Lebanon women's national under-17 football team

Lebanon under-17
Nickname(s)ناشئات الأرز
(The Junior Cedars)
AssociationLebanese Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachJoseph Mouawad
CaptainGianna Frangieh
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeLBN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Djibouti 2–2 Lebanon 
(Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Biggest win
 Lebanon 9–0 Kuwait 
(Khobar, Saudi Arabia; 13 October 2025)
Biggest defeat
 Bangladesh 8–0 Lebanon 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 19 September 2018)
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2026)
Best resultTBD
Arab U-17 Women's Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2015)
Best resultChampions (2015)
WAFF U-17 Girls Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2019, 2023, 2025)
Medal record
Women's football
Arab U-17 Women's Cup
2015 Qatar
WAFF U-17 Girls Championship
2019 Jordan
2023 Jordan
2025 Saudi Arabia
2018 United Arab Emirates
2023 Jordan

The Lebanon women's national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة للسيدات), colloquially known as "the Junior Cedars" (Arabic: ناشئات الأرز),[1] represents Lebanon in international women's youth football. The team is controlled by the Lebanese 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 participated in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, they qualified for the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup for the first time in 2026, thus becoming the first Lebanese women's national team to qualify for an Asian Cup tournament.[2] Lebanon have won both the Arab U-17 Women's Cup (in 2015) and the WAFF U-17 Girls Championship (in 2019, 2023, and 2025). Their 2015 Arab Cup victory marked the first official title won by any Lebanese national football team, male or female.[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 2nd of 3 2 1 0 1 5 4
2026 qualified Squad 1st of 4 3 2 1 0 13 2
Total – 1/10 – – – – – – – Total 9 5 1 3 32 24

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 Lebanon  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  Lebanon 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 Lebanon  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 Lebanon  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 September 2025 (2025-09-13) Friendly Lebanon  4–0  Syria Jounieh, Lebanon
16:00 UTC+3
  • Issa 20', 31', 65'
  • Frangieh 89'
 Report Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium
15 September 2025 (2025-09-15) Friendly Lebanon  4–2  Syria Jounieh, Lebanon
16:00 UTC+3
  • 53' (o.g.)
  • Habbal 67'
  • Frangieh 79'
  • Boustany 85'
 Report Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium
13 October 2025 (2025-10-13) 2026 AFC U-17 qualification Lebanon  9–0  Kuwait Khobar, Saudi Arabia
16:15 UTC+3
  • Issa 11', 46', 55'
  • Abou Malhab 19', 27'
  • Habbal 24'
  • Boustany 81'
  • Geitani 83'
  • Osman 90+1'
 Report Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
15 October 2025 (2025-10-15) 2026 AFC U-17 qualification Saudi Arabia  2–2  Lebanon Khobar, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+3
  • Al-Dhuhiyan 2', 22'
 Report
  • Geitani 32'
  • Frangieh 68' (pen.)
 Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
17 October 2025 (2025-10-17) 2026 AFC U-17 qualification Iran  0–2  Lebanon Khobar, Saudi Arabia
16:15 UTC+3 Report
  • Abou Melheb 61'
  • Issa 66'
 Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

Players

The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification matches against Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, between 13 and 17 October 2025.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Marie-Joe Chebli EFP
22 1GK Ghenwa Karam BFA
23 1GK Marie Jaffal Jwaya
2 2DF Yasmina Nassar BFA
3 2DF Christina Chebli EFP
4 2DF Joya Bou Assaf Jounieh
5 2DF Gianna Frangieh (captain) Salam Zgharta
8 2DF Marita Chebli EFP
12 2DF Yara Abi Fadel BFA
14 2DF Jovita Boulous Jounieh
6 3MF Gaelle Abou Melheb BFA
13 3MF Rama Moghrabi Salam Zgharta
15 3MF Zahra Asaad Jwaya
17 3MF Rama Kharroubi No Limits
18 3MF Anabel Zihenni World Class FC
7 4FW Calina Osman BFA
9 4FW Sara Issa Jounieh
10 4FW Yara Geitani Nejmeh
11 4FW Angy Boustany No Limits
16 4FW Avy El Douaihy BFA
19 4FW Zahraa Moslemani PSV Bork
21 4FW Yasmin Habbal Haringey Borough

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Participated as "Lebanon (B)"

References

  1. ^ West Asian Football Federation [@waffootball]; (16 February 2025). "ناشئــات الأرز و فـرحة الإنتصـار" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "تأهل تاريخي لناشئات لبنان إلى نهائيات كأس آسيا 2026". The LFA. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  3. ^ Abou Diab, Rami (16 December 2019). "Lebanon wins the 2019 U-15 West Asian Football Championship". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ 22 لاعبة في قائمة منتخب لبنان للناشئات استعداداً لتصفيات كأس آسيا 2026 [22 players on the Lebanese women's national youth team roster in preparation for the 2026 Asian Cup qualifiers]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 9 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
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