Libyan national soccer team

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Libya
Libija
Nickname (s) The knights of the Mediterranean
Association Libyan Football Federation
confederacy CAF
Head coach Vacant
Home stadium June 11th Stadium
FIFA code LBY
FIFA rank 101st (1215 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match Egypt 10-2 Libya ( Egypt ; July 29, 1953 )
Egypt 1952Egypt Libya Kingdom 1951Kingdom of Libya
Biggest win Libya 21-0 Oman ( Iraq ; April 1, 1966 )
Libya Kingdom 1951Kingdom of Libya OmanOman
Biggest defeat Egypt 10-2 Libya ( Egypt ; July 29, 1953 )
Egypt 1952Egypt Libya Kingdom 1951Kingdom of Libya
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals 3 ( first : 1982 )
Best results Second ( 1982 )
(As of January 29, 2012)

The Libyan national soccer team is the national soccer team of Libya and is managed by the Libyan Football Federation . Libya has never qualified for a soccer world championship. The greatest success is winning the African Nations Cup in 2014, in which only players from the domestic leagues may be used and in which all games in the knockout round were only won via penalties .

Libya took part in the Africa Cup twice: In 1982, when the country hosted the tournament, the unknown team surprisingly reached the final when it first participated, which it only lost to Ghana on penalties. In 2006 Libya qualified for the second time, but could not prevail in the difficult preliminary group with the later finalists Egypt and Ivory Coast .

The 21-0 win against Oman in Baghdad on April 1, 1966 was the highest win in an international match up to September 2, 1971 and is currently the highest win of an African team and the highest win against a member of another continental association.

Libya was originally supposed to host the African Cup of Nations in 2013 , but due to the civil war and the unstable security situation in the country, South Africa was chosen as the new host.

Tournaments

World Championship

  • 1930 - no participation
  • 1934 - World Champion (as part of Italy)
  • 1938 - World Champion (as part of Italy)
  • 1950 - preliminary round (as part of Italy)
  • 1954 to 1962 - no participation
  • 1966 - withdrawn
  • 1970 - did not qualify
  • 1974 - no participation
  • 1978 - did not qualify
  • 1982 - withdrawn during qualification
  • 1986 - did not qualify
  • 1990 - withdrawn during qualification
  • 1994 - disqualified due to UN sanctions
  • 1998 - no participation
  • 2002 - did not qualify
  • 2006 - did not qualify
  • 2010 - did not qualify
  • 2014 - did not qualify
  • 2018 - did not qualify

In the qualification in the group stage Tunisia , Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the opponents. Even before the last two games, Libya, which has to play all home games in neighboring countries, no longer has a chance to qualify for the final round.

African Championship

  • 1957 to 1965 - no participation
  • 1968 - did not qualify
  • 1970 - no participation
  • 1972 - did not qualify
  • 1974 - no participation
  • 1976 - did not qualify
  • 1978 - did not qualify
  • 1980 - did not qualify
  • 1982 - second place
  • 1984 - did not qualify
  • 1986 - did not qualify
  • 1988 - no participation
  • 1990 - no participation
  • 1992 - no participation
  • 1994 - no participation
  • 1996 - no participation
  • 1998 - no participation
  • 2000 - did not qualify
  • 2002 - did not qualify
  • 2004 - did not qualify
  • 2006 - preliminary round
  • 2008 - did not qualify
  • 2010 - did not qualify
  • 2012 - preliminary round
  • 2013 - originally intended to host, relocated to South Africa due to the civil war in Libya
  • 2015 - did not qualify
  • 2017 - did not qualify
  • 2019 - did not qualify

African Nations Championship

Trainer

player

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .