Lebanon women's national football team
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Nickname(s) | The Cedars | ||
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Association | Lebanon Football Association | ||
Confederation | AFC and WAFF | ||
Head coach | Vatche Sarkissian | ||
Captain | Leila Hammoud | ||
Most caps | Leila Hammoud | ||
Top scorer | Ridaa Al Hamadani | ||
Home stadium | Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium and Saida International Stadium | ||
FIFA code | LIB | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
130 ![]() | ||
Highest | 92 (December 2009) | ||
Lowest | 144 (December 2007) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Alexandria, Egypt / 2006) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Amman, Jordan / 2009) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Alexandria, Egypt / 2006) | |||
WAFF Championship | |||
Appearances | 2 | ||
Best result | Third Place, 2007 |
The Lebanese National Women's Football Team (Arabic: لبنان الوطني لكرة القدم – French: Équipe du Liban de football) represents the Lebanese Republic in international association football competitions.[1] Their official nickname is "The Cedars". The team is controlled by Lebanon Football Association (LFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and also the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF).
The team has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor to the AFC Women's Asian Cup. They are regular participants at the WAFF Women's Championship and claimed third place in the 2007 tournament. The Lebanese women's team was best known as more successful than the men's team.
History
Lebanon women's team was created as the earliest women's teams in West Asia when most of Western Asia did not have a women's team. Along with Jordan, Iran, Palestine and Syria, they are the earliest women's teams in West Asia. Even so, they had to wait to their first international campaign: the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification to qualify for their first competition, the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup which they failed.
2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 51 | −50 | 0 |
Lebanon first campaign in a n international competition was to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup when Lebanon was drawn with Jordan, Uzbekistan and Kuwait with their first manager was the Armenian Vatche Sarkissian (later was under command of Farid Njeim). Unlike the men's, the women's had long distance, so so much thing could happen. But it did not happen easily. Lebanon began by their 0-5 loss to the West Asia's giant Jordan before suffered another loss over Uzbekistan 0-4. Being eliminated, Lebanon only had its last chance and they beat Kuwait a large result 12-1. Lebanon ended their campaign by earning only 3 points.
Records
FIFA Women's World Cup
World Cup Finals | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
![]() ![]() | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
![]() | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
![]() | To be determined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Cup Finals | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
![]() ![]() | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
![]() | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Players
Current Squad
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Darine Fakhreddine | March 22, 1989 | 17 | 0 | ![]() | |
GK | Nathaline Gilinguarin | October 14, 1988 | 18 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Sahar Dbouk | June 11, 1992 | 5 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Jouana Hamze | March 19, 1990 | 12 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Marwa Khamis | July 10, 1991 | 7 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Tagrid Hamadeh(Captain) | November 18, 1992 | 4 | 2 | ![]() | |
DF | Afaf Merzi | May 16, 1992 | 20 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Aya Chiri | August 29, 1993 | 5 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Nadia Assaf | May 28, 1989 | 11 | 2 | ![]() | |
MF | Assile Toufaily | January 5, 1996 | 17 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Nadine Nabil Sctakleff | March 12, 1988 | 4 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Sarah Bakri | August 20, 1990 | 3 | 2 | ![]() | |
MF | Yara Matar Hosry | February 13, 1999 | 9 | 4 | ![]() | |
FW | Saria Al Sayegh | April 23, 1985 | 6 | 4 | ![]() | |
FW | Lara Bahlawan | October 17, 1991 | 12 | 8 | ![]() |
Recent Call-Ups
The following players have been called up for the Lebanon squad within the last twelve months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Nada Abdel Jalil | April 30, 1991 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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GK | Reine Alameh | January 11, 1990 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Karen Haddad | December 21, 1990 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Souad Takash | November 27, 1991 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Rayane Rachid | February 13, 1992 | 15 | 3 | ![]() |
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FW | Sarah Awali | September 5, 1991 | 8 | 6 | ![]() |
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