# Lebanon national futsal team

The Lebanon national futsal team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة الصالات; French: Équipe du Liban de futsal) represents Lebanon in international futsal competitions. Nicknamed "the Cedars", the team is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA).
Lebanon has yet to participate in the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Their closest attempt came in 2021, when they lost to Vietnam in the play-offs on the away goals rule. Lebanon are regulars at the AFC Futsal Asian Cup. The team also competes in the WAFF Futsal Championship, and the Arab Futsal Championship.

## Competitive record
### FIFA Futsal World Cup

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| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1989 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1992 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1996 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2000 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament |
| 2008 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament |
| 2012 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament |
| 2016 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament | The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship served as the qualifying tournament |
| 2021 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | Play-off defeat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament |
| Total | 0/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### AMF Futsal World Cup

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| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1982 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1985 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1988 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1991 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1994 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1997 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2000 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2003 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2007 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2011 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2015 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2019 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2023 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### AFC Futsal Asian Cup

| AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record |
| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1999 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2000 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2001 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2002 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2003 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 23 | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees |
| 2004 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees |
| 2005 | Round 2 (Plate) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25 | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees | Qualified as invitees |
| 2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 1st of 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| 2008 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 23 | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament | Qualified as top 11 team at the previous tournament |
| 2010 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 1st of 3, 1st of 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 |
| 2012 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2nd of 4, 3rd of 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 |
| 2014 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 1st of 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| 2016 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1st of 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 2018 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1st of 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 1st of 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 1st of 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Total | 12/16 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 182 | 200 | Total | 30 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 130 | 60 |

### Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record :
| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2005 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2009 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2013 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
| 2017 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2021 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 3/5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 38 |

### Arab Futsal Cup

Arab Futsal Cup record :
| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1998 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2005 | Third place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 27 |
| 2007 | Third place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 21 |
| 2008 | Fourth place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 20 |
| 2021 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2022 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| Total | 4/7 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 93 | 87 |

### WAFF Futsal Championship

WAFF Futsal Championship record :
| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
| 2009 | Third place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 2012 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2022 | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| Total | 3/4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 28 |

### Mediterranean Futsal Cup

Mediterranean Futsal Cup record :
| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2010 | Sixth place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 |
| Total | 1/1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 |

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF Futsal Championship.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Hussein Hamadani | Tawfeer |
| 2 | 1GK | Karim Joueidi | Club Central Jounieh |
| 3 | 1GK | Victor Gerges | |
| 4 | FP | Mouhammad Hammoud | Tawfeer |
| 5 | FP | Issa Mehrez | |
| 6 | FP | Hussein Hamieh | |
| 7 | FP | Hassan Zeitoun | Tawfeer |
| 8 | FP | John Jabbour | Tawfeer |
| 9 | FP | Mustafa Rhyem | Tawfeer |
| 10 | FP | Ahmad Kheir El Dine | |
| 11 | FP | Majd Hamouch | Tawfeer |
| 12 | FP | Georgio El Khoury | Tawfeer |
| 13 | FP | Hassan Alame | Tawfeer |
| 14 | FP | Ali Hachem | Club Central Jounieh |