Lili Iskandar
Lebanese footballer (born 2002)
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Layla Pascal "Lili" Iskandar (Arabic: ليلى باسكال "ليلي" إسكندر; born 16 May 2002) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a forward for French club Guingamp and the Lebanon national team.
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Iskandar with SAS in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Layla Pascal Iskandar[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 May 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zgharta, Lebanon[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Guingamp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Salam Zgharta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Salam Zgharta | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | SAS | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | HB Køge | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Etihad | 24 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Al-Ittihad (loan) | 13 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Al-Ittihad | 18 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Guingamp | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Lebanon U18 | 7 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Lebanon U19 | 6 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Lebanon | 37 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starting out at Salam Zgharta in 2016–17, Iskandar moved to reigning champions SAS. In her only season at the club (2019–20), she helped SAS lift their fifth league title, scoring 15 goals in the process. Iskandar joined Danish side HB Køge for the 2021–22 season. In 2022 she moved to Etihad in Jordan, winning the 2023 league title as top goalscorer (14 goals). In 2023, Iskandar joined Saudi club Al-Ittihad, where she remained for two seasons. She moved to France in 2025, playing for Guingamp.
Iskandar represented Lebanon at the youth level, winning the 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship as the competition's top scorer. Iskandar has also played at senior level since 2018. She helped Lebanon finish runners-up at the WAFF Women's Championship in 2022 as the competition's best player, and in third place in 2019.
Club career
Lebanon
Iskandar played for hometown club Salam Zgharta,[2] scoring 29 league goals between 2016–17 and 2018–19.[3][4] In 2019 she moved to reigning champions SAS. In the final matchday of the season, Iskandar scored a brace against EFP to help her side win the 2019–20 league title.[5] She ended the season with 15 goals,[2][6] scoring at a rate of more than one goal per game.[7]
HB Køge
On 9 July 2021, Iskandar joined HB Køge ahead of the 2021–22 Danish Women's League on a one-year contract.[8]
Etihad
On 3 July 2022, Iskandar moved to Jordan Women's Pro League club Etihad.[9] She cited reuniting with former Lebanon national team coach Wael Gharzeddine as the main reason for joining the club.[10] Iskandar scored her first goal on 17 July, helping Etihad beat Al-Nasr 3–0 in the league.[11] She finished the 2022 season with five goals in 12 games,[3] helping her side finish runners-up in the league and the cup.[12]
On 2 September 2023, Iskandar led Ettihad to win the 2023 Jordanian-Saudi Women's Clubs Championship as top scorer with four goals.[13] She finished the 2023 season as the league's top scorer with 14 goals in 12 games,[3] helping Etihad win their first league title.[14]
Al-Ittihad
In October 2023, Iskandar joined Al-Ittihad during the 2023–24 Saudi Women's Premier League on loan until the end of the season.[15][16] She finished the season with seven goals and one assist in 17 games in all competitions.[16] In July 2024, Al-Ittihad signed her on a permanent contract for one year.[17] Iskandar left the club at the end of the 2024–25 season; she played 31 games over two seasons in the Saudi Women's Premier League, scoring 10 goals in the process.[18]
Guingamp
On 2 October 2025, Iskandar joined Seconde Ligue side Guingamp.[19] She made her debut two days later, on 4 October,[20] starting in a 3–0 defeat to Toulouse.[21]
International career
Youth
Iskandar's first international goal came on her debut for the Lebanon under-19 national team, on 24 October 2018, in a 2019 AFC U-19 Championship qualification match against Hong Kong U19.[22] She played four games during the qualifiers, scoring once.[1] Iskandar was the top goalscorer of the 2019 WAFF U-18 Championship, which she won, scoring seven goals in five matches.[2][23]
In December 2020, Iskandar played two friendly games against Egypt U19, a 3–1 defeat and a 3–2 win, scoring in both games.[24][25] With her two goals against Egypt, Iskandar became the first player to reach 10 goals for the under-18 and under-19 teams.[26]
Senior
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Iskandar's senior debut for Lebanon came on 8 November 2018, coming on as a substitute against Iran in a 2020 AFC Olympic qualification match.[27] Iskandar also played four games for Lebanon at the 2019 WAFF Championship,[1] helping her team reach third place.[28]
