Lebanon women's national under-17 football team

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)	صبايا الأرز; (The Lady Cedars)
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
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Djibouti 2–2 Lebanon ; (Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Biggest win
	Lebanon 8–0 Bahrain ; (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Bangladesh 8–0 Lebanon ; (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)
Medal record
Women's football
WAFF U-16 Girls Championship
Arab U-17 Women's Cup

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.

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[edit]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
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	Did not qualify									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[edit]

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup record										Qualification record
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[edit]

Arab U-17 Women's Cup record
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[edit]

WAFF U-16 Girls Championship record
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[edit]


Tournament	Result
2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship^[a]	Fourth place

Recent results and matches[edit]

2023[edit]

4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage	Lebanon	2–0	Bahrain	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00 UTC+3	Iskandar 31', 90+5'	Report Report (WAFF)		Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)

6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage	Palestine	0–5	Lebanon	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00 UTC+3		Report Report (WAFF)	Hamdar 19' El Hage Ali 22' Abou Khalil 34' Iskandar 45+5' Shabtini 90+4'	Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium

8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) 2022 WAFF U-16 group stage	Jordan	1–1	Lebanon	Aqaba, Jordan
19:00 UTC+3	AlKhashook 67'	Report Report (WAFF)	Shabtini 26'	Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) 2022 WAFF U-16 final	Lebanon	2–0	Jordan	Aqaba, Jordan
19:00 UTC+3	Iskandar 28' El Hage Ali 60'			Stadium: Al-Aqaba Stadium

24 April 2023 (2023-04-24) 2024 AFC U-17 qualification R1	Lebanon	5–2	Guam	Dededo, Guam
19:00 UTC+10	Iskandar 2' Bitar 21' Hariri 35' Hamdar 56' Karam 59'	Report	San Nicolas 6' Wusstig 52'	Stadium: GFA National Training Center Referee: Wang Chi-eh (Chinese Taipei)

26 April 2023 (2023-04-26) 2024 AFC U-17 qualification R1	Philippines	2–0	Lebanon	Dededo, Guam
19:00 UTC+10	Alamo 68' Mathelus 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: GFA National Training Center Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) Friendly	Lebanon	1–0	Syria	Jounieh, Lebanon
--:-- UTC+3		Report	Hamdar 65'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium

Players[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Marcelle Skaiki
	1GK	Marie-Joe Chebli
	1GK	Nour Hammoudi

	2DF	Jilnar Al Kai
	2DF	Cyrine Jouni
	2DF	Gina Sleiman
	2DF	Haya Najjad
	2DF	Sara Feghali
	2DF	Gianna Frangieh
	2DF	Nora Daoui
	2DF	Patricia Mezher

	3MF	Cecile Iskandar
	3MF	Nagham Abu Khalil
	3MF	Paula Karam
	3MF	Celine Bitar
	3MF	Nagham Mohsen
	3MF	Yasmine Hamdar

	4FW	Cyrine Termos
	4FW	Reem Kawtharani
	4FW	Serena Nehme
	4FW	Ayana Rezkallah
	4FW	Lea Al Haj Ali
	4FW	Yara Shabtini

Notes[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.

External links[edit]

Official website

[4] Participated as "Lebanon (B)"

[1] Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[3] Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[5] 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.

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AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
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