Lebanon national football team records and statistics

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This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanon national football team. The page shows the records as of 25 March 2025.

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.

Elo

Source: Eloratings.net[7]

Highest Elo ranking
72nd (April 1940)
Lowest Elo ranking
164th (July–September 2011)

Appearances

General

Most appearances
Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 123 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 123 26 2006–2024
2 Mohamad Haidar 102 6 2011–present
3 Abbas Ahmad Atwi 88 8 2002–2016
4 Roda Antar 83 20 1998–2016
5 Youssef Mohamad 81 3 1999–2016
6 Nader Matar 71 4 2012–present
Jamal Taha 71 12 1993–2000
8 Walid Ismail 69 1 2010–2019
9 Nour Mansour 67 3 2010–present
10 Vardan Ghazaryan 66 21 1995–2001

As of 25 March 2025.[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
Mohamad Haidar, 13 years, 3 months and 28 days between his debut (vs  Syria on 17 August 2011) and his 100th cap (vs  Kuwait on 15 December 2024)
Longest Lebanese career
Hassan Maatouk, 18 years, 4 months and 16 days between first (vs  Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2006) and last cap (vs  Bangladesh on 11 June 2024)
Most consecutive calendar years of appearances
Hassan Maatouk (2006–2024), 19 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 34 in 2020s

Goals

General

Lebanon scored their lone goal in the 7th minute. Kamil [sic] netting on a smart pass from Yaroudi [sic].

— 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 (2006–2024), 26 goals
Rank Player Goals Caps Average Period
1 Hassan Maatouk (list) 26 123 0.21 2006–2024
2 Vardan Ghazaryan 21 66 0.32 1995–2001
3 Roda Antar 20 83 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 0.26 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 15 December 2024.[11] Players in bold are still active with Lebanon.

Hat-tricks

As of 11 June 2024[12]

Player Competition Against Home/Away Result Goals Date
Elias Georges 1961 Arab Games  Saudi Arabia Neutral 7–1 4 5 September 1961
Mardik Tchaparian 1963 Arab Cup  Kuwait Home 6–0 3 31 March 1963
Samir Nassar 1968 Olympics qualification  Philippines Neutral 11–1 3 6 October 1967
Levon Altounian 4
Haitham Zein 1999 Arab Games  Jordan Away 3–1 3 23 August 1999
Gilberto Friendly  Oman Home 3–1 3 5 August 2000
Haitham Zein 2002 World Cup qualification  Pakistan Home 6–0 3 13 May 2001
Roda Antar 2002 Arab Cup  Yemen Home 4–2 3 24 December 2002
Hassan Maatouk 2026 World Cup qualification  Bangladesh Home 4–0 3 11 June 2024

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[13]
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

Footnotes

References

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