Lebanon national beach soccer team

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.

Lebanon
Nickname(s)رجال الأرز
(The Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachLeo Braga
CaptainMohamad Merhi
BSWW ranking30 (February 2019)


First colours


Second colours
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultFourth place (2015, 2017)

In 2016 Lebanon achieved third place at the 5th Asian Beach Games, beating Afghanistan 9–5 at the bronze medal match.[1] 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).[2] 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.[3]

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Host nation(s) and year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA
1995 Did not enter
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013 Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2021 To be determined
Total Best: N/A 0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Host nation(s) and year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA
2006 Did not enter
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013 Group stage 8th of 16 3 2 0 1 16 13
2015 Fourth place 4th of 14 5 1 1 3 18 19
2017 Fourth place 4th of 12 4 2 0 2 17 14
2019 Quarter-finals 5th of 15 4 2 0 2 21 12
2021 Qualified
Total Best: fourth place 4/9 16 7 1 8 72 58

Asian Beach Games
Host nation(s) and year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA
Bali 2008 Did not enter
Muscat 2010 Group stage 10th of 16 3 1 0 2 12 16
Haiyang 2012 Fourth place 4th of 15 6 3 1 2 30 24
Phuket 2014 Did not enter
Da Nang 2016 Third place 3rd of 11 5 2 2 1 25 17
Sanya 2021 TBD
Total Best: third place 3/5 14 6 3 5 67 57

WAFF Beach Soccer Championship
Host nation(s) and year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA
2013 Group stage 5th of 7 3 1 0 2 10 16
Total Best: group stage 1/1 3 1 0 2 10 16

Players

Current squad

The following 12 players were called up for the 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship.[2]

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

See also

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