Liberia national football team

Liberia

Nickname(s)

Lone Stars

Association

Liberia Football Association

Sub-confederation

WAFU (West Africa)

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Home stadium

LBR

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

107

21 (3 December 2015)

Highest

66 (July 2001)

Lowest

164 (October–November 2010)

Elo ranking

Current

122

Highest

67 (March 2001)

Lowest

151 (February 2009)

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]

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

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

Recent results

18 May 2014 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	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 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Togo in June 2015.

Caps & goals as of 14 June 2015. ^[2]

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

References

External links

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

National sports teams of Liberia

American Football Basketball M F Cricket Rugby Union Soccer M F Volleyball

Football in Liberia

Liberia Football Association

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Liberian Premier League Liberian Second Division League

Domestic cups

Men	Liberian Cup Liberian National County Meet Liberian Super Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

West African Football Union

International competitions

WAFU competitions	WAFU Nations Cup WAFU U-20 Championship

Zonal competitions	UEMOA Tournament

Defunct competitions	Amílcar Cabral Cup (Zone 2) West African Nations Cup (Zone 3) CEDEAO Cup (Zone 3)

Club competitions

West African Club Championship

Affiliated football associations

Zone A	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone

Zone B	Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Ivory Coast Niger Nigeria Togo

National teams

Zone A	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone

Zone B	Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Ivory Coast Niger Nigeria Togo

Prizes

West African Footballer of the Year

National football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion¹

¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

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