Libya national football team 1103136 225056854 2008-07-11T17:58:19Z 201.75.228.165 /* Notable Players */ {{Infobox National football team | Name = Libya | Badge = Libya national football team logo.png | FIFA Trigramme = LBY | Nickname = The Greens | Association = [[Libyan Football Federation]] | Confederation = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] ([[Africa]]) | Coach = {{Flagicon|Tunisia}} Faouzi Benzarti | Captain = [[Tarik El Taib]] | Most caps = [[Tarik El Taib]] | Top scorer = | Home Stadium = [[June 11 Stadium]] | FIFA Rank = 90 |FIFA max = 61 |FIFA max date = December 2004 |FIFA min = 187 |FIFA min date = July 1997 | Elo Rank = 86 | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_libya home5|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=008000|body1=008000|rightarm1=008000|shorts1=008000|socks1=008000 | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=008000|socks2=FFFFFF | First game = {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] 10 - 2 Libya {{Flagicon|Libya|1951}}<br/>([[Egypt]]; [[July 29]], [[1953]]) | Largest win = {{flagicon|Libya|1951}} Libya 21 - 0 [[Oman national football team|Oman]] {{Flagicon|Oman}}<br/>([[Iraq]]; [[April 1]], [[1966]]) | Largest loss = {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] 10 - 2 Libya {{Flagicon|Libya|1951}}<br/>([[Egypt]]; [[July 29]], [[1953]]) | World cup apps = | World cup first = - | World cup best = - | Regional name = [[African Nations Cup]] | Regional cup apps = 2 | Regional cup first = [[1982 African Nations Cup|1982]] | Regional cup best = Runners-up, [[1982 African Nations Cup|1982]] }} The '''Libya national football team''' ({{lang-ar|منتخب ليبيا لكرة القدم}}), is the national team of [[Libya]] and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. They have never reached the [[Football World Cup|World Cup]] and have made two appearances at the [[African Nations Cup]], finishing as runners up in [[1982 African Nations Cup|1982]], when they hosted the tournament. ==History== ===World Cups=== Libya first entered the [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifiers in [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]. Their early attempts failed, but during the 1980s the national side strengthened. The country's [[geopolitics|geopolitical]] position, however, affected the football team, who had to withdraw from qualifying for the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup|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 national football team|Sudan]] in their first game, the Libyans beat [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] in the next round before taking on [[Morocco national football team|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 national football team|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 [[A.C. Perugia|Perugia]] shortly afterwards. In the qualifying for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], a 9-0 two-legged victory against [[São Tomé and Príncipe national football team|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 national football team|Egypt]], [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] and [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]], the eventual group winners and qualifiers for the World Cup. However, The Greens were able to secure good results against these sides, as they beat [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] 2-1 in Tripoli, and held [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] and [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]] to 0-0 draws, helping them to a 4th place finish and a place at the [[2006 African Cup of Nations]] finals in [[Egypt]]. ===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 national football team|Tunisia]]. The opening match of the tournament which saw the hosts take on [[Ghana national football team|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 national football team|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 national football team|Sudan]] in their ninth qualifying match. Libya were drawn in Group A with [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] (the hosts), [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]-qualifiers [[Ivory Coast national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]] and [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]. Libya's players were unable to compete with these teams, but played bravely, going down 3-0 to Egypt in Cairo, then losing narrowly to a [[Yaya Toure]] screamer in the 74th minute. Against [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]], they were always the better side, and had a goal dubiously ruled out for offside. Despite their performance in the Nations Cup, Libya showed signs they were improving as a football nation. ==World Cup record== *[[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] to [[Football World Cup 1962|1962]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football World Cup 1966|1966]] - ''Withdrew'' *[[Football World Cup 1970|1970]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football World Cup 1974|1974]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football World Cup 1978|1978]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football World Cup 1982|1982]] - ''Withdrew during qualifying'' *[[Football World Cup 1986|1986]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football World Cup 1990|1990]] - ''Withdrew during qualifying '' *[[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] - ''Disqualified due to [[United Nations|UN]] [[International sanctions|sanctions]]'' *[[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football World Cup 2002|2002]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] - ''Did not qualify'' ==African Nations Cup record== *[[1957 African Nations Cup|1957]] to [[1965 African Nations Cup|1965]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[1968 African Nations