Lebanon national futsal team
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| Association | Federation Libanaise de Football Association |
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Dory Zakhour |
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| Captain | Rabih Abu Chaaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FIFA code | LIB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Cyprus 10 – 0 Lebanon (Nicosia, Cyprus; 10 April 2003) |
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Largest win Lebanon 14 – 1 Maldives  (Taipei, Taiwan; 3 March 2007) |
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Worst defeat Iran 15 – 2 Lebanon (Tehran, Iran; 27 July 2003) |
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| Futsal World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 0 (First in FIFA Futsal World Championship) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| AFC Futsal Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarter Finals, 2004, 2007, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Lebanon national futsal team represents Lebanon in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Federation Libanaise de Football Association. It is one of the raising teams in Asia. As of December 2007, Lebanon is ranked 34 in the Futsal World Ranking, the sixth highest ranking Asian team in the latest World Rankings.
Lebanon has played in six AFC Futsal Championships. Its best result was reaching the quarter finals in 2004 and 2007 in Japan. Lebanon has also played twice at the Arab Futsal Championship, in 2005 they finished third while in 2006 they won the second place. In 2005 they didn't qualify for the knock-out stages, however the following plate chamoionship, Lebanon beat Iraq in the final to claim the plate championship.
Lebanon also reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Asian Indoor Games in Macau.
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[edit] Tournament records
[edit] FIFA Futsal World Cup record
- 1989 - Did not enter
- 1992 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Did not enter
- 2000 - Did not enter
- 2004 - Did not qualify
- 2008 - Did not qualify
[edit] AFC Futsal Championship record
- 1999 - Did not enter
- 2000 - Did not enter
- 2001 - Did not enter
- 2002 - Did not enter
- 2003 - Group stage
- 2004 - Quarter Finals
- 2005 - Group Stage (Plate Champions)
- 2006 - Group Stage
- 2007 - Quarter Finals
- 2008 - Quarter Finals
[edit] Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championship record
- 2007 - Quarter Finals
[edit] WAFF Futsal Championship record
- 2007 - Runner-ups
[edit] Arab Futsal Championship record
[edit] Current Squad
| # | Position | Name |
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| 1 | GK | Rabie El Kakhi |
| 2 | GK | Sarkis Askadjian |
| 3 | FP | Abbas Fadlallah |
| 4 | FP | Francois Kharma |
| 5 | FP | Hassan Hammoud |
| 6 | FP | Hayssam Atwi |
| 7 | FP | Ibrahim Hammoud |
| 8 | FP | Kassem Kawsan |
| 9 | FP | Khaled Takaji |
| 10 | FP | Mahmoud Itani |
| 11 | FP | Mohammad Iskandarani |
| 12 | FP | Rabih Abou Chaaya |
| 13 | FP | Serge Said |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=8958 Correct as of 9/5/08
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