Libya national futsal team

Libya

Nickname(s)	Mediterranean Knights فرسان المتوسط
Association	Libyan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Spain Pablo Prieto Perille
Asst coach	Libya Abdel Baset Mohamed Annas
Captain	Mohammed Al-Sharif
Home stadium	African Union
FIFA code	LBY
FIFA ranking	Unranked [1]
Highest FIFA ranking	14 (March 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	71 (February 2004)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Italy 9–2 Libya  (Roma, Italy; July 19, 1974)
Biggest win
Libya 20–3 Syria  (Benghazi, Libya; August 29, 2008)
Biggest defeat
Libya 0–13 Brazil  (Nakhon Ratchasima, Tailand; November 04, 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2008)
Best result	First round, (2008, 2012)
African Futsal Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2000)
Best result	Champions, (2008)

The Libya national futsal team represents Libya in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Africa, As of December 2013, Libya is ranked 27th in the Futsal World Ranking.

Awards

• Team of the Year (2005)^[2]
• Mover of the Year (2005, 2008)^[2]

Tournament records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala 2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
TPE 2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Round 1	4	0	1	3	7	14
Thailand 2012	Round 1	3	0	0	3	3	22
Total	2/7	7	0	1	6	10	36

Al-Fateh Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Libya 2009	Third place	4	2	0	2	11	11
Total	1/1	4	2	0	2	11	11

Mediterranean Futsal Cup

Mediterranean Futsal Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Libya 2010	Second Place	6	5	0	1	32	13
Total	1/1	6	5	0	1	32	13

African championship

African Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Egypt 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt 2000	Third Place	3	1	1	1	15	19
2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya 2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	27	8
Libya 2012	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/4	9	7	1	1	42	27

Arab championship

Arab Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Egypt 1998	Third Place	5	3	0	2	30	23
Egypt 2005	Fourth Place	5	2	0	3	27	28
Libya 2007	Champions	5	4	1	0	17	8
Egypt 2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	43	11
Total	4/4	21	15	1	5	117	70

North African Futsal Cup

North African Futsal Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Libya 2005	Champions	4	4	0	0	24	13
Tunisia 2009	Champions	3	3	0	0	20	3
Libya 2010	Champions	4	4	0	0	34	6
Total	3/3	11	11	0	0	78	22

Friendly tournaments

Futsal Mundialito

• 1994 – 2007 weren't invited
• 2008 – 4th Place

Grand Prix de Futsal

• 2005 – 2009 weren't invited
• 2010 – 10th Place (out of 16)

Sultat Shaab Cup

• 2009 – Champion
• 2010 – Champion

Other tournaments

• 2006 Four Nations Futsal Tournament (Maputo, Mozambique) – Second Place
• 2008 Four Nations Futsal Cup (Loughborough, England) – Second Place
• 2008 El-Fatih International Futsal Championship – Champion
• 2010 Omar Almokhtar Futsal International Cup – Second Place

Current team

as of 2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup

Coach : Spain Pablo Prieto Perille

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Club 1 GK Fatah Masoud September 24, 1989 no club affiliation 3 Bader Hasan Basher no club affiliation 4 Sami Abdussalam August 11, 1989 no club affiliation 5 Fathi Al-Khoga May 8, 1984 no club affiliation 6 Rabie El-Hoti June 19, 1985 no club affiliation 7 Hamdi Eishwain January 17, 1984 no club affiliation 9 Mohammed Shahout May 2, 1982 no club affiliation 10 DF Mohammed Rahoma May 5, 1984 no club affiliation 12 GK Mohammed Al-Sharif (c) March 15, 1985 no club affiliation 14 Mohamed Suleiman September 27, 1988 no club affiliation 15 Abdelhalim Asgaier no club affiliation 16 Aimen Asami no club affiliation

Recent matches

Here are the upcoming and the last 5 matches. For the complete list click on the above link

Date	Opposition	Result	Score (HT Score)	Competition
November 3, 2010	Morocco	W	7–4 (3–2)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
November 5, 2010	Greece	W	3–1 (3–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
November 7, 2010	Lebanon	W	3–2 (2–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
November 8, 2010	France	W	2–1 (0–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
November 10, 2010	Croatia	D	0–2 (p) 1-1 (0–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup

See also

• Futsal in Libya
• Libya national football team
• http://roonba.50webs.com/

References

International futsal AMF AMF Futsal World Cup FIFA FIFA Futsal World Cup Women's Futsal World Tournament Grand Prix Confederations Cup Pan American Games South American Games Mediterranean Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Lusophony Games Southeast Asian Games Futsal Awards Teams Asia AFC – Futsal Championship Africa CAF – Futsal Championship North America Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF – Futsal Championship South America CONMEBOL – Copa América Oceania OFC – Futsal Championship Europe UEFS – UEFS Futsal Men's Championship – UEFS Futsal Women's Championship; UEFA – Futsal Championship

National futsal teams of Africa (CAF) Algeria Angola Cameroon Congo DR Egypt Ghana Guinea-Bissau Libya Morocco Mozambique Nigeria São Tomé and Príncipe Somalia South Africa Sudan Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe

Union Arab de Football Association futsal teams Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen Arab Futsal Championship

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