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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| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest | 77 (September 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 178 (April – May 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mandatory Palestine 5–1 Lebanon  (Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine; 27 April 1940) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lebanon 8–1 Pakistan  (Bangkok, Thailand; 26 May 2001) Lebanon 7–0 Laos  (Sidon, Lebanon; 12 November 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lebanon National Football Team Media
Lebanese forward Camille Cordahi during the 1940 match against Mandatory Palestine
Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in 1982; it was destroyed during the Lebanese Civil War.
Iran v Lebanon, 11 June 2013 05
Radulović coached Lebanon between 2015 and 2019.
Lebanon during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup group stage match against Saudi Arabia
Iran v Lebanon, 29 March 2022 (Fars) 14
The Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in 2018
Hassan Maatouk is Lebanon's all-time record goalscorer and most-capped player.
Vardan Ghazaryan was Lebanon's top scorer, before being surpassed by Hassan Maatouk in 2023.
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