Libya
Nickname(s)	The Greens
Association	Libyan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mohammed Al Khomsi
Home stadium	June 11 Stadium
FIFA code	LBY''
FIFA ranking	92
Highest FIFA ranking	61 (December 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	187 (July 1997)
Elo ranking	100
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Egypt 10 - 2 Libya (Egypt; July 29, 1953)
Biggest win Libya 21 - 0 Oman (Iraq; April 1, 1966)
Biggest defeat Egypt 10 - 2 Libya (Egypt; July 29, 1953)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1982)
Best result	Runners-up, 1982

The Libya national football team (Arabic: منتخب ليبيا لكرة القدم), is the national team of Libya and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. They have never reached the World Cup and have made two appearances at the African Nations Cup, finishing as runners up in 1982, when they hosted the tournament.

Last and next games

• Last game 1-1 Libya  - Kinshasa - September 8, 2007.
• Next game

History

World Cups

Libya first entered the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 1970. Their early attempts failed, but during the 1980s the national side strengthened. The country's geopolitical position, however, affected the football team, who had to withdraw from qualifying for the 1982 and 1990 World Cups.

Libya came closest to qualifying for the world cup in 1986. They came to within a game of reaching the finals in Mexico. After winning their match against Sudan in their first game, the Libyans beat Ghana in the next round before taking on Morocco for a place at the finals. Morocco won the first game 3-0 and went through, even though Libya won the return leg 1-0.

After not entering the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup competition, Libya came back in the qualifying competition for Korea/Japan. The Libyans advanced to the second round at the expense of Mali, who were beaten 4-3 on aggregate.

In the group stage, Libya managed only one draw in eight games, however. The qualifying tournament did put Libya's captain Al-Saadi Qadhafi (son of Muammar al-Gaddafi) on the football map and he received a contract with former Serie A Italian club Perugia shortly afterwards.

In the qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a 9-0 two-legged victory against São Tome and Principe put the Libyans through to the group stage. However, during these two games, the country's most famous player, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, was banned when he failed a drug test.

A difficult group followed containing Egypt, Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire, the eventual group winners and qualifiers for the World Cup.

See also

• 1986 FIFA World Cup (qualification CAF) (The closest Libya came to qualifying for the world cup).

African Cup Of Nations

Libya 82

The biggest football tournament to be held in Libya was the 1982 African Cup of Nations. Libya qualified automatically as hosts and were put in a rather strong group alongside Ghana, Cameroon and Tunisia. The opening match of the tournament which saw the hosts take on Ghana in Tripoli was a closely contested match. Ghana managed to score a late goal in the 89th minute forcing a 2-2 draw. A 2-0 win over Tunisia and a goalless draw against Cameroon saw Libya topping the group.

In the semi-finals, Libya came from behind to beat Zambia 2-1 and set up another match with Ghana, this time in the final on March 19. Ghana scored first in the 35th minute, but Libya equalised in the 70th. This was followed by a tense period of extra time in which no goals were scored. In a long penalty shootout, Ghana came out triumphant 7-6.

Egypt 06

Libya's second African Cup of Nations saw a return to the higher levels of the international footballing scene at the 2006 African Cup of Nations finals in Egypt. They qualified for the competition after a goalless draw with Sudan in their ninth qualifying match.

Libya were drawn in Group A with Egypt (the hosts), 2006 World Cup-qualifiers Côte d'Ivoire and Morocco. Libya's players were unable to compete with these teams, and came away with just one point from their final match against Morocco.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
• 1966 - Withdrew
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1994 - Disqualified due to UN sanctions
• 1998 - Did not enter
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
• 1968 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Did not enter
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Withdrew
• 1976 to 1980 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Runners-up
• 1984 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1988 - Withdrew
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1992 to 1998 - Did not enter
• 2000 to 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Round 1
• 2008 - Did not qualify
• 2010
• 2012
• 2014 - Qualified As Hosts

See also

• 2008 African Cup of Nations (qualification) Group 10.

Notable Players

• Walid Ali Osman
• Omar Daoud
• Jehad Muntasser
• Ahmed Faraj El Masli
• Alejandro Ruben
• Luis de Agustini
• Tarik El Taib (C)
• Nader Kara

Current squad

(May, 2007)

Goalkeepers: Luis de Agustini Meftah Ghazalla Samir Abbud Defenders: Walid Ali Osman Naji Shushan Omar Mohamed Dawood Osama Al Hamady Mahmud Makhlof Younes Shibani Walid El-Shebai Mohamed El-Mogerbi Essam Blal

Midfielders: Marei Mohamed Suliman Nader Abdusalam Al Tarhoni Tarik El Taib Jehad Muntasser Abdusalam Khames Abdulnaser Slil Ali El-Hasi Khaled Hussen Hussen Madi Saad Belkher Forwards: Ahmed Tarek Saad Osman Nader Kara Ahmed Faraj El Masli Imad Treki Salem Rewani Osama Ferzani

External links

• Libyan Football Federation
• African Cup Of Nations 82

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