Liberia national football team

The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the Lone Stars, represents Liberia in men's international football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah, its football team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations just twice—in 1996 and 2002. It is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Liberia women's national football team.

Liberia
Nickname(s)Lone Star
AssociationLiberia Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachPeter Butler
CaptainWilliam Jebor
Most capsJoe Nagbe (77)
Top scorerGeorge Weah (18)
Home stadiumNational Complex
FIFA codeLBR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 152 (10 December 2020)[1]
Highest66 (July 2001)
Lowest164 (October–November 2010)
First international
Ivory Coast 0–2 Liberia
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; unknown date 1954)
Biggest win
 Liberia 5–0 Djibouti 
(Monrovia, Liberia; March 29, 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Ghana 6–0 Liberia
(Ghana; April 6, 1975)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances2 (first in 1996)
Best resultGroup stage, 1996 and 2002

Achievements
West African Nations Cup :
  • 1 Time Runners-up
CEDEAO Cup :
  • 1 Time Runners-up

World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to
1978		 Did not enter Did not enter
1982 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
1986 2 0 0 2 0 4
1990 8 3 3 2 4 3
1994 Withdrew during qualifying Withdrew during qualifying
1998 Did not qualify 8 2 1 5 7 12
2002 10 6 1 3 11 2
2006 12 2 1 9 6 29
2010 6 0 3 3 4 12
2014 6 1 1 4 3 9
2018 4 1 1 2 4 6
2022 To be determined To be determined
2026 To be determined To be determined
Total – 0/21 – – – – – – 58 15 12 31 39 78

Africa Cup of Nations record
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 2
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1957Not affiliated to CAF
1959
1962
1963 Did not enter
1965
1968 Did not qualify
1970 Did not enter
1972
1974
1976 Did not qualify
1978 Did not enter
1980
1982 Did not qualify
1984 Withdrew
1986 Did not qualify
1988
1990
1992 Withdrew
1994 Did not qualify
1996 Round 1 13th 2 1 0 1 2 3
1998 Did not qualify
2000
2002 Round 1 9th 3 0 2 1 3 4
2004 Did not qualify
2006
2008
2010
2012
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023 To be determined
2025
Total Group stage 2/33 5 1 2 2 5 7

Head coaches
Date appointed Manager name
01/11/20132017 James Debbah
13/02/201301/11/2013 Frank Jericho Nagbe
08/05/201229/12/2012 Kaetu Smith
18/02/201208/05/2012 Thomas Kojo (interim)
14/03/201118/02/2012 Roberto Landi
08/06/201014/03/2011 Bertalan Bicskei
27/02/200802/03/2009 Antoine Hey
12/07/200626/02/2008 Frank Jericho Nagbe
10/02/200611/07/2006 Shawky Hussein Mohmoud
05/11/200409/02/2006 Joseph Sayon
08/08/200204/11/2004 Kadalah Kromah
14/07/200007/08/2002 Philippe Redon

Results and fixtures

2019
November 7 Friendly Egypt  1–0  Liberia Alexandria, Egypt
Report Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

Current squad

The following players were called up for a friendly match against Egypt on November 7, 2019.

Caps and Goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of November 8, 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
16 1GK Tommy Songo (1995-04-20) April 20, 1995 13 0 LISCR FC
23 1GK Ashley Williams (2000-10-30) October 30, 2000 10 0 LISCR FC
3 2DF Alvin Maccornell (2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 16 0 LISCR FC
5 2DF Jeremy Saygbe (2001-06-01) June 1, 2001 6 0 LISCR FC
11 2DF Ben Benaiah (1992-12-06) December 6, 1992 2 0 Nimba United
12 2DF Gasimu Kouyateh (1999-05-07) May 7, 1999 6 0 LISCR FC
2 3MF Edward Ledlum (1999-06-15) June 15, 1999 5 0 LISCR FC
6 3MF Armah Vaikainah (1995-06-17) June 17, 1995 4 0 LISCR FC
7 3MF Sam Jackson (1998-10-13) October 13, 1998 4 0 LISCR FC
13 3MF Varney Sando (1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 1 0 LPRC Oilers
15 3MF Benjamin Doe (1999-06-23) June 23, 1999 1 0 LISCR FC
17 3MF Marlon Harrison (1998-09-19) September 19, 1998 1 0 LISCR FC
18 3MF Marvin Blapoh (1998-01-15) January 15, 1998 3 0 Monrovia Club Breweries
9 4FW Augustine Otu (1998-04-08) April 8, 1998 2 0 LPRC Oilers
10 4FW Christopher Jackson (1996-10-25) October 25, 1996 9 3 LISCR FC

Records

Notes
  1. Nagbe retired from international duty in 2001 but later played two farewell matches in 2011.
  2. Weah retired from international duty in 2002 but later played a farewell match in 2018.
  3. Debbah retired from international duty in 2004 but later played a farewell match in 2018.

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  2. Mamrud, Roberto. "Liberia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
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