Lebanon national football team records and statistics
This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanese national football team (The Cedars). The page currently shows the records as of 15 October 2019.
Team records
Wins
—Fox Sports Asia subheading after the national team won 4–1 against North Korea in 2019[1]
- Largest win
- Largest away win
- 1–5 vs
Cambodia on 4 December 1998
- Largest win at the Asian Cup
- 4–1 vs
North Korea on 17 January 2019
Draws
- Highest scoring draw
- 3–3 vs
Syria on 17 October 1998
- Highest scoring draw at the Asian Cup
- 2–2 vs
Iraq on 15 October 2000
Defeats
—Al-Ahkbar.com after Lebanon's 6–0 defeat to South Korea in 2011[2]
- Largest defeat
- 6–0 vs
China PR on 3 July 2004 - 6–0 vs
Kuwait on 2 July 2011 - 6–0 vs
South Korea on 2 September 2011
- Largest defeat at home
- 0–6 vs
Kuwait on 2 July 2011
- Largest defeat at the Asian Cup
- 4–0 vs
Iran on 12 October 2000
Streaks
- Unbeaten record
- 15 games, 2016–2018[lower-alpha 1]
World rankings
FIFA
Source: FIFA.com[3]
—FA Lebanon heading announcing Lebanon's highest ever FIFA World Ranking in September 2018[4]
- Highest FIFA ranking
- 77th (September 2018)
- Lowest FIFA ranking
- 178th (April – May 2011)
Below is a chart of Lebanon's FIFA ranking from 1992 to the present.
Appearances
General
- Most appearances
# | Player | Period | Caps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abbas Ahmed Atwi | 2002–2016 | 84 | 7 |
2 | Hassan Maatouk | 2006– | 82 | 21 |
3 | Youssef Mohamad | 1999–2016 | 66 | 3 |
4 | Walid Ismail | 2010–2019 | 65 | 1 |
5 | Mohamad Haidar | 2010– | 63 | 4 |
6 | Roda Antar | 1998–2016 | 59 | 20 |
7 | Haytham Faour | 2011–2019 | 58 | 0 |
8 | Hassan "Moni" Chaito | 2011– | 57 | 6 |
9 | Abbas Ali Atwi | 2002–2016 | 52 | 4 |
Ali Hamam | 2009–2019 | 3 |
As of 15 October 2019.[6] Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
Goals
General
- First goal
- Camille Cordahi vs
Mandatory Palestine on 27 April 1940 - Most goals
- Hassan Maatouk (2006–present), 21 goals
# | Player | Period | Goals | Caps | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hassan Maatouk (list) | 2006– | 21 | 82 | 0.26 |
2 | Roda Antar | 1998–2016 | 20 | 59 | 0.34 |
3 | Wartan Ghazarian | 1993–2001 | 19 | 30 | 0.63 |
Mohammed Ghaddar | 2005–2017 | 42 | 0.45 | ||
5 | Haitham Zein | 1998–2004 | 15 | 32 | 0.47 |
6 | Mahmoud El Ali | 2007–2013 | 12 | 46 | 0.26 |
7 | Jamal Taha | 1993–2000 | 10 | 32 | 0.31 |
As of 15 October 2019.[6] Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
Hat-tricks
Player | Competition | Against | Home/Away | Result | Goals | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mardek Chabarian | 1954 Arab Military Championship | Home | 3–7 | 3 | 1954 | |
Levon Altonian | 1963 Arab Nations Cup | Home | 6–0 | 3 | 31 March 1963 | |
Haitham Zein | 1999 Pan Arab Games | Away | 3–1 | 3 | 23 August 1999 | |
Gilberto dos Santos | Friendly | Home | 3–1 | 3 | 5 August 2000 | |
Haitham Zein | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | Home | 6–0 | 3 | 13 May 2001 | |
Roda Antar | 2002 Arab Nations Cup | Home | 4–2 | 3 | 24 December 2002 |
On major tournaments
AFC Asian Cup
—Goal.com on Hilal El-Helwe's brace against North Korea at the 2019 Asian Cup[9]
- Most goals in a single Asian Cup tournament
- Hilal El-Helwe (in 2019), 2 goals
- Most goals in total at Asian Cup tournaments
- Hilal El-Helwe (in 2019), 2 goals
- Most goals in a single Asian Cup finals match
- Hilal El-Helwe, 2 goals vs
North Korea on 17 January 2019 - First goal in an Asian Cup finals match
- Abbas Chahrour, vs
Iraq on 15 October 2000
Captains
Player | Year(s) | Source |
---|---|---|
Salah Falah | 1934 | [10] |
Masoud Boroumand | 1960–1961 | [11] |
Levon Altonian | 1963 | [12] |
Joseph Abou Murad | 1966 | [13] |
Toni Jreij | 1970 | [14] |
Adnan Al Sharqi | 1971 | [15] |
Edmond Assaf | 1970s | [16] |
Hassan Abboud | 1988 | [17] |
Hassan Ayoub[lower-alpha 2] | 1993 | [17] |
Jamal Taha | 1995–2000 | [18] |
Ali Fakih | 2001 | [17] |
Moussa Hojeij | 2002 | [19] |
Youssef Mohamad[lower-alpha 3] | 2003 | [17][20] |
Roda Antar[lower-alpha 4] | 2004–2016 | [21] |
Hassan Maatouk | 2016– | [22] |
Footnotes
- The match played on 9 September 2018 against Oman, which ended in a 0–0 draw, was not considered official by FIFA.
- In 1993, Issam Kobeissy acted as captain in Hassan Ayoub's absence.
- Faisal Antar and Abbas Ali Atwi would captain Lebanon in Youssef Mohamed’s absence.
- In Roda Antar's absence, Youssef Mohamed would take over captainship of the national team.
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