This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanon national football team. The page shows the records as of 1 July 2023.
A thrilling win over DPR Korea
—Fox Sports Asia subheading after the national team won 4–1 against North Korea in 2019 [1]
The Lebanese army intervened to break up a quarrel between the Kuwait and Lebanon national team players.
—Al-Watan newspaper comment after Lebanon's 6–0 home defeat to Kuwait in 2011 [2]
Lebanon went 16 games unbeaten before losing in Kuwait last month. During that run, they conceded just eight goals.
—Fox Sports Australia on Lebanon's 16-game unbeaten streak between 2016 and 2018 [3]
Source: FIFA.com [5]
Lebanon reaches highest ever position in FIFA World Ranking
—FA Lebanon heading announcing Lebanon's highest ever FIFA World Ranking in September 2018 [6]
Below is a chart of Lebanon's FIFA ranking from 1992 to the present.
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Source: Eloratings.net [7]
The following are the top ten most capped players; players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone:
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hassan Maatouk | 109 | 23 | 2006–present |
2 | Abbas Ahmad Atwi | 88 | 8 | 2002–2016 |
3 | Roda Antar | 82 | 20 | 1998–2016 |
4 | Mohamad Haidar | 81 | 4 | 2011–present |
Youssef Mohamad | 81 | 3 | 1999–2016 | |
6 | Jamal Taha | 71 | 12 | 1993–2000 |
7 | Walid Ismail | 69 | 1 | 2010–2019 |
8 | Vardan Ghazaryan | 66 | 21 | 1995–2001 |
9 | Hassan Chaito | 63 | 6 | 2011–2021 |
Nour Mansour | 63 | 2 | 2010–present |
As of 1 July 2023 [update]. [8] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.
Lebanon scored their lone goal in the 7th minute. Kamil netting on a smart pass from Yaroudi.
—The Palestine Post newspaper comment on Lebanon's first-ever international goal against Mandatory Palestine in 1940. [10]
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Average | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hassan Maatouk ( list) | 23 | 109 | 0.21 | 2006–present |
2 | Vardan Ghazaryan | 21 | 66 | 0.32 | 1995–2001 |
3 | Roda Antar | 20 | 82 | 0.24 | 1998–2016 |
4 | Mohamad Ghaddar | 19 | 46 | 0.41 | 2006–2017 |
5 | Levon Altounian | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1956–1967 |
6 | Haitham Zein | 17 | 50 | 0.34 | 1997–2004 |
7 | Mahmoud El Ali | 12 | 46 | 0.67 | 2007–2012 |
Jamal Taha | 12 | 71 | 0.17 | 1993–2000 | |
9 | Mardik Tchaparian | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1956–1963 |
Joseph Abou Mrad | 10 | 21 | 0.48 | 1953–1967 |
As of 1 July 2023 [update]. [11] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.
As of 24 December 2002 [update] [12] [13]
Player | Competition | Against | Home/Away | Result | Goals | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elias Georges | 1961 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 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 |
Hilal El-Helwe hammered home his second.
—Goal.com on Hilal El-Helwe's brace against North Korea at the 2019 Asian Cup [14]
Player | Year(s) | Source |
---|---|---|
Salah Falah | 1934 | [15] |
Pierre Gemayel | 1936 | [16] |
Youssef Yammout | 1957 | [17] |
Levon Altonian | 1963 | [18] |
Joseph Abou Murad | 1966 | [19] |
Toni Jreij | 1970 | [20] |
Souheil Rahal | 1971 | [21] |
Edmond Assaf | 1970s | [22] |
Abdelrahman Chbaro | 1979 | [23] |
Hassan Abboud | 1988 | [24] |
Ghassan Abou Diab | 1988–1993 | [25] |
Hassan Ayoub [a] | 1993 | [24] |
Jamal Taha | 1995–2000 | [26] |
Ali Fakih | 2001 | [24] |
Moussa Hojeij | 2002 | [27] |
Youssef Mohamad [b] | 2003 | [24] [28] |
Roda Antar [c] | 2004–2016 | [29] |
Hassan Maatouk | 2016–present | [30] |
This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanon national football team. The page shows the records as of 1 July 2023.
