Lebanon national football team records and statistics

This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanon national football team. The page currently shows the records as of 15 October 2019.

Team records
See also: Lebanon national football team results

Wins
A thrilling win over DPR Korea

 —Fox Sports Asia subheading after the national team won 4–1 against North Korea in 2019[1]

Largest win
  • 8–1 vs  Pakistan on 6 May 2001
  • 7–0 vs  Laos on 12 November 2015
Largest away win
Largest win at the Asian Cup

Draws
Highest scoring draw
  • 3–3 vs  Syria on 17 October 1998
Highest scoring draw at the Asian Cup
  • 2–2 vs  Iraq on 15 October 2000

Defeats
The South Korean team thrashed Lebanon.

 —Al-Ahkbar.com after Lebanon's 6–0 defeat to South Korea in 2011[2]

Largest defeat
Largest defeat at home
  • 0–6 vs  Kuwait on 2 July 2011
Largest defeat at the Asian Cup
  • 4–0 vs  Iran on 12 October 2000

Streaks
Unbeaten record
15 games, 2016–2018[lower-alpha 1]

FIFA

Source: FIFA.com[3]

Lebanon reaches highest ever position in Fifa World Ranking

 —FA Lebanon heading announcing Lebanon's highest ever FIFA World Ranking in September 2018[4]

Highest FIFA ranking
77th (September 2018)
Lowest FIFA ranking
178th (April – May 2011)

Below is a chart of Lebanon's FIFA ranking from 1992 to the present.

Elo

Source: Eloratings.net[5]

Highest Elo ranking
46th (April 1940)
Lowest Elo ranking
164th (July 2011)

Appearances

General
Most appearances
# Player Period Caps Goals
1 Abbas Ahmed Atwi 2002–2016 84 7
2 Hassan Maatouk 2006– 82 21
3 Youssef Mohamad 1999–2016 66 3
4 Walid Ismail 2010–2019 65 1
5 Mohamad Haidar 2010– 63 4
6 Roda Antar 1998–2016 59 20
7 Haytham Faour 2011–2019 58 0
8 Hassan "Moni" Chaito 2011– 57 6
9 Abbas Ali Atwi 2002–2016 52 4
Ali Hamam 2009–2019 3

As of 15 October 2019.[6] Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Goals

General
First goal
Camille Cordahi vs  Mandatory Palestine on 27 April 1940
Most goals
Hassan Maatouk (2006–present), 21 goals
# Player Period Goals Caps Average
1 Hassan Maatouk (list) 2006– 21 82 0.26
2 Roda Antar 1998–2016 20 59 0.34
3 Wartan Ghazarian 1993–2001 19 30 0.63
Mohammed Ghaddar 2005–2017 42 0.45
5 Haitham Zein 1998–2004 15 32 0.47
6 Mahmoud El Ali 2007–2013 12 46 0.26
7 Jamal Taha 1993–2000 10 32 0.31

As of 15 October 2019.[6] Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Hat-tricks

As of 24 December 2002[7][8]

Player Competition Against Home/Away Result Goals Date
Elias Georges 1961 Pan Arab Games  Saudi Arabia Neutral 7–1 4 4 September 1961
Mardek Chabarian 1963 Arab Nations Cup  Kuwait Home 6–0 3 31 March 1963
Haitham Zein 1999 Pan Arab Games  Jordan Away 3–1 3 23 August 1999
Gilberto dos Santos Friendly  Oman Home 3–1 3 5 August 2000
Haitham Zein 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification  Pakistan Home 6–0 3 13 May 2001
Roda Antar 2002 Arab Nations Cup  Yemen Home 4–2 3 24 December 2002

AFC Asian Cup
Hilal El-Helwe hammered home his second

 —Goal.com on Hilal El-Helwe's brace against North Korea at the 2019 Asian Cup[9]

Most goals in a single Asian Cup tournament
Hilal El-Helwe (in 2019), 2 goals
Most goals in total at Asian Cup tournaments
Hilal El-Helwe (in 2019), 2 goals
Most goals in a single Asian Cup finals match
Hilal El-Helwe, 2 goals vs  North Korea on 17 January 2019
First goal in an Asian Cup finals match
Abbas Chahrour, vs  Iraq on 15 October 2000

Captains
Player Year(s) Source
Salah Falah 1934 [10]
Pierre Gemayel 1936 [11]
Youssef Yammout 1957 [12]
Masoud Boroumand 1960–1961 [13]
Levon Altonian 1963 [14]
Joseph Abou Murad 1966 [15]
Toni Jreij 1970 [16]
Souheil Rahal 1971 [17]
Edmond Assaf 1970s [18]
Abdelrahman Chbaro 1979 [19]
Hassan Abboud 1988 [20]
Ghassan Abou Diab 1988–1993 [21]
Hassan Ayoub[lower-alpha 2] 1993 [20]
Jamal Taha 1995–2000 [22]
Ali Fakih 2001 [20]
Moussa Hojeij 2002 [23]
Youssef Mohamad[lower-alpha 3] 2003 [20][24]
Roda Antar[lower-alpha 4] 2004–2016 [25]
Hassan Maatouk 2016– [26]

Footnotes
    1. The match played on 9 September 2018 against Oman, which ended in a 0–0 draw, was not considered official by FIFA.
    2. In 1993, Issam Kobeissy acted as captain in Hassan Ayoub's absence.
    3. In 2003, one of Faisal Antar and Abbas Ali Atwi acted as captain in Youssef Mohamad's absence.
    4. Between 2004 and 2016, Youssef Mohamed acted as captain in Roda Antar's absence.

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