China PR 6–0 Lebanon (Chongqing, China; 3 July 2004) Lebanon 0–6 Kuwait  (Beirut, Lebanon; 2 July 2011)  South Korea 6–0 Lebanon (Goyang, South Korea; 2 September 2011) | |||
| AFC Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2000) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2000, 2019) | ||
Medal record
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The Lebanon national football team are a team who play association football for Lebanon. They play their matches in Lebanon at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium. They have never qualified for the World Cup, and have participated twice at the Asian Cup (in 2000 and 2019).
Most appearances[change | change source]
- As of 19 November 2019
| # | Player | Period | Caps | Goals | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbas Ahmed Atwi | 2002–2016 | 84 | 7 | MF/FW |
| Hassan Maatouk | 2006–present | 21 | FW | ||
| 3 | Youssef Mohamad | 2000–2016 | 75 | 3 | DF |
| 4 | Walid Ismail | 2010–2019 | 65 | 1 | DF |
| Mohamad Haidar | 2011–present | 4 | MF/FW | ||
| 6 | Roda Antar | 1998–2016 | 63 | 20 | MF |
| 7 | Haytham Faour | 2011–2019 | 58 | 0 | MF |
| 8 | Hassan "Moni" Chaito | 2011–present | 56 | 6 | MF/FW |
| 9 | Nour Mansour | 2010–present | 53 | 2 | DF |
| 10 | Abbas Ali Atwi | 2002–2016 | 52 | 4 | FW |
| Ali Hamam | 2009–2019 | 3 | DF |
Top scorers[change | change source]
- As of 19 November 2019
| # | Player | Period | Goals | Caps | Average | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassan Maatouk | 2006–present | 21 | 84 | 0.25 | FW |
| 2 | Roda Antar | 1998–2016 | 20 | 63 | 0.32 | MF |
| 3 | Vartan Ghazarian | 1995–2001 | 19 | 39 | 0.49 | FW |
| Mohammed Ghaddar | 2006–2017 | 42 | 0.45 | FW | ||
| 5 | Haitham Zein | 1998–2004 | 15 | 32 | 0.47 | FW |
| 6 | Mahmoud El Ali | 2007–2012 | 12 | 46 | 0.26 | FW |
| 7 | Jamal Taha | 1993–2000 | 10 | 32 | 0.31 | MF |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
