Lebanon national football team

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Lebanon
Nickname(s)	Cedars
Association	Federation Libanaise de Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Emile Rustom
Top scorer	Roda Antar (23 goals)
Home stadium	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	LIB
FIFA ranking	140
Highest FIFA ranking	85 (December 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	140 (May 2008)
Elo ranking	125
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Palestine/Eretz Israel 5 - 0 Lebanon (Palestine; April 27, 1940)
Biggest win
Lebanon 11 - 1 Philippines  (Japan; September 28, 1967)
Biggest defeat
Iraq 8 - 0 Lebanon (Iraq; November 25, 1959)  Qatar 8 - 0 Lebanon (Qatar; March 27, 1985)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	Round 1, 2000

The Lebanon national football team is the national team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Federation Libanaise de Football Association. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals. The closest they have come was the qualifying for the 2006 tournament, where a win against Vietnam in their last group match would have seen them progress to the group stage ahead of the much favoured Korea Republic.

Lebanon also hosted the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, but didn't made it past the group stages as the team lost 4-0 to Iran and tied Iraq (2-2) and Thailand (1-1).

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 Asian Cup record 3 West Asian Football Federation Championship record 4 2010 World Cup 5 Current Squad 5.1 Former Players 6 Matches 7 Notable Matches 7.1 List of International Results 8 Statistics & Records

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter (part of France)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did Not Enter (part of France)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did Not Enter (part of France)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/18	No Appearance (so far)	-	-	-	-	-	-

• 1930 to 1938 - Did not enter - part of France
• 1938 to 1982 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Withdrew
• 1980 - Did not qualify
• 1984 to 1992 - Did not enter
• 1996 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2007 - Withdrew during qualifying

[edit] West Asian Football Federation Championship record

Year	Final Position	Played	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded	Wins	Draws	Losses
Jordan 2000	Group B (3rd)	3	3	2	1	1	1
Syria 2002	Group 1 (3rd)	2	0	3	0	0	2
Iran 2004	Group 2 (3rd)	2	1	7	0	0	2
Jordan 2007	Group 1 (3rd)	2	0	4	0	0	2
Total	Best: Group B (3rd)	9	4	21	1	1	7

[edit] 2010 World Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Uzbekistan 4 4 0 0 12 3 +9 12  Saudi Arabia 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9  Singapore 4 1 0 3 5 10 -5 3  Lebanon 4 0 0 4 2 9 -7 0

Lebanon  – 1 – 2 22 Jun 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia  4 – 1 – 2 – 0 22 Jun Singapore  2 – 0 14 Jun – 3 – 7 Uzbekistan  14 Jun 3 – 0 1 – 0 –

[edit] Current Squad

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Coach 0 Emile Rustom National Team Goalkeepers 1 GK Larry Mehanna 28 October 1982 (age 26) ?? 0 Al-Ansar 12 GK Hassan Moghnieh 7 December 1986 (age 22) ?? 0 Al-Ansar Defense 3 DF Youssef Mohamad 1 July 1980 (age 28) 33 0 1. FC Köln 13 DF Ali El Atat 9 October 1984 (age 24) ?? ?? Al-Mabarrah 6 DF Faisal Antar 20 December 1978 (age 30) ?? ?? Al-Mabarrah 2 DF Ali Al Saadi 20 April 1986 (age 22) ?? ?? Safa Beirut 3 DF Ahmad El Choum 3 August 1983 (age 25) ?? ?? Al-Ansar 4 DF Hussein Amine 15 March 1985 (age 23) ?? ?? Al-Ansar 5 DF Bilal Najarin 8 February 1981(age 27) ?? ?? Al Nejmeh 8 DF Khaled Hamieh 7 June 1981 (age 27) ?? ?? Al Nejmeh 15 DF Ali Yaacoub 26 January 1985 (age 25) ?? ?? Al-Ahed 17 DF Mootaz Jounaidi 20 January 1986 (age 22) ?? ?? Al-Ansar Midfield 8 MF Roda Antar 12 September 1980 (age 28) 48 23 1. FC Köln 8 MF Hussein Hamdan 22 August 1978 (age 30) ?? ?? Al-Ansar 17 MF Mohammed Halaweh 5 April 1977 (age 31) ?? ?? Al-Ahed 9 MF Khodor Salame 1 January 1984 (age 26) ?? ?? Safa Beirut 3 MF Ramez Dayoub 8 September 1984 (age 26) ?? ?? Safa Beirut 6 MF Mohammed Baqir Younis 7 July 1984 (age 26) ?? ?? Racing Beirut 7 MF Jihad Helwi 1 September 1985 (age 25) ?? ?? Al Nejmeh 9 MF Nasrat Al Jamal 1 July 1980 (age 28) ?? ?? Al-Ansar 10 MF Abbas Ahmed Atwi 12 September 1979 (age 29) ?? ?? Al Nejmeh 13 MF Mahmoud El Ali 4 March 1984 (age 26) ?? 5 Al-Ahed 14 MF Amer Khan 4 June 1983 (age 27) ?? ?? Safa Beirut 16 MF Mohamad Korhani 10 March 1981 (age 27) ?? ?? Safa Beirut Forward 11 FW Mohammed Ghaddar 1 January 1984 (age 26) ?? 11 Al Nejmeh 18 FW Paul Rustom 26 January 1983 (age 27) 8 0 Al-Ansar 6 FW Tarek Al Ali 6 February 1986 (age 24) ?? 2 Al-Mabarrah 7 FW Abbas Ali Atwi 15 December 1984 (age 26) ?? ?? Al Ahed 9 FW Ali Nasseredine 24 January 1984 (age 26) ?? 9 Nejmeh

[edit] Former Players

• Mardek Chabarian
• Levon Altonian
• Joseph Abu Mourad
• Robert Shehada
• Masoud Boroumand
• Buddy Farah
• Wael Nazha

[edit] Matches

[edit] Notable Matches

Date			Tournament			Place			Match	Score
January 23, 1955			Friendly			Beirut, Lebanon			Lebanon -  Bulgaria	2 - 3
February 29, 1955			Friendly			Beirut, Lebanon			Lebanon - Hungary	1 - 4
October 20, 1957			2nd Pan Arab Games			Beirut, Lebanon			Lebanon -  Jordan	6 - 3
March 20, 1965			Friendly			Nicosia, Cyprus			Cyprus -  Lebanon	0 - 2
December 12, 1995			Friendly			Beirut, Lebanon			Lebanon -  Slovakia	2 - 1
February 11, 1996			Friendly			Beirut, Lebanon			Lebanon -  Ecuador	1 - 0
January 26, 1997			Friendly			Beirut, Lebanon			Lebanon -  Estonia	2 - 0
July 3, 2004			Friendly			Beijing, China			China PR -  Lebanon	0 - 6

[edit] List of International Results

• Lebanon - International Results - Early History

[edit] Statistics & Records

• First Player to Make Debut Without Playing For Lebanese Club: Masoud Boroumand
• First Player to End Career Without Playing For Lebanese Club: Masoud Boroumand

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