A thrilling win over DPR Korea
—Fox Sports Asia subheading after the national team won 4–1 against North Korea in 2019 [1]
The Lebanese army intervened to break up a quarrel between the Kuwait and Lebanon national team players.
—Al-Watan newspaper comment after Lebanon's 6–0 home defeat to Kuwait in 2011 [2]
Lebanon went 16 games unbeaten before losing in Kuwait last month. During that run, they conceded just eight goals.
—Fox Sports Australia on Lebanon's 16-game unbeaten streak between 2016 and 2018 [3]
Source: FIFA.com [5]
Lebanon reaches highest ever position in FIFA World Ranking
—FA Lebanon heading announcing Lebanon's highest ever FIFA World Ranking in September 2018 [6]
Below is a chart of Lebanon's FIFA ranking from 1992 to the present.
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Source: Eloratings.net [7]
The following are the top ten most capped players; players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone:
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hassan Maatouk | 109 | 23 | 2006–present |
2 | Abbas Ahmad Atwi | 88 | 8 | 2002–2016 |
3 | Roda Antar | 82 | 20 | 1998–2016 |
4 | Mohamad Haidar | 81 | 4 | 2011–present |
Youssef Mohamad | 81 | 3 | 1999–2016 | |
6 | Jamal Taha | 71 | 12 | 1993–2000 |
7 | Walid Ismail | 69 | 1 | 2010–2019 |
8 | Vardan Ghazaryan | 66 | 21 | 1995–2001 |
9 | Hassan Chaito | 63 | 6 | 2011–2021 |
Nour Mansour | 63 | 2 | 2010–present |
As of 1 July 2023 [update]. [8] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.
Lebanon scored their lone goal in the 7th minute. Kamil netting on a smart pass from Yaroudi.
—The Palestine Post newspaper comment on Lebanon's first-ever international goal against Mandatory Palestine in 1940. [10]
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Average | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hassan Maatouk ( list) | 23 | 109 | 0.21 | 2006–present |
2 | Vardan Ghazaryan | 21 | 66 | 0.32 | 1995–2001 |
3 | Roda Antar | 20 | 82 | 0.24 | 1998–2016 |
4 | Mohamad Ghaddar | 19 | 46 | 0.41 | 2006–2017 |
5 | Levon Altounian | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1956–1967 |
6 | Haitham Zein | 17 | 50 | 0.34 | 1997–2004 |
7 | Mahmoud El Ali | 12 | 46 | 0.67 | 2007–2012 |
Jamal Taha | 12 | 71 | 0.17 | 1993–2000 | |
9 | Mardik Tchaparian | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1956–1963 |
Joseph Abou Mrad | 10 | 21 | 0.48 | 1953–1967 |
As of 1 July 2023 [update]. [11] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.
As of 24 December 2002 [update] [12] [13]
Player | Competition | Against | Home/Away | Result | Goals | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elias Georges | 1961 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 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 |
Hilal El-Helwe hammered home his second.
—Goal.com on Hilal El-Helwe's brace against North Korea at the 2019 Asian Cup [14]
Player | Year(s) | Source |
---|---|---|
Salah Falah | 1934 | [15] |
Pierre Gemayel | 1936 | [16] |
Youssef Yammout | 1957 | [17] |
Levon Altonian | 1963 | [18] |
Joseph Abou Murad | 1966 | [19] |
Toni Jreij | 1970 | [20] |
Souheil Rahal | 1971 | [21] |
Edmond Assaf | 1970s | [22] |
Abdelrahman Chbaro | 1979 | [23] |
Hassan Abboud | 1988 | [24] |
Ghassan Abou Diab | 1988–1993 | [25] |
Hassan Ayoub [a] | 1993 | [24] |
Jamal Taha | 1995–2000 | [26] |
Ali Fakih | 2001 | [24] |
Moussa Hojeij | 2002 | [27] |
Youssef Mohamad [b] | 2003 | [24] [28] |
Roda Antar [c] | 2004–2016 | [29] |
Hassan Maatouk | 2016–present | [30] |