On 24 October 2021, Iskandar scored her first goal in a 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification game against Guam, which ended in a 3–0 win.[29] Iskandar took part in the 2022 WAFF Championship; she helped her side finish runners-up as the tournament's best player,[30] scoring one goal against Palestine on 29 August.[31] On 8 April 2023, Iskandar scored her first international brace in a 5–0 win against Indonesia in the 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[32] On 30 September 2023, Iskandar scored in the 102nd minute of the 2023 SAFF Friendly Tournament final, a 1–0 win against Bhutan. In the process, she broke Christy Maalouf's record of eight international goals for Lebanon.[33]
Iskandar opened the 2024 WAFF Championship with a hat-trick against Guam on 19 February 2024, helping her side win 4–3; she became the first player to score 10 goals for her national team.[34] Iskandar's third goal of the match was also the Lebanon women's national team's 100th of all time.[35] On 16 July 2025, Iskandar provided three assists – all to Christy Maalouf – in a 3–1 win against Iran in the 2026 Asian Cup qualifiers, becoming the first ever player to provide three assists in a single game for Lebanon.[36]
Style of play
In her youth, Iskandar was an attacking midfielder with good finishing and capable of creating attacking chances.[7] She is 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) tall and is right-footed.[19]
Personal life
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Salam Zgharta | 2016–17 | Lebanese League | 6 | 2 | — | — | 8 | |||||
| 2017–18 | Lebanese League | 10 | 1 | — | — | 11 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | Lebanese League | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | ||||||
| Total | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |||||
| SAS | 2019–20 | Lebanese League | 15 | — | — | — | 15 | |||||
| HB Køge | 2021–22 | Danish League | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Etihad | 2022 | Jordan Pro League | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | Jordan Pro League | 12 | 14 | — | — | 5[c] | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| Total | 24 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | ||
| Al-Ittihad | 2023–24 | Saudi Premier League | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 17 | 7 | ||
| 2024–25 | Saudi Premier League | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 8 | |||
| Total | 31 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 | ||
| Guingamp | 2025–26 | Seconde Ligue | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Career total | 61+ | 70 | 8+ | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 76+ | 82 | ||
- Includes Coupe LFFP
- Appearances in Jordanian-Saudi Women's Clubs Championship
International
- Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Iskandar goal.[3]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 24 October 2021 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |  Guam |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 2 | 29 August 2022 | Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Palestine |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2022 WAFF Championship |
| 3 | 22 March 2023 | Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh, Lebanon |  Egypt |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 8 April 2023 | Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh, Lebanon |  Indonesia |
1–0 | 5–0 | 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 5 | 5–0 | |||||
| 6 | 18 July 2023 | Ansar Stadium, Ansar, Lebanon | Palestine |
3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 18 September 2023 | King Fahd Sports City, Taif, Saudi Arabia |  Laos |
4–0 | 4–1 | 2023 SAFF Friendly Tournament |
| 8 | 21 September 2023 | King Fahd Sports City, Taif, Saudi Arabia |  Bhutan |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2023 SAFF Friendly Tournament |
| 9 | 30 September 2023 | King Fahd Sports City, Taif, Saudi Arabia | Bhutan |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 SAFF Friendly Tournament |
| 10 | 19 February 2024 | King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Guam |
1–2 | 4–3 | 2024 WAFF Championship |
| 11 | 3–3 | |||||
| 12 | 4–3 | |||||
| 13 | 17 February 2025 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal |  Myanmar |
1–1 | 1–3 | 2025 Vianet Championship |
| 14 | 29 May 2025 | Champville Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon | Palestine |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 15 | 1 June 2025 | Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh, Lebanon | Palestine |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 16 | 19 July 2025 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Singapore |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 Asian Cup qualification |
Honours
SAS
Etihad
- Jordan Women's Pro League: 2023; runner-up: 2022
- Jordanian-Saudi Women's Clubs Championship: 2023
- Jordan Women's Cup runner-up: 2022
Lebanon U18
Lebanon
- WAFF Women's Championship runner-up: 2022; third place: 2019
Individual
