Liberia national football team

Liberia

Nickname(s)	Lone Stars
Association	Liberia Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mark Hateley
Most caps	Kelvin Sebwe (73)
Home stadium	Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
FIFA code	LBR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	160
Highest	66 (July 2001)
Lowest	160 (October 2009)
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 (the first and, so far, the only African to receive that honor), they have failed to transfer the individual success to the team stage. Weah is seen as the "patron saint" of the Liberian team; not only has he played for and coached the side, he also spent a lot of his own money on the team.

Liberia has never reached the World Cup, although they did come a point short of qualifying in 2002. They have twice qualified for the African Cup of Nations - 1996 and 2002. They also came within 1 point of qualifying in 1998.

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 - Did not enter
• 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 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2004 to 2010- Did not qualify

Fixtures & Results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
February 11, 2009	Friendly	Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Liberia	Bobo 15'

Current squad

The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Senegal on 21 June 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Melvin King	18 November 1985	13	0	Invincible Eleven
2	2DF	George Baysah	01 March 1986	17	0	Hapoel Kfar Saba
4	3MF	Theo Lewis	19 January 1990	4	0	Ankaraspor
5	2DF	Murphy Nagbe	7 June 1984	28	0	PSMS Medan
7	3MF	James Zotiah		8	1	Black Star
8	2DF	Esaiah Benson	27 March 1982	7	0	Arema Malang
9	4FW	Dioh Williams	8 October 1984	6	2	AGF Aarhus
10	3MF	Zah Krangar	7 March 1985	8	2	Sriwijaya FC
11	4FW	Boikai Foday	25 May 1986	4	0	Persiwa Wamena
12	3MF	Solomon Grimes	24 July 1985	3	0	Ethnikos Piraeus
13	2DF	Jimmy Dixon	10 October 1981	24	0	Manisaspor
14	3MF	James Lomell	16 October 1985	8	1	Pelita Jaya
15	4FW	Francis Doe	25 December 1985	8	2	Al-Ahly|- class="nat-fs-player"	16	1GK	Clarence Roberts		0	0	Black Star
17	3MF	George Gebro	13 September 1981	35	0	Budapest Honvéd
18	2DF	Ben Teekloh	6 December 1983	23	0	Farul Constanţa

Recent Call-ups

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3	2DF	Stanley Parker (v. Senegal on June 15)		1	0	Invincible Eleven
12	3MF	Oliver Makor (v. Senegal on June 15)	9 October 1973	26	5	Ionikos FC
18	3MF	Anthony Laffor (v. Senegal on June 15)	17 February 1985	16	2	Supersport United
11	4FW	Christian Essel (v. Algeria on June 6)	12 June 1985	1	0	Saint Mirren
13	3MF	Stephen Mennoh (v. Algeria on June 6)	5 June 1984	6	2	Semen Padang
16	1GK	Momo Blamo (v. Algeria on June 6)	2 January 1974			Kon Sava
3	3MF	Dulee Johnson (v. Gambia on June 1)	7 November 1984	15	0	AIK Fotboll
	3MF	Tonia Tisdell (v. Algeria on October 11)	20 March 1992	1	0	Ankaraspor
	1GK	Sunday Seah	7 January 1978	9	0	Persiwa Wamena
	1GK	Louis Crayton	26 October 1977	35	0	D.C. United
	2DF	Chris Gbandi	4 April 1979	1	0	FK Haugesund
	2DF	Larmin Ousman	15 May 1981	1	0	Ljungskile SK
	2DF	David Gbemie	19 December 1989	0	0	Bolton Wanderers
	2DF	Patrick Gerhardt	31 July 1985	0	0	SR Delémont
	2DF	Willis Forko	12 November 1983	1	0	Bodø/Glimt
	2DF	Albert Donzo		1	0	LISCR FC
	3MF	Isaac Pupo	23 October 1985	2	0	Karabakh
	3MF	Samuel Wowoah	17 June 1976	0	0	Örebro SK
	3MF	Sengbeh Kennedy		1	0	Black Star
	4FW	Alex Nimely Tchuimeni	11 May 1991	0	0	Manchester City
	4FW	Arcadia Martin Wesay Toe	20 August 1982	2	1	Dubai Club
	4FW	Mardie Rennie		1	0	LPRC Oilers
	1GK	Jerry Bing				LISCR FC
	1GK	Jackson Wleh Doryen			0	Watanga FC
	1GK	Lartee Jackson	5 October 1980	1	0	Invincible Eleven
	1GK	Saylee Swen	29 February 1984	18	0	LPRC Oilers
	2DF	Shelton Barlee		9	1	LPRC Oilers
	2DF	Sackie Doe	08 December 1988	4	0	LPRC Oilers
	2DF	Gizzie Dorbor	28 February 1987	4	0	Ironi Bat Yam
	2DF	Patrick Nuku Granue	01 March 1980	10	0	Persibo Bojonegoro
	2DF	Varmah Kpoto	28 January 1978	35	0	FCAK
	2DF	Robert Omega		1	0	Tiko United
	2DF	Aloysius Wleh Penie	17 April 1984	3	0	LISCR FC
	2DF	Solomon Wesseh	31 January 1984	2	0	LPRC Oilers
	3MF	Anthony Jomah Ballah	24 October 1979	2	0	Persebaya Surabaya
	3MF	Johnny Bleedee		0	0	LPRC Oilers
	3MF	Prince Garwo	18 November 1984	5	0	LISCR FC
	3MF	Frank Jericho Nagbe Junior		0	0	NPA Anchors
	3MF	Alvin Kieh	28 February 1977	3	1	Persis Solo
	3MF	Nuzohn Kulala	1987			LISCR FC
	3MF	Leon Power		1	0	Watanga FC
	3MF	John Tarkpor Sonkaley	16 October 1986	5	0	Persebaya Surabaya
	3MF	Robert Teah	03 September 1982	3	0	NPA Anchors
	3MF	Lewis Eric Weeks	10 March 1986	1	0	Persiwa Wamena
	3MF	John Kollie				Black Star
	3MF	Jacob Toe				LISCR FC
	4FW	Buston Nagbe Brown		1	0	Arema Malang
	4FW	McColm Konah Cephas	30 September 1978	2	0	Carolina RailHawks
	4FW	Ben Martin				Zesco United
	4FW	Johnny Menyongar	26 June 1979	9	0	Rochester Raging Rhinos
	4FW	George Miller	22 November 1980	2	0	Mighty Barolle
	4FW	Frank Jean Seator	24 October 1975	8	1	Selangor FA
	4FW	Vatalise Sieh				NPA Anchors
	4FW	Isaac Tondo	02 May 1981	11	3	LPRC Oilers

MF: Harry Toe F. Patrick Bestman

Head coaches

All Head Coaches of Liberia and the dates they were appointed.

Date appointed	Manager name
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
1999 - 2000	Kadalah Kromah
? - ?	Josiah N. Johnson

External links

• Liberian soccer official site