Liberia national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Lone Stars | ||
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| 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 | ||
| FIFA ranking |
117  2 (12 March 2015) | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 66 (July 2001) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 164 (October-November 2010) | ||
| Elo ranking | 122 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 67 (March 2001) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 151 (February 2009) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Ivory Coast 0–2 Liberia  (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; unknown date 1954) | |||
| 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) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Ghana 6–0 Liberia (Ghana; 6 April 1975) | |||
| 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.[1]
Achievements
- 1 Time Runners-up
- 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 2014 – 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 results
| 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 18 May 2014 |
Liberia |
1–0 |  Lesotho |
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia | ||
| 16:00 | Laffor  40' |
Report | Referee: Gustave Tohouegnon, (BEN) | |||
Current squad
The following squad was selected for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Lesotho. Caps & goals as of 18 May 2014. [2]
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Recent call-ups
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