Lebanon women's national football team

Lebanon

Nickname(s)	The Cedars
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
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	130 4 (25 September 2015)
Highest	92 (December 2009)
Lowest	144 (December 2007)
First international
Algeria 12–0 Lebanon  (Alexandria, Egypt / 2006)
Biggest win
Lebanon 20–0 Iraq  (Amman, Jordan / 2009)
Biggest defeat
Algeria 12–0 Lebanon  (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
Jordan	3	3	0	0	30	0	+30	9
Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	22	4	+18	6
Lebanon	3	1	0	2	12	10	+2	3
Kuwait	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
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1991 to 2011	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1975 to 2010	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Players

Current Squad

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Darine Fakhreddine	March 22, 1989	17	0	Al-Ansar
	GK	Nathaline Gilinguarin	October 14, 1988	18	0	Nejmeh
	DF	Sahar Dbouk	June 11, 1992	5	1	Al-Ahed
	DF	Jouana Hamze	March 19, 1990	12	1	Nejmeh
	DF	Marwa Khamis	July 10, 1991	7	0	Al-Ahed
	DF	Tagrid Hamadeh(Captain)	November 18, 1992	4	2	Al-Ansar
	DF	Afaf Merzi	May 16, 1992	20	0	Salam Zgharta
	DF	Aya Chiri	August 29, 1993	5	0	Tadamon Sour
	MF	Nadia Assaf	May 28, 1989	11	2	Newcastle United
	MF	Assile Toufaily	January 5, 1996	17	0	Racing Beirut
	MF	Nadine Nabil Sctakleff	March 12, 1988	4	1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	MF	Sarah Bakri	August 20, 1990	3	2	Al-Ahed
	MF	Yara Matar Hosry	February 13, 1999	9	4	Racing Beirut
	FW	Saria Al Sayegh	April 23, 1985	6	4	Tadamon Sour
	FW	Lara Bahlawan	October 17, 1991	12	8	Al-Ahed

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
GK	Nada Abdel Jalil	April 30, 1991	0	0	Salam Zgharta	v.  Kuwait, June 6, 2013
GK	Reine Alameh	January 11, 1990	10	0	Al-Safa'	v.  Kuwait, June 6, 2013
DF	Karen Haddad	December 21, 1990	3	0	Al-Safa'	v.  Kuwait, December 29, 2013
DF	Souad Takash	November 27, 1991	1	0	Al-Ansar	v.  Kuwait, November 15, 2013
MF	Rayane Rachid	February 13, 1992	15	3	Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley	v.  Jordan, June 5, 2013
FW	Sarah Awali	September 5, 1991	8	6	Al-Ahed	v.  Kuwait, June 6, 2013

References

1. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/sports/soccer/in-lebanon-national-soccer-team-helps-bring-country-together.html

External links

• FIFA profile