Liberia national football team

Liberia

Nickname(s)	Lone Stars
Association	LFA
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Roberto Landi
Captain	Anthony Laffor
Most caps	Joe Nagbe (97)
Top scorer	George Weah (22)
Home stadium	National Complex
FIFA code	LBR
FIFA ranking	123
Highest FIFA ranking	66 (July 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	164 (October 2010)
Elo ranking	142
Highest Elo ranking	67 (March 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking	151 (February 2009)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Liberia 2–1 Chad (Senegal; 11 April 1963)
Biggest win
Liberia 4–0 Gambia (Accra, Ghana; 1 June 1996) Liberia 4–0 Mauritius (Monrovia, Liberia; 3 September 2000) Liberia 5–1 Congo (Monrovia, Liberia; 14 January 2001)
Biggest defeat
Ghana 6–0 Liberia (Ghana; 6 April 1975)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1996)
Best result	Round 1, 1996 and 2002

The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the Lone Stars, is the national team of Liberia and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the country produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah, they have never reached the World Cup finals. Weah has been a patron of the Liberian team; not only has he played for and coached the side, but he also sponsored the team with his own money.

Liberia has twice qualified for the African Cup of Nations – 1996 and 2002.

In 2010, the Hungarian Bertalan Bicskei, former coach of the national teams of Hungary and Malaysia, was named head coach of the Liberian national team. After being poisoned and seeking medical treatment, he was replaced by Roberto Landi for the rest of 2011.

Liberia Football Achievements

West African Nations Cup :

• 1 Time Runners-up

CEDEAO Cup :

• 1 Time Runners-up

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1962 – Did not enter
• 1966 – Withdrew
• 1970 to 1978 – Did not enter
• 1982 to 1990 – Did not qualify
• 1994 – Withdrew during qualifying
• 1998 to 2010 – Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1965 – Did not enter
• 1968 – Did not qualify
• 1970 to 1974 – Did not enter
• 1976 – Did not qualify
• 1978 to 1980 – Did not enter
• 1982 – Did not qualify
• 1984 – Withdrew
• 1986 to 1990 – Did not qualify
• 1992 – Withdrew
• 1994 – Did not qualify
• 1996 – Round 1
• 1998 to 2000 – Did not qualify
• 2002 – Round 1
• 2004 to 2012– Did not qualify

2012 African Cup of Nations (Qualification)

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cape Verde	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Liberia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Mali	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0

Current squad

The following players were called up for Liberia in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mali. Caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Nathaniel Sherman 28 February 1991 (1991-02-28) 4 0 UMC Roots 16 GK James Galley No Date 0 0 Watanga FC 2 DF George Gebro 13 September 1981 (1981-09-13) 36 1 Free Agent 3 DF Jimmy Dixon 10 October 1981 (1981-10-10) 20 0 Manisaspor 4 DF Teah Dennis 7 May 1992 (1992-05-07) 6 0 LPRC Oilers 5 DF Solomon Grimes 24 July 1985 (1985-07-24) 13 0 Nea Salamis Famagusta 6 DF Solomon Wesseh 31 January 1984 (1984-01-31) 7 0 LPRC Oilers 7 MF Mumuni Abubakar 3 December 1993 (1993-12-03) 0 0 New Edubiase United 8 MF Nyema Gerhardt 31 July 1985 (1985-07-31) 1 0 FK Željezničar Sarajevo 10 MF Isaac Pupo 23 October 1985 (1985-10-23) 6 0 Hammarby IF 11 MF Archie Harvey 3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) 12 0 Monrovia FC 13 MF Ansu Toure 18 October 1981 (1981-10-18) 3 0 FC Locarno 17 MF Dioh Williams 8 October 1984 (1984-10-08) 14 4 BK Hacken 9 MF Anthony Laffor 17 February 1985 (1985-02-17) 20 0 Supersport United 12 FW Francis Doe 25 December 1985 (1985-12-25) 15 4 Terengganu FA 14 FW Alsény Keita 26 June 1983 (1983-06-26) 5 1 US Sénart-Moissy 15 FW Patrick Wleh 17 July 1991 (1991-07-17) 4 2 Sime Darby FC 18 FW Sekou Oliseh 5 June 1990 (1990-06-05) 3 1 CSKA Moscow

Head coaches

Date appointed		Manager name
14/03/2011	Present	Roberto Landi
08/06/2010	14/03/2011	Bertalan Bicskei
27/02/2008	02/03/2009	Antoine Hey
12/07/2006	26/02/2008	Joe Nagbe
10/02/2006	11/07/2006	Shawky Hussein Mahmoud Shehab El Din
05/11/2004	09/02/2006	Joseph Sayon
08/08/2002	04/11/2004	Kadalah Kromah
14/07/2000	07/08/2002	George Weah & Dominic George Vava

External links

• Liberia at FIFA.com
• Liberia at National-Football-Teams.com
• Liberian-Soccer.com fan site