Lebanon national football team
The Lebanon national football team is a team that plays association football for the country of Lebanon. They play most of their matches at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium. The stadium is in Beirut, the capital city. They have never qualified for the World Cup. However, they have participated twice at the Asian Cup (in 2000 and 2019).
| Nickname(s) | The Cedars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Lebanon Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Jamal Taha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Hassan Maatouk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Hassan Maatouk (91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Hassan Maatouk (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest | 77 (September 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 178 (April – May 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 22x20px Mandatory Palestine 5–1 Lebanon 22x20px (Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine; 27 April 1940) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 22x20px Lebanon 8–1 Pakistan 22x20px (Bangkok, Thailand; 26 May 2001) 22x20px Lebanon 7–0 Laos File:Flag of Laos.svg (Sidon, Lebanon; 12 November 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 22x20px China PR 6–0 Lebanon 22x20px (Chongqing, China; 3 July 2004) 22x20px Lebanon 0–6 Kuwait  (Beirut, Lebanon; 2 July 2011) 22x20px Korea Republic 6–0 Lebanon 22x20px (Goyang, South Korea; 2 September 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 2 (first in 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (2000, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lebanon National Football Team Media
- Camille Cordahi v Mandatory Palestine, 1940.jpg
Lebanese forward Camille Cordahi during the 1940 match against Mandatory Palestine
- Devastated Stadium - 13371618444.jpg
Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in 1982; it was destroyed during the Lebanese Civil War.
- Iran v Lebanon, 11 June 2013 05.jpg
Iran v Lebanon, 11 June 2013 05
- Miodrag Radulović Lebanon, 2019 AFC Asian Cup.jpg
Radulović coached Lebanon between 2015 and 2019.
- Lebanon vs Saudi Arabi 20191201 08.jpg
Lebanon during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup group stage match against Saudi Arabia
- Iran v Lebanon, 29 March 2022 (Fars) 14.jpg
Iran v Lebanon, 29 March 2022 (Fars) 14
- Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium 2018 - Beirut derby (Nejmeh fans).png
The Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in 2018
- Hassan Maatouk with a fan 2019.jpg
Hassan Maatouk is Lebanon's all-time record goalscorer and most-capped player.
- Vartan Ghazarian.jpg
Vardan Ghazaryan was Lebanon's top scorer, before being surpassed by Hassan Maatouk in 2023.
