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.

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
11–1 vs  Philippines on 6 October 1967
Largest away win
0–5 vs  Kuwait on 26 January 1962
Largest win at the Asian Cup
4–1 vs  North Korea on 17 January 2019, 2019 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 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]

Largest defeat
8–0 vs  Iraq on 25 November 1959
8–0 vs  Qatar on 27 March 1985
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, 2000 Asian Cup

Streaks

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]

Longest unbeaten run
16 games, from 2016 to 2018[4]
Longest run without victory
14, from 1979 to 1988
Most consecutive wins
8, from 1993 to 1996
Most consecutive draws
5, from 2000 to 2001
Most consecutive losses
7, from 2008 to 2009
Most consecutive games with at least one goal scored
9, from 1993 to 1996, and in 2001
Most consecutive games without a goal scored
7, from 1979 to 1987, and from 2018 to 2019
Most consecutive games without a goal conceded
4, in 2015
Most consecutive games with at least one goal conceded
14, from 1953 to 1961

World rankings

FIFA

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]

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.

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Elo

Source: Eloratings.net[7]

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

Appearances

General

Most appearances
Hassan Maatouk (2006–present), 109 caps

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.[8] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.

First player to reach a century of caps
Hassan Maatouk, vs  Kuwait on 19 November 2022[9]
Shortest time needed to reach a century of caps
Hassan Maatouk, 16 years, 9 months and 23 days between his debut (vs  Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2006) and his 100th cap (vs  Kuwait on 19 November 2022)
Longest Lebanese career
Roda Antar, 17 years, 7 months and 11 days between first (vs  Armenia on 18 August 1998) and last cap (vs  Myanmar on 29 March 2016)
Most consecutive calendar years of appearances
Hassan Maatouk (2006–2023), 18 years
Appearances in three separate decades
Roda Antar; 18 in the 1990s, 38 in the 2000s, and 26 in the 2010s
Youssef Mohamad; 7 in the 1990s, 41 in the 2000s, and 33 in the 2010s
Hassan Maatouk; 17 in the 2000s, 72 in the 2010s, and 20 in 2020s

Goals

General

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]

First goal
Camille Cordahi vs  Mandatory Palestine on 27 April 1940
Most goals
Hassan Maatouk (2006–present), 23 goals
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.[11] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.

Hat-tricks

As of 24 December 2002[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

On major tournaments

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[14]

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 [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]

Footnotes

  1. ^ In 1993, Issam Kobeissy acted as captain in Hassan Ayoub's absence.
  2. ^ In 2003, one of Faisal Antar and Abbas Ali Atwi acted as captain in Youssef Mohamad's absence.
  3. ^ Between 2004 and 2016, Youssef Mohamed acted as captain in Roda Antar's absence.

References

  1. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2019: Lebanon fall one goal short of Round of 16 as Vietnam progress". FOX Sports Asia. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ الجيش يتدخل لفض مشاجرة بين لاعبي الأزرق ولبنان [The army intervenes to break up a quarrel between the Kuwait and Lebanon players]. Al-Watan. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Simon Hill's Lebanon scouting report ahead of Socceroos friendly". Fox Sports. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ^ Morrison, Neil. "Lebanon's series of 16 matches unbeaten". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Lebanon reaches highest ever position in Fifa World Ranking". FA Lebanon. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  7. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Lebanon". World Football Elo Ratings web site and Advanced Satellite Consulting. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Lebanon Most-Capped Players". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  9. ^ لبنان خسر وديًّا امام الكويت، ومعتوق خاض مباراته رقم 100 مع المنتخب [Lebanon lost a friendly against Kuwait, and Maatouk played his 100th match with the national team]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Lebanon Top Scorers". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Lebanon national football team statistics and records: hat tricks". 11v11.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Arab Cup 1963 Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Lebanon v North Korea Match Report, 1/17/19, AFC Asian Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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  21. ^ ذيول انسحاب فريق لبنان امام الكويت في كأس اسيا [Withdrawal of the Lebanon team in front of Kuwait in the Asian Cup]. Al-Hayat. 18 December 1971.
  22. ^ "نــــبذة عن الــــــــكـــــــــــرة الــــــبنـــــــــــانـــــــــية". forum.kooora.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  23. ^ لقطات مم مباراة لبنان والامارات [Pictures from the match between Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates]. Al Anwar. 25 November 1979. p. 14.
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  25. ^ "إعتزال أبو دياب". نداء الوطن. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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  29. ^ "Lebanese legend Roda Antar announces international football retirement | FOOTBALL CHANNEL ASIA". 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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