Liberia national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Lone Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Liberia Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Antoine Hey |
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| Most caps | Kelvin Sebwe (65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | LBR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 66 (July 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 153 (October 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | T145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Liberia 2 - 1 Chad  (Senegal; 11 April 1963) |
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| 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) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ghana 6 - 0 Liberia (Ghana; 6 April 1975) |
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| 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.
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[edit] Liberia Football Achievements
- West African Nations Cup :
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- 1 Time Runners-up
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- CEDEAO Cup :
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- 1 Time Runners-up
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Fixtures & Results
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Senegal on 21 June 2008.
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[edit] Recent Call-ups
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[edit] Recent Call Ups
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MF: Harry Toe