Whereas people were dying on the streets of Beirut, what remained of Lebanese soccer players tried to be present in great events. However, in parallel with Arab countries, particularly the oil Gulf region where money was flowing to help the national teams of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Iraq fulfill their tasks in making good results; the Lebanese state was barely standing on its feet and the national team lacked financial support.

Lebanese soccer suffered its worst defeat at the hands of an oil producing country in the 1980s: Qatar with players like Mansour Muftah and Hassan Jawhar won over the national team 8-0 on the 27th of March 1985. It was a disaster for Lebanese sports. The days of Hassan and Samih Chatila as well as Youssef al Ghoul faded away (1960s and 70s): the 1980s saw a breakdown of Lebanese soccer. Lebanon was waiting for a resurrection, not yet to come.