Cup|1968]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[1970 African Nations Cup|1970]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[1972 African Nations Cup|1972]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[1974 African Nations Cup|1974]] - ''Withdrew'' *[[1976 African Nations Cup|1976]] to [[1980 African Nations Cup|1980]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[1982 African Nations Cup|1982]] - '''Runners-up''' *[[1984 African Nations Cup|1984]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[1986 African Nations Cup|1986]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[1988 African Nations Cup|1988]] - ''Withdrew'' *[[1990 African Nations Cup|1990]] - ''Withdrew'' *[[1992 African Nations Cup|1992]] to [[1998 African Nations Cup|1998]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[2000 African Nations Cup|2000]] to [[2004 African Nations Cup|2004]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[2006 African Nations Cup|2006]] - '''Round 1''' *[[2008 African Cup of Nations|2008]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[2010 African Cup of Nations|2010]] *[[2012 African Cup of Nations|2012]] *[[2014 African Cup of Nations|2014]] - Qualified As Hosts === See also === *[[2008 African Cup of Nations (qualification)]] Group 10. == Notable Players == *[[Walid Ali Osman]] *[[Omar Daoud]] *[[Jehad Muntasser]] *[[Al-Saadi Qadhafi]] *[[Ahmed Faraj El Masli]] *[[Alejandro Ruben|Luis de Agustini]] *[[Tarik El Taib]] (C) *[[Nader Kara]] ==Current squad, January 2008== == {{fb|Libya}} == Coach: {{flagicon|Tunisia}} '''[[Faouzi El Benzarti]]''' {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Samir Aboud|Samir Abbud]] (captain)|age=[[1972]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Walid Ali El Sebaee|Walid Sebaee]]|age=[[1984]]|caps=|club=[[Al-Ahly (Tripoli)|Al Ahly T.]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Omar Daoud]]|age=[[1983]]|caps=|club=[[Al-Ahly (Tripoli)|Al Ahly T.]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Younes Al Shibani|Younes Shibani]]|age=[[1981]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Walid Mhadeb El Khatroushi|Walid Mhadeb]]|age=[[1985]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=FW|name=[[Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani|Salem Rewani]]|age=[[1977]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Khaled_Hussein|Khaled Hussein]]|age=[[1977]]|caps=|club=[[Al Nasr Benghazi|Al Naser]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Ahmed Saad]]|age=[[1980]]|caps=|club=[[Al-Ahly (Tripoli)|Al Ahl T.]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=DF|name=[[Mohamed El Moghrbe]]|age=[[1985]]|caps=|club=[[Al-Ahly (Tripoli)|Al Ahly T.]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Meftah Ghazalla]]|age=[[1977]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=FW|name=[[Osama Mohamed El Fezzani|Osama Al Fazzani]]|age=[[1978]]|caps=|club=[[Al-Ahly (Tripoli)|Al Ahly T.]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Tarik El Taib]]|age=[[1977]]|caps=|club=[[Al-Hilal]]|clubnat=Saudi Arabia}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=MF|name=[[Nader_Abdussalam_Al_Tarhouni|Nader Al Tarhoni]]|age=[[1979]]|caps=|club=[[Kazma Sporting Club|Kazma]]|clubnat=Kuwait}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Ali Rahuma]]|age=[[1982]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=18|pos=DF|name=[[Osama Mashbih Al Hamadi|Osama Hamadi]]|age=[[1975]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=19|pos=FW|name=[[Ahmed_Mahmoud_Zuway|Ahmed Zuway]]|age=[[1982]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=20|pos=FW|name=[[Reyad Ellafi]]|age=[[1980]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=21|pos=GK|name=[[Osama El Sanousi]]|age=[[1981]]|caps=|club=[[Al Madina Tripoli|Al Madina]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=22|pos=DF|name=[[Mohamed Esnany|Mohamed Esnany]]|age=[[1984]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs end}} ===Recent Call Ups 2008=== {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Ahmed Faraj El Masli|Ahmed El Masli]]|age=[[1979]]|caps=|club=[[Al Arabi Kuwait|Al Arabi]]|clubnat=Kuwait}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Siraj El Swayee]]|age=|caps=|club=[[Al Olympic Zaouia|Al Olympic]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=FW|name=[[Hesham Shaban]]|age=[[1981]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=23|pos=DF|name=[[Naji Shushan]]|age=[[1981]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=24|pos=MF|name=[[Abdulnaser Slil]]|age=[[1981]]|caps=|club=[[Al_Ittihad_Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=25|pos=FW|name=[[Abdulhamid Al Zidane]]|age=|caps=|club=[[Al Akhdar Al Bayda'|Al Akhdar]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=26|pos=MF|name=[[Faraj Al Jamet]]|age=|caps=|club=[[Al Olympic Zaouia|Al Olympic]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs player|no=27|pos=MF|name=[[Emad El Dahmani]]|age=|caps=|club=[[Al-Ahly (Tripoli)|Al Ahly T.]]|clubnat=Libya}} {{nat fs end}} ==External links== *[http://www.lff.org.ly/ Libyan Football Federation] *[http://www.rsssf.com/tables/82a.html African Cup Of Nations 82] {{fb start}} {{Football in Libya}} {{International Football}} {{CAF teams}} {{UAFA Football}} {{fb end}} {{Libya topics}} <!--Categories--> [[Category:African national football teams]] [[Category:Football in Libya]] <!--Other languages--> [[ar:منتخب ليبيا لكرة القدم]] [[de:Libysche Fußballnationalmannschaft]] [[es:Selección de fútbol de Libia]] [[fr:Équipe de Libye de football]] [[ko:리비아 축구 국가대표팀]] [[it:Nazionale di calcio della Libia]] [[he:נבחרת לוב בכדורגל]] [[lt:Libijos vyrų futbolo rinktinė]] [[nl:Libisch voetbalelftal]] [[ja:サッカーリビア代表]] [[pl:Reprezentacja Libii w piłce nożnej]] [[pt:Seleção Líbia de Futebol]] [[sv:Libyens fotbollslandslag]] [[vi:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Libya]] [[tr:Libya Millî Futbol Takımı]] [[uk:Збірна Лівії з футболу]]