Lebanon
Nickname(s)رجال الأرز
(The Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachKhaled Berjaui
CaptainMohamad Merhi
FIFA codeLBN
BSWW ranking 40 Steady (31 December 2020)[1]


First colours


Second colours
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultFourth place (2015, 2017)
Medal record
Men's Beach soccer
Asian Beach Games
Bronze medal – third placeDa Nang 2016

The Lebanon national beach soccer team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم الشاطئية) represents Lebanon in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association, the governing body for football in Lebanon.

In 2016 Lebanon achieved third place at the 5th Asian Beach Games, beating Afghanistan 9–5 at the bronze medal match.[2] This became the first medal in an official competition in the history of the Lebanese Football Association for any men's national team (football, futsal and beach soccer).[3] They have also managed two fourth place finishes in a row at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, in 2015 and 2017, narrowly missing out on the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup both times.[4]

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
Brazil 1995 did not enter
Brazil 1996
Brazil 1997
Brazil 1998
Brazil 1999
Brazil 2000
Brazil 2001
Brazil 2002
Brazil 2003
Brazil 2004
Brazil 2005
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
France 2008
United Arab Emirates 2009
Italy 2011
French Polynesia 2013 did not qualify
Portugal 2015
The Bahamas 2017
Paraguay 2019
Russia 2021
United Arab Emirates 2023
Seychelles 2025 to be determined
TotalBest: N/A0/190000000

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
United Arab Emirates 2006 did not enter
United Arab Emirates 2007
United Arab Emirates 2008
United Arab Emirates 2009
Oman 2011
Qatar 2013 Group stage8th of 16320011613
Qatar 2015 Fourth place4th of 14511031819
Malaysia 2017 Fourth place4th of 12420021714
Thailand 2019 Quarter-finals5th of 15420022112
Thailand 2021 Cancelled
Thailand 2023 Group stage9th of 16310021613
TotalBest: fourth place5/1016810108671

Asian Beach Games

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
Indonesia Bali 2008 did not enter
Oman Muscat 2010 Group stage10th of 16310021216
China Haiyang 2012 Fourth place4th of 15631023024
Thailand Phuket 2014 did not enter
Vietnam Da Nang 2016 Third place3rd of 11520212517
China Sanya 2023 to be determined
TotalBest: third place3/51461256757

WAFF Beach Soccer Championship

Year Round Pos Pld W W+ WP L GF GA
Iran 2013 Group stage5th of 7310021016
Saudi Arabia 2022 Group stage5th of 7310021212
TotalBest: group stage2/2620042228

Players

Current squad

The following 12 players were called up for the 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Lebanon LBN Mohammad Chokor
2 DF Lebanon LBN Mohamad Halawi
3 FW Lebanon LBN Karim Mokdad
4 FW Lebanon LBN Abbas Zeineddine
5 DF Lebanon LBN Sameh Jalal
6 DF Lebanon LBN Mohamad Matar
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW Lebanon LBN Hassan Kadi
8 FW Lebanon LBN Mohamad Merhi (captain)
9 DF Lebanon LBN Mohamad Haidar
10 FW Lebanon LBN Hussein Abdallah
11 FW Lebanon LBN Haytham Fattal
12 GK Lebanon LBN Hussein Salameh

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "A Bronze Medal for the Lebanese National Beach Soccer Team in the Asian Games". Sports 961. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 "حلم المونديال يبدأ اليوم: منتخب الشاطئية يواجه الصين". lebanonfg.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017, Lebanon Fall Short Of WC Qualification". Sports 961. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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