Lebanon national under-20 football team
The Lebanon national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم) is the national under-20 football team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-19 and national under-18 football teams of Lebanon.
| Nickname(s) | منتخب الشباب (The Youth Team) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Bilal Fleifel | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | LBN | ||
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| First international | |||
| Lebanon 0–0 India (Tehran, Iran; 16 April 1973) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Lebanon 6–1 Singapore (Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 18 September 2022) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Syria 6–0 Lebanon (Fujairah, United Arab Emirates; 2 November 2011) | |||
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1973) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1973) | ||
| Arab Cup U-20 | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1985) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (1985, 2021, 2022) | ||
| WAFF U-18 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2021) | ||
While the team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, they have participated twice in the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, in 1973 and in 2008, with their best result being reaching the quarter-finals in the 1973 edition. In the 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship, the U18 team made history by becoming the first Lebanon men's national team to reach a final, losing to hosts Iraq on penalty-shootouts. They also participate in the Arab Cup U-20 and Jeux de la Francophonie, failing to go past the group stage in both competitions.
Notable former under-20 players include Nour Mansour, Rabih Ataya, and Mohamad Haidar, who all went on to play for the senior side.