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Liberia
Nickname(s)	Lone Stars
Association	Liberia Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mark Hateley
Most caps	Kelvin Sebwe (73)
Home stadium	Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
FIFA code	LBR
FIFA ranking	160
Highest FIFA ranking	66 (July 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	160 (October 2009)
Elo ranking	T145
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Liberia 2 - 1 Chad ; (Senegal; 11 April 1963)
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)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1996)
Best result	Round 1, 1996 and 2002

The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the Lone Stars, is the national 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 (the first and, so far, the only African to receive that honor), they have failed to transfer the individual success to the team stage. Weah is seen as the "patron saint" of the Liberian team; not only has he played for and coached the side, he also spent a lot of his own money on the team.

Liberia has never reached the World Cup, although they did come a point short of qualifying in 2002. They have twice qualified for the African Cup of Nations - 1996 and 2002. They also came within 1 point of qualifying in 1998.

[edit] Liberia Football Achievements

West African Nations Cup :

1 Time Runners-up

CEDEAO Cup :

1 Time Runners-up

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 - Withdrew
1970 to 1978 - Did not enter
1982 to 1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
1968 - Did not qualify
1970 to 1974 - Did not enter
1976 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not enter
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 - Did not qualify
2000 - Did not qualify
2002 - Round 1
2004 to 2010- Did not qualify

[edit] Fixtures & Results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
February 11, 2009	Friendly	Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Liberia	Bobo 15'

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Senegal on 21 June 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Melvin King	18 November 1985	13	0	Invincible Eleven
2	DF	George Baysah	01 March 1986	17	0	Hapoel Kfar Saba
4	MF	Theo Lewis	19 January 1990	4	0	Ankaraspor
5	DF	Murphy Nagbe	7 June 1984	28	0	PSMS Medan
7	MF	James Zotiah		8	1	Black Star
8	DF	Esaiah Benson	27 March 1982	7	0	Arema Malang
9	FW	Dioh Williams	8 October 1984	6	2	AGF Aarhus
10	MF	Zah Krangar	7 March 1985	8	2	Sriwijaya FC
11	FW	Boikai Foday	25 May 1986	4	0	Persiwa Wamena
12	MF	Solomon Grimes	24 July 1985	3	0	Ethnikos Piraeus
13	DF	Jimmy Dixon	10 October 1981	24	0	Manisaspor
14	MF	James Lomell	16 October 1985	8	1	Pelita Jaya
15	FW	Francis Doe	25 December 1985	8	2	Al-Ahly
16	GK	Clarence Roberts		0	0	Black Star
17	MF	George Gebro	13 September 1981	35	0	Budapest Honvéd
18	DF	Ben Teekloh	6 December 1983	23	0	Farul Constanţa

[edit] Recent Call-ups

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3	DF	Stanley Parker		1	0	Invincible Eleven (v. Senegal on June 15)
12	MF	Oliver Makor	9 October 1973	26	5	Ionikos FC (v. Senegal on June 15)
18	MF	Anthony Laffor	17 February 1985	16	2	Supersport United (v. Senegal on June 15)
11	FW	Christian Essel	12 June 1985	1	0	Saint Mirren (v. Algeria on June 6)
13	MF	Stephen Mennoh	5 June 1984	6	2	Semen Padang (v. Algeria on June 6)
16	GK	Momo Blamo	2 January 1974			Kon Sava (v. Algeria on June 6)
3	MF	Dulee Johnson	7 November 1984	15	0	AIK Fotