Liberia national football team

Liberia
Nickname(s) Lone Stars
Association Liberia Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach Thomas Kojo
Captain William Jebor
Home stadium National Complex
FIFA code LBR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 155 Increase 3 (20 September 2018)[1]
Highest 66 (July 2001)
Lowest 164 (October–November 2010)
Elo ranking
Current 131 Steady (6 May 2018)
Highest 67 (March 2001)
Lowest 151 (February 2009)
First international
France Ivory Coast 0–2 Liberia Liberia
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; unknown date 1954)
Biggest win
 Liberia 5–0 Djibouti 
(Monrovia, Liberia; 29 March 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Ghana 6–0 Liberia Liberia
(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.[2]

Since the retirement of George Weah, the roster of the national team changed significantly. Currently, a lot of Liberian international footballers play in foreign leagues, strikingly often in the Asian countries like in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Achievements

West African Nations Cup :
  • 1 Time Runners-up
CEDEAO Cup :
  • 1 Time Runners-up

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to
Argentina 1978		 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1982 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
Mexico 1986 2 0 0 2 0 4
Italy 1990 8 3 3 2 4 3
United States 1994 Withdrew during qualifying Withdrew during qualifying
France 1998 Did not qualify 8 2 1 5 7 12
South KoreaJapan 2002 10 6 1 3 11 2
Germany 2006 12 2 1 9 6 29
South Africa 2010 6 0 3 3 4 12
Brazil 2014 6 1 1 4 3 9
Russia 2018 4 1 1 2 4 6
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
CanadaMexicoUnited States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total - 0/21 - - - - - - 58 15 12 31 39 78

Africa Cup of Nations record

Head coaches

Date appointed Manager name
01/11/20132018Liberia James Debbah
13/02/201301/11/2013Liberia Frank Jericho Nagbe
08/05/201229/12/2012Liberia Kaetu Smith
18/02/201208/05/2012Liberia Thomas Kojo (interim)
14/03/201118/02/2012Italy Roberto Landi
08/06/201014/03/2011Hungary Bertalan Bicskei
27/02/200802/03/2009Germany Antoine Hey
12/07/200626/02/2008Liberia Frank Jericho Nagbe
10/02/200611/07/2006Egypt Shawky Hussein Mohmoud
05/11/200409/02/2006Liberia Joseph Sayon
08/08/200204/11/2004Liberia Kadalah Kromah
14/07/200007/08/2002France Philippe Redon

Recent results

Current squad

The following players were called up for a 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against DR Congo on 9 September 2018.[3]

Caps and Goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of 7 September 2018.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Boison Wynney (1996-12-27) December 27, 1996 1 0 Spain Mallorca B
1GK Tommy Songo (1995-04-20) April 20, 1995 6 0 Liberia LISCR FC
1GK Ashley Williams (2000-10-30) October 30, 2000 0 0 Liberia LISCR FC
2DF Teah Dennis Jr. (1992-05-07) May 7, 1992 30 0 Jordan Al-Hussein
2DF Adolphus Nagbe (1988-07-21) July 21, 1988 4 0 Malta Gudja United
2DF Kemoh Kamara (1995-07-03) July 3, 1995 3 0 Liberia LISCR FC
2DF Aloysius Simujla (1994-06-22) June 22, 1994 5 0 Liberia FC Fassell
2DF Joel Johnson (1992-09-20) September 20, 1992 0 0 United States Charlotte Independence
3MF Sam Johnson (1993-05-06) May 6, 1993 9 1 Norway Vålerenga
3MF Oscar Dorley (1998-07-19) July 19, 1998 7 0 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
3MF Sylvanus Nimely (1998-09-04) September 4, 1998 2 0 Russia Spartak-2 Moscow
3MF Saah Nyumah (1997-06-02) June 2, 1997 3 0 Liberia LISCR FC
3MF Allen Njie (1999-07-26) July 26, 1999 1 0 Liberia LISCR FC
3MF Tonia Tisdell (1992-03-20) March 20, 1992 9 0 Turkey Denizlispor
3MF Sheku Sheriff (1999-09-17) September 17, 1999 0 0 Liberia LISCR FC
4FW Anthony Laffor (1985-02-17) February 17, 1985 42 4 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
4FW William Jebor (1991-11-10) November 10, 1991 10 9 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
4FW Seku Conneh (1995-11-10) November 10, 1995 3 0 South Korea Ansan Greeners
4FW Kpah Sherman (1992-02-03) February 3, 1992 3 0 Malaysia MISC-MIFA

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Ranking". FIFA.com. FIFA. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Italian Connection. LFA appoints Landi (LiberianSoccer.com) Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Marteh, Danesius (17 August 2018). "Liberia call up Newcastle under-23 player Mohammed Sangare". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.