Lebanon national football team records and statistics
This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanon national football team. The page shows the records as of 11 June 2024.
Team records
Wins
A thrilling win over DPR Korea
—Fox Sports Asia subheading after the national team won 4–1 against North Korea in 2019[1]
- Largest win
- 11–1 vs
Philippines on 6 October 1967
- Largest away win
- 0–5 vs
Kuwait on 26 January 1962
- Largest win at the Asian Cup
- 4–1 vs
North Korea on 17 January 2019, 2019 Asian Cup
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
The Lebanese army intervened to break up a quarrel between the Kuwait and Lebanon national team players.
—Al-Watan newspaper comment after Lebanon's 6–0 home defeat to Kuwait in 2011[2]
- Largest defeat
- 8–0 vs
Iraq on 25 November 1959
- 8–0 vs
Qatar on 27 March 1985
- 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, 2000 Asian Cup
Streaks
Lebanon went 16 games unbeaten before losing in Kuwait last month. During that run, they conceded just eight goals.
—Fox Sports Australia on Lebanon's 16-game unbeaten streak between 2016 and 2018[3]
- Longest unbeaten run
- 16 games, from 2016 to 2018[4]
- Longest run without victory
- 14, from 1979 to 1988
- Most consecutive wins
- 8, from 1993 to 1996
- Most consecutive draws
- 5, from 2000 to 2001
- Most consecutive losses
- 7, from 2008 to 2009
- Most consecutive games with at least one goal scored
- 9, from 1993 to 1996, and in 2001
- Most consecutive games without a goal scored
- 7, from 1979 to 1987, and from 2018 to 2019
- Most consecutive games without a goal conceded
- 4, in 2015
- Most consecutive games with at least one goal conceded
- 14, from 1953 to 1961
World rankings
FIFA
Source: FIFA.com[5]
Lebanon reaches highest ever position in FIFA World Ranking
—FA Lebanon heading announcing Lebanon's highest ever FIFA World Ranking in September 2018[6]
- 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.
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Source: Eloratings.net[7]
- Highest Elo ranking
- 46th (April 1940)
- Lowest Elo ranking
- 164th (July 2011)
Appearances
General
- Most appearances
- Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 123 caps
The following are the top ten most capped players; players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone:
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Period |
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1 | Hassan Maatouk | 123 | 26 | 2006–2024 |
2 | Mohamad Haidar | 95 | 5 | 2011–present |
3 | Abbas Ahmad Atwi | 88 | 8 | 2002–2016 |
4 | Roda Antar | 83 | 20 | 1998–2016 |
5 | Youssef Mohamad | 81 | 3 | 1999–2016 |
6 | Jamal Taha | 71 | 12 | 1993–2000 |
Nader Matar | 71 | 4 | 2012–present | |
8 | Walid Ismail | 69 | 1 | 2010–2019 |
9 | Nour Mansour | 67 | 3 | 2010–present |
10 | Vardan Ghazaryan | 66 | 21 | 1995–2001 |
As of 11 June 2024[update].[8] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.
- First player to reach a century of caps
- Hassan Maatouk, vs
Kuwait on 19 November 2022[9]
- Shortest time needed to reach a century of caps
- Hassan Maatouk, 16 years, 9 months and 23 days between his debut (vs
Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2006) and his 100th cap (vs
Kuwait on 19 November 2022)
- Longest Lebanese career
- Hassan Maatouk, 18 years, 4 months and 16 days between first (vs
Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2006) and last cap (vs
Bangladesh on 11 June 2024)
- Most consecutive calendar years of appearances
- Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 19 years
- Appearances in three separate decades
- Roda Antar; 18 in the 1990s, 38 in the 2000s, and 26 in the 2010s
- Youssef Mohamad; 7 in the 1990s, 41 in the 2000s, and 33 in the 2010s
- Hassan Maatouk; 17 in the 2000s, 72 in the 2010s, and 34 in 2020s
Goals
General
Lebanon scored their lone goal in the 7th minute. Kamil [sic] netting on a smart pass from Yaroudi [sic].
—The Palestine Post newspaper comment on Lebanon's first-ever international goal against Mandatory Palestine in 1940.[10]
- First goal
- Camille Cordahi vs
Mandatory Palestine on 27 April 1940
- Most goals
- Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 26 goals
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Average | Period |
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1 | Hassan Maatouk (list) | 26 | 123 | 0.21 | 2006–2024 |
2 | Vardan Ghazaryan | 21 | 66 | 0.32 | 1995–2001 |
3 | Roda Antar | 20 | 83 | 0.24 | 1998–2016 |
4 | Mohamad Ghaddar | 19 | 46 | 0.41 | 2006–2017 |
5 | Levon Altounian | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1956–1967 |
6 | Haitham Zein | 17 | 50 | 0.34 | 1997–2004 |
7 | Mahmoud El Ali | 12 | 46 | 0.26 | 2007–2012 |
Jamal Taha | 12 | 71 | 0.17 | 1993–2000 | |
9 | Mardik Tchaparian | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1956–1963 |
Joseph Abou Mrad | 10 | 21 | 0.48 | 1953–1967 |
As of 11 June 2024[update].[11] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.
