| Nickname(s) | منتخب الشباب (The Youth Team) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Bilal Fleifel | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | LBN | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
 Lebanon 0–0 India  (Tehran, Iran; 16 April 1973) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Lebanon 6–1 Singapore  (Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 18 September 2022) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Syria 6–0 Lebanon (Fujairah, United Arab Emirates; 2 November 2011) | |||
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1973) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1973) | ||
| Arab Cup U-20 | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1985) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (1985, 2021, 2022) | ||
| WAFF U-18 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2021) | ||
The Lebanon national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم) is the national under-20 football team of Lebanon and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-19 and national under-18 football teams of Lebanon.
While the team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, they have participated twice in the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, in 1973 and in 2008, with their best result being reaching the quarter-finals in the 1973 edition.[1][2] In the 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship, the U18 team made history by becoming the first Lebanon men's national team to reach a final, losing to hosts Iraq on penalty-shootouts.[3] They also participate in the Arab Cup U-20 and Jeux de la Francophonie, failing to go past the group stage in both competitions.
Notable former under-20 players include Nour Mansour, Rabih Ataya, and Mohamad Haidar,[4] who all went on to play for the senior side.[5]
- ^ Morrison, Neil (18 June 2015). "Asian U-19 Championship 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Zlotkowski, Andre; Di Maggio, Roberto (15 July 2011). "Asian U-20 Championship 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Al-Hasani, Maytham (1 December 2021). بالصور.. ركلات الترجيح تحفظ لقب غرب آسيا لشباب العراق [In pictures... Penalty kicks save the West Asian title for Iraq's youth team]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "DPR Korea v Lebanon" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (2 May 2022). "Lebanon – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 September 2022.