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Lebanon
Nickname(s) The Cedars
Association Lebanon Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach Jamal Taha
Captain Hassan Maatouk
Most caps Abbas Ahmed Atwi
Hassan Maatouk (84)
Top scorer Hassan Maatouk (21)
Home stadium Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 85 Decrease 4 (7 February 2019)
Highest 77 (September 2018)
Lowest 178 (April – May 2011)
Elo ranking
Current 96 Decrease 4 (3 March 2019)
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)
 Korea Republic 6–0 Lebanon 
(Goyang, South Korea; 2 September 2011)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances 2 (first in 2000)
Best result Group stage (2000, 2019)

The Lebanon national football team are a team who play association football for Lebanon. They play most of their matches at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium. The stadium is in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. They have never qualified for the World Cup. They have participated twice at the Asian Cup (in 2000 and 2019).

Most appearances

Rank Player Period Games Goals
1 Abbas Ahmed Atwi 2002–2016 84 7
Hassan Maatouk 2006–present 21
3 Youssef Mohamad 2000–2016 75 3
4 Roda Antar 1998–2016 65 20
Mohamad Haidar 2011–present 4
Walid Ismail 2010–2019 1
7 Haytham Faour 2011–2019 58 0
8 Hassan "Moni" Chaito 2011–present 56 6
9 Nour Mansour 2010–present 53 2
10 Abbas Ali Atwi 2002–2016 52 4
Ali Hamam 2009–2019 3

As of 19 November  2019 (2019 -11-19). Players with yellow backgrounds still play for the national team.

Top scorers

Rank Player Period Goals Games Average
1 Hassan Maatouk 2006–present 21 84 0.25
2 Roda Antar 1998–2016 20 65 0.31
3 Vartan Ghazarian 1995–2001 19 39 0.49
Mohammed Ghaddar 2006–2017 44 0.43
5 Haitham Zein 1998–2004 16 33 0.48
6 Mahmoud El Ali 2007–2012 12 46 0.26
7 Jamal Taha 1993–2000 11 43 0.26

As of 19 November  2019 (2019 -11-19). Players with yellow backgrounds still play for the national team.

Images for kids

  • Lebanese forward Camille Cordahi running downfield toward the camera

    Lebanese forward Camille Cordahi during the 1940 match against Mandatory Palestine

  • Eleven Lebanese football players posing for a photo prior to a football match

    Lebanon at the 1966 Arab Nations Cup

  • Exterior of the destroyed Camille Chamoun stadium

    Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in 1982; it was destroyed during the Lebanese Civil War.

  • Abbas Ali Atwi with another player and four officials

    Abbas Ali Atwi (second from right) was Lebanon's captain against Iran at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

  • Miodrag Radulović shouting during a football game

    Radulović coached Lebanon between 2015 and 2019.

  • Hassan Maatouk and a Saudi player running while looking in the same direction

    Lebanon during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup group stage match against Saudi Arabia

  • Nejmeh fans at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium

    The Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in 2018

  • Iran v Lebanon, 11 June 2013 05

    Lebanon's match against Iran at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

  • Qatar v Lebanon, 9 January 2019

    Lebanon's match against Qatar at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup

  • Eleven Lebanese football players posing for a photo prior to a football match

    Lebanon at the 1963 Arab Nations Cup

  • Hassan Maatouk smiling

    Hassan Maatouk is Lebanon's all-time record goalscorer and most-capped player.

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