Lebanon women's national under-17 football team

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.

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 Lebanon  (Doha, Qatar; 17 February 2015)
Biggest win
Lebanon 8–0 Bahrain  (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 15 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
Bangladesh 8–0 Lebanon  (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 2015 Qatar WAFF U-17 Girls Championship 2019 Jordan 2023 Jordan 2025 Saudi Arabia 2018 United Arab Emirates 2023 Jordan

Lebanon U16 at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

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											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

Lebanon  v  Syria

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)

Palestine  v  Lebanon

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)

Lebanon  v  Bahrain

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)

Lebanon  v  Syria

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

Lebanon  v  Kuwait

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

Saudi Arabia  v  Lebanon

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

Iran  v  Lebanon

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	Date of birth (age)	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

See also

• Lebanon women's national football team
• Lebanon women's national under-20 football team
• Lebanon men's national under-17 football team
• Women's football in Lebanon
• Football in Lebanon

Notes

1. Participated as "Lebanon (B)"