Lebanon women's national under-17 football team

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)	صبايا الأرز; (The Lady Cedars)
Association	Lebanon Football Association; (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Joseph Mouawad
Captain	Gianna Frangieh
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	LBN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Djibouti 2–2 ; (Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Biggest win
	8–0 Bahrain ; (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Bangladesh 8–0 ; (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018)
Arab U-17 Women's Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Champions (2015)
WAFF U-17 Girls Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2018)
Best result	Champions (2019, 2023, 2025)
Medal record
Women's football
Arab U-17 Women's Cup
WAFF U-17 Girls Championship

Lebanon U16 at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

The Lebanon women's national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة للسيدات), colloquially known as "the Lady Cedars" (Arabic: صبايا الأرز),^[1]^[2] represents Lebanon in international women's youth football. The team is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association (LFA), the governing body for football in Lebanon. The team also serves as the women's national under-16 and women's national under-15 football team of Lebanon.

While the team has never qualified to either the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, they have won both the Arab U-17 Women's Cup (in 2015) and the WAFF U-17 Girls Championship (in 2019, 2023, and 2025). With their 2015 Arab Cup win, they became the first Lebanese national football team (men's or women's) to win a title.^[3]

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	Did not enter									Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2022	Did not qualify									The 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2024										The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
2025										The 2017, 2019 and 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournaments
Total	–	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Did not enter									Did not enter
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017	Withdrew									Withdrew
2019	Did not qualify									3rd of 5	4	2	0	2	14	18
2024	Did not qualify									2nd of 3	2	1	0	1	5	4
Total	–	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	6	3	0	3	19	22

Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Arab U-17 Women's Cup record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2015	Champions	1st of 6	4	3	1	0	11	2
Total	Best: champions	1/1	4	3	1	0	11	2

WAFF U-17 Girls Championship

WAFF U-17 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018	Runners-up	2nd of 6	4	2	1	1	14	6
2019	Champions	1st of 4	3	3	0	0	13	0
2023	Champions	1st of 4	4	3	1	0	10	1
2023	Third place	3rd of 4	4	2	1	1	11	3
2025	Champions	1st of 6	4	4	0	0	13	0
Total	Best: champions	5/5	19	14	3	2	61	10

Other tournaments


Tournament	Result
2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship^[a]	Fourth place

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2025

8 February 2025 (2025-02-08) 2025 WAFF U-17 group stage		2–0	Syria	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
15:15 UTC+3	Moghrabi 51' Issa 61'	Report		Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)

10 February 2025 (2025-02-10) 2025 WAFF U-17 group stage	Palestine	0–4		Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:15 UTC+3		Report	Frangieh 17' Moslemani 46', 81' Habbal 62'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)

14 February 2025 (2025-02-14) 2025 WAFF U-17 semi-final		3–0	Bahrain	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
15:30 UTC+3	Issa 10' Geitani 46' Habbal 54'	Report		Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Referee: Reem Al-Dossary (Saudi Arabia)

16 February 2025 (2025-02-16) 2025 WAFF U-17 final		4–0	Syria	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:30 UTC+3	Habbal 29', 49' Geitani 55' Issa 57'	Report		Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City

13 October 2025 (2025-10-13) 2026 AFC U-17 qualification	Lebanon	v	Kuwait	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
--:--				Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

15 October 2025 (2025-10-15) 2026 AFC U-17 qualification	Saudi Arabia	v	Lebanon	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
--:--				Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

17 October 2025 (2025-10-17) 2026 AFC U-17 qualification	Iran	v	Lebanon	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
--:--				Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

Players

The following players were called up for the 2025 WAFF U-17 Girls Championship.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Club
1	1GK	Marie-Joe Chebli	EFP
22	1GK	Ghenwa Karam	BFA
23	1GK	Marie Jaffal	Southern Stars

2	2DF	Yasmina Nassar	BFA
3	2DF	Christina Chebli	EFP
4	2DF	Joya Bou Assaf	Jounieh
5	2DF	Gianna Frangieh (captain)	Salam Zgharta
12	2DF	Yara Abi Fadel	BFA
14	2DF	Jovita Boulous	Jounieh
18	2DF	Remie Elias	EFP

6	3MF	Gaelle Abou Melheb	BFA
8	3MF	Marita Chebli	EFP
10	3MF	Yara Geitani	ÓBerytus
13	3MF	Rama Moghrabi	Salam Zgharta
15	3MF	Zahra Asaad	Southern Stars
17	3MF	Rama Kharroubi	No Limits
20	3MF	Layane Kalkas	Bordeaux

7	4FW	Calina Osman	BFA
9	4FW	Sara Issa	Jounieh
11	4FW	Jocelyn Madi	Akhaa Ahli Aley
16	4FW	Tatianna El Kaym	BFA
19	4FW	Zahraa Moslemani	PSV Bork
21	4FW	Yasmin Habbal	Haringey Borough

Notes

^ Participated as "Lebanon (B)"

References

^ Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
^ منتخب لبنان للناشئات يغادر إلى الدمام للمشاركة في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا [Lebanon's junior women's team leaves for Dammam to participate in the WAFF Championship]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

External links

Official website

[4] Participated as "Lebanon (B)"

[1] Abou Diab, Rami (17 August 2018). "U18 Women's West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] Lebanon, Football. "صبايا الأرز تهز شباك هونغ كونغ بسداسية نظيفة". football-lebanon.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[3] Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[5] منتخب لبنان للناشئات يغادر إلى الدمام للمشاركة في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا [Lebanon's junior women's team leaves for Dammam to participate in the WAFF Championship]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

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National women's under-17 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA