Liberia national football team

Liberia

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Nickname(s)	Lone Stars
Association	Liberia Football Association
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	James Debbah
Captain	Anthony Laffor
Home stadium	National Complex
FIFA code	LBR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	107 21 (3 December 2015)
Highest	66 (July 2001)
Lowest	164 (October–November 2010)
First international
Ivory Coast 0–2 Liberia (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; unknown date 1954)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (First in 1996)
Best result	Round 1: 1996, 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.

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

West African Nations Cup :

• 1 Time Runners-up

CEDEAO Cup :

• 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 2015 – Did not qualify

Recent and upcoming fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
February 15, 2012	SKD Sports Stadium	Nigeria	0–2	Friendly
February 29, 2012	Antoinette Tubman Stadium	Namibia	1–0	2013 AFCON qualification
June 2, 2012	Léopold Senghor Stadium	Senegal	1-3	2014 World Cup qualification
June 10, 2012	Antoinette Tubman Stadium	Angola	0–0	2014 World Cup qualification
June 16, 2012	Independence Stadium	Namibia	0–0	2013 AFCON qualification
September 8, 2012	SKD Sports Stadium	Nigeria	2–2	2013 AFCON qualification
September 11, 2012	SKD Sports Stadium	Ghana	2–0	Friendly
October 9, 2012	Stade Général Seyni Kountché	Niger	3-4	Friendly
October 19, 2012	U. J. Esuene Stadium	Nigeria	1–6	2013 AFCON qualification
December 2, 2012	Antoinette Tubman Stadium	Mauritania	0–1	Friendly
December 15, 2012	Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)	Mauritania	1–2	Friendly
2013	2013	2013	2013	2013
August 14, 2013	MetLife Stadium	Mexico	1–4	Friendly
September 7, 2013	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Morocco	1–1	2014 World Cup qualification
October 12, 2013	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Senegal	3–1	2014 World Cup qualification
November 16, 2013	Stade Mohamed V	Senegal	1–1	2014 World Cup qualification
March 5, 2014	King Baudouin Stadium	Belgium	2–2	Friendly
May 30, 2014	Edward Jones Dome	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Friendly
June 4, 2014	Toyota Stadium	El Salvador	2–1	Friendly
June 14, 2014	Arena Pernambuco	Japan	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup
June 19, 2014	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha	Colombia	1–2	2014 FIFA World Cup
June 24, 2014	Estádio Castelão	Greece	1–2	2014 FIFA World Cup
September 6, 2014	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Sierra Leone	2–1	2015 AFCON qualification
September 10, 2014	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo	Cameroon	1–4	2015 AFCON qualification
October 11, 2014	Stade Tata Raphaël	DR Congo	2–1	2015 AFCON qualification
October 15, 2014	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	DR Congo	3–4	2015 AFCON qualification
October 25, 2014	National Heroes Stadium	Zambia	1–1	Friendly
November 14, 2014	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Sierra Leone	5–1	2015 AFCON qualification
November 19, 2014	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Cameroon	0–0	2015 AFCON qualification
November 30, 2014	Mbombela Stadium	South Africa	0–2	Friendly
January 11, 2015	Zayed Sports City Stadium	Nigeria	1–0	Friendly
January 15, 2015	Zayed Sports City Stadium	Sweden	0–2	Friendly
January 20, 2015	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo	Guinea	1–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
January 24, 2015	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo	Mali	1–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
January 28, 2015	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo	Cameroon	1–0	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
February 1, 2015	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo	Algeria	3–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
February 4, 2015	Estadio de Bata	DR Congo	3–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
February 8, 2015	Estadio de Bata	Ghana	0–0 (pen. 9–8)	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
March 26, 2015	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Angola	2–0	Friendly
March 29, 2015	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	Equatorial Guinea	1–1	Friendly
June 14, 2015	Stade d'Angondjé	Gabon	0-0	Friendly
September 6, 2015	Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium	Sierra Leone	0-0	2017 AFCON qualification

Head coaches

Date appointed		Manager name
01/11/2013	Present	James Debbah
13/02/2013	01/11/2013	Frank Jericho Nagbe
08/05/2012	29/12/2012	Kaetu Smith
18/02/2012	08/05/2012	Thomas Kojo (interim)
14/03/2011	18/02/2012	Roberto Landi
08/06/2010	14/03/2011	Bertalan Bicskei
27/02/2008	02/03/2009	Antoine Hey
12/07/2006	26/02/2008	Frank Jericho Nagbe
10/02/2006	11/07/2006	Shawky Hussein Mahmoud Shehab El Din
05/11/2004	09/02/2006	Joseph Sayon
08/08/2002	04/11/2004	Kadalah Kromah
14/07/2000	07/08/2002	Philippe Redon

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Togo in June 2015.

