Liberia national football team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | Lone Stars | ||
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Association | Liberia Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Head coach | James Debbah | ||
Captain | Anthony Laffor | ||
Home stadium | National Complex | ||
FIFA code | LBR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 103 ![]() | ||
Highest | 66 (July 2001) | ||
Lowest | 164 (October–November 2010) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; unknown date 1954) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Monrovia, Liberia; 29 March 2016) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Ghana; 6 April 1975) | |||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1996) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1996 and 2002 |
The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the Lone Stars, is the national association football 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 Africa 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.[1]
Since the retirement of George Weah, the roster of the national team changed significantly. Currently, a lot of Liberian international footballers play in exotic leagues, strikingly often in the Asian countries Indonesia and in Malaysia.
Achievements
- 1 Time Runners-up
- 1 Time Runners-up
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1962 – Did not enter
- 1966 – Did not enter
- 1970 to 1978 – Did not enter
- 1982 to 1990 – Did not qualify
- 1994 – Withdrew during qualifying
- 1998 to 2018 – Did not qualify
Africa Cup of Nations 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 2017 – Did not qualify
Head coaches
Date appointed | Manager name | |
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01/11/2013 | Present | ![]() |
13/02/2013 | 01/11/2013 | ![]() |
08/05/2012 | 29/12/2012 | ![]() |
18/02/2012 | 08/05/2012 | ![]() |
14/03/2011 | 18/02/2012 | ![]() |
08/06/2010 | 14/03/2011 | ![]() |
27/02/2008 | 02/03/2009 | ![]() |
12/07/2006 | 26/02/2008 | ![]() |
10/02/2006 | 11/07/2006 | ![]() |
05/11/2004 | 09/02/2006 | ![]() |
08/08/2002 | 04/11/2004 | ![]() |
14/07/2000 | 07/08/2002 | ![]() |
|}1994-1999 Template:Sierra leonean Jimmy Manneh Peters
Recent results
29 March 2016 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia |
16:00 | Laffor ![]() Johnson ![]() Jebor ![]() |
Report | Referee: António Rodrigues, (CPV) |
5 June 2016 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia |
16:00 | Dorbor ![]() Jebor ![]() |
Report | F. Ayité ![]() Laba ![]() |
Referee: Gehad Grisha (EGY) |
4 September 2016 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir |
18:30 | Khazri ![]() Khenissi ![]() Khalifa ![]() Lahmar ![]() |
Report | Paye ![]() |
Referee: Daniel Bennett (RSA) |
Current squad
The following players were selected for a friendly match against Kenya on 15 November 2016.
Caps and Goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of 28 May 2016.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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16 | GK | Tommy Songo | April 20, 1995 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | GK | Boison Wynney | December 27, 1996 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | DF | Carlos Williams | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
13 | DF | Dominic Doe | November 14, 1995 | 1 | 0 | Unknown |
19 | DF | Karleo Anderson | March 23, 1992 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | DF | Hilton Varney | November 2, 1993 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | MF | Prince Jetoh | September 3, 1990 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | MF | Kemoh Kamara | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
7 | MF | Saah Nyumah | June 2, 1997 | 2 | 0 | Unknown |
14 | MF | Oscar Dorley | July 19, 1998 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | MF | Terrence Tisdell | March 16, 1998 | 1 | 0 | Unknown |
18 | MF | Anthony Laffor | February 17, 1985 | 38 | 4 | ![]() |
22 | MF | David Tweh | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
8 | FW | Sporo Somah | May 10, 1995 | 1 | 0 | Unknown |
10 | FW | Fallah Sheriff | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
11 | FW | Alex Nimely | May 11, 1991 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | FW | Mark Paye | September 13, 1993 | 2 | 1 | Unknown |
20 | FW | Van Dave Harmon | September 22, 1995 | 2 | 0 | Unknown |
Recent call-ups
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | James Galley | December 11, 1990 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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GK | Samson Giddings | March 9, 1992 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Joel Johnson | September 20, 1992 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Teah Dennis Jr. | May 7, 1992 | 27 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Dirkir Glay | January 1, 1992 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Solomon Grimes | July 24, 1987 | 28 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Omega Roberts | December 12, 1989 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Gizzie Dorbor | February 28, 1987 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Alvin MacConough | July 15, 1996 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Trokon Zeon | July 16, 1990 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Theo Lewis Weeks | January 19, 1990 | 21 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Alsény Këïta | June 26, 1983 | 16 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Tonia Tisdell | March 20, 1992 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Kpah Sherman | March 2, 1992 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Zah Rahan Krangar | March 7, 1985 | 30 | 4 | ![]() |
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MF | Dulee Johnson | November 7, 1984 | 15 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | William Jebor | November 10, 1991 | 8 | 8 | ![]() |
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FW | Sam Johnson | May 6, 1993 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Seku Conneh | November 10, 1995 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Dioh Williams | October 8, 1984 | 23 | 5 | ![]() |
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FW | Francis Doe | December 25, 1985 | 20 | 14 | ![]() |
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FW | Patrick Wleh | July 17, 1991 | 14 | 4 | ![]() |
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References
External links
- Official Website at liberiafa.com
- Liberia at FIFA.com
- Liberian-Soccer.com fan site
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