Hat-tricks
As of 11 June 2024[update][12]
Player | Competition | Against | Home/Away | Result | Goals | Date |
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Elias Georges | 1961 Arab Games | ![]() | Neutral | 7–1 | 4 | 4 September 1961 |
Mardik Tchaparian[13] | 1963 Arab Cup | ![]() | Home | 6–0 | 3 | 31 March 1963 |
Haitham Zein | 1999 Arab Games | ![]() | Away | 3–1 | 3 | 23 August 1999 |
Gilberto | 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 Cup | ![]() | Home | 4–2 | 3 | 24 December 2002 |
Hassan Maatouk | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | ![]() | Home | 4–0 | 3 | 11 June 2024 |
On major tournaments
Hilal El-Helwe hammered home his second.
—Goal.com on Hilal El-Helwe's brace against North Korea at the 2019 Asian Cup[14]
- 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 |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 1940 | |
Labib Majdalani | 1942 | |
Emile Nassar | 1947 | |
Unknown | 1953–1956 | |
Youssef Yammout | 1957–1963 | [15] |
Levon Altonian | 1963 | [16] |
Elias Georges | 1965 | |
Joseph Abou Murad | 1966 | [17] |
Unknown | 1967 | |
Toni Jreij | 1970 | [18] |
Adnan Mekdache | 1971 | |
Souheil Rahal | 1971 | [19] |
Unknown | 1974–1975 | |
Abdelrahman Chebaro | 1979 | [20] |
Ahmad Saleh | 1985 | |
Unknown | 1987 | |
Hassan Abboud | 1988 | [21] |
Ghassan Abou Diab | 1988–1993 | [22] |
Hassan Ayoub[a] | 1993–1996 | [21] |
Jamal Taha | 1995–2000 | [23] |
Ali Fakih | 2001 | [21] |
Moussa Hojeij | 2002 | [24] |
Youssef Mohamad[b] | 2003–2004 | [21][25] |
Roda Antar[c] | 2004–2016 | [26] |
Hassan Maatouk | 2016–2024 | [27] |
Footnotes
- ^ In 1993, Issam Kobeissy acted as captain in Hassan Ayoub's absence.
- ^ In 2003, one of Faisal Antar and Abbas Ali Atwi acted as captain in Youssef Mohamad's absence.
- ^ Between 2004 and 2016, Youssef Mohamed acted as captain in Roda Antar's absence.
References
- ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2019: Lebanon fall one goal short of Round of 16 as Vietnam progress". FOX Sports Asia. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ الجيش يتدخل لفض مشاجرة بين لاعبي الأزرق ولبنان [The army intervenes to break up a quarrel between the Kuwait and Lebanon players]. Al-Watan. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Simon Hill's Lebanon scouting report ahead of Socceroos friendly". Fox Sports. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Morrison, Neil. "Lebanon's series of 16 matches unbeaten". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
- ^ "Lebanon reaches highest ever position in Fifa World Ranking". FA Lebanon. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Lebanon". World Football Elo Ratings web site and Advanced Satellite Consulting. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Lebanon Most-Capped Players". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ لبنان خسر وديًّا امام الكويت، ومعتوق خاض مباراته رقم 100 مع المنتخب [Lebanon lost a friendly against Kuwait, and Maatouk played his 100th match with the national team]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Lebanon Top Scorers". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Lebanon national football team statistics and records: hat tricks". 11v11.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Arab Cup 1963 Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Lebanon v North Korea Match Report, 1/17/19, AFC Asian Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Youssef Yammout". Double Kick (5 ed.). August 1997. p. 48.
- ^ "Arab Cup 1963 Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "joseph abou mrad". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "toni jreij". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ ذيول انسحاب فريق لبنان امام الكويت في كأس اسيا [Withdrawal of the Lebanon team in front of Kuwait in the Asian Cup]. Al-Hayat. 18 December 1971.
- ^ لقطات مم مباراة لبنان والامارات [Pictures from the match between Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates]. Al Anwar. 25 November 1979. p. 14.
- ^ a b c d "كابتن منتخب لبنان". forum.kooora.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "إعتزال أبو دياب". نداء الوطن. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "JAMAL TAHA". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ السعودية تتخطى لبنان وسوريا تخسر في كأس العرب (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Lebanon's Yussef Mohammed jumps above Jordan's Mahmud Shelbayeh as..." Getty Images. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Lebanese legend Roda Antar announces international football retirement | FOOTBALL CHANNEL ASIA". 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "'Focus on the future' Maatouk tells team". Arab News. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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