Caps & goals as of 14 June 2015.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Nathaniel Sherman (1991-02-28) February 28, 1991 19 0 Nimba United 1 1GK Melvin King (1995-11-18) November 18, 1995 0 1GK Sampson Giddings 1 0 FC Fassell 2DF Patrick Gerhardt (1985-07-31) July 31, 1985 4 0 Sarawak FA 2DF Dirkir Glay (1992-01-01) January 1, 1992 2 0 Gor Mahia 2DF Alpha James (1992-08-15) August 15, 1992 4 0 Barrack Young Controllers 2DF Solomon Grimes (1987-07-24) July 24, 1987 17 0 Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 2DF Aloysius Simujla (1994-06-22) June 22, 1994 2 0 FC Fassell 2DF Dennis Teah (1992-05-07) May 7, 1992 19 0 LPRC Oilers 2DF Trokon Zeon (1990-07-16) July 16, 1990 8 0 LISCR 3MF Anthony Laffor (captain) (1985-02-17) February 17, 1985 28 2 Mamelodi Sundowns 20 3MF Zah Rahan Krangar (1985-03-07) March 7, 1985 23 4 FELDA United 4 3MF Theo Lewis Weeks (1990-01-19) January 19, 1990 19 1 Marítimo 3MF George Weah Jr (1987-08-27) August 27, 1987 0 0 unattached 3MF Abel Gebor (1990-08-27) August 27, 1990 0 0 Tërbuni Pukë 3MF Samy Benson 0 Adolphus Marshall (1992-07-21) July 21, 1992 1 0 4FW Edward Wilson (1984-09-22) September 22, 1984 6 0 BEC Tero Sasana 4FW Seku Conneh (1995-11-10) November 10, 1995 0 0 Fortuna Sittard 4FW Amadaiya Rennie (1990-03-17) March 17, 1990 3 0 Hammarby IF 4FW Sam Johnson (1993-05-06) May 6, 1993 1 0 Djurgårdens 4FW William Jebor (1991-11-10) November 10, 1991 1 1 SD Ponferradina 4FW Sporo Somah (1995-10-05) October 5, 1995 1 0 Séwé Sport

Recent call-ups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Mulbah Urey (1992-04-24) April 24, 1992 0 0 Barrack Young Controllers 1GK Tommy Songo 0 0 LISCR 22 1GK James Gallay (1990-12-11) December 11, 1990 1 0 Watanga 2 2DF Tonia Tisdell (1992-03-20) March 20, 1992 6 1 Şanlıurfaspor 3 2DF Alex Karmo (1989-10-12) October 12, 1989 3 0 SHB Champasak 8 2DF Solomon Wesseh (1984-01-31) January 31, 1984 18 0 LPRC Oilers 6 2DF Omega Roberts (1989-12-12) December 12, 1989 6 1 Donji Srem 2DF Myers Garlo (1992-11-23) November 23, 1992 5 0 Barrack Young Controllers 2DF Daniel Woto (1989-11-05) November 5, 1989 1 0 LISCR 2DF Blama Kamara 1 0 Barrack Young Controllers 2DF Prince Jettoh 1 0 3MF Isaac Pupo (1985-10-23) October 23, 1985 14 0 Kelantan FA 3MF Julius Wesseh Nah (1988-12-01) December 1, 1988 0 0 3MF Elijah Clarke 1 0 Invincible Eleven 3MF Alsény Këïta (1983-06-26) June 26, 1983 13 1 Drancy 3MF Sekou Oliseh (1990-06-05) June 5, 1990 16 2 Al-Gharafa 3MF Martin Karndu (1993-01-18) January 18, 1993 9 0 LISCR 3MF Eddie Wulue (1993-08-01) August 1, 1993 2 0 LISCR 3MF Chris Roosevelt Jones (1991-10-23) October 23, 1991 0 0 Karlsruher SC II 18 3MF Francis Jalabah (1992-09-05) September 5, 1992 3 0 Barrack Young Controllers 3MF George Gebro (1981-09-13) September 13, 1981 48 1 Invincible Eleven 3MF Marcus Macauley (1991-10-27) October 27, 1991 7 2 LISCR 3MF Abraham Barshall (1993-01-01) January 1, 1993 1 0 LISCR 3MF Abel Burmah (1982-09-16) September 16, 1982 1 0 Watanga 4FW Samuel Thompson (1994-05-03) May 3, 1994 3 0 Barrack Young Controllers 4FW Mohammed Varney (1990-01-26) January 26, 1990 2 1 LISCR 4FW Perry Kollie (1982-12-03) December 3, 1982 4 0 Invincible Eleven 4FW Abraham Karpeh (1994-07-26) July 26, 1994 1 0 Nimba United 4FW Vitalis Sieh 0 0 4FW James Soto Roberts (1992-01-10) January 10, 1992 18 0 LPRC Oilers

External links

• Official Website at liberiafa.com
• Liberia at FIFA.com
• Liberian-Soccer.com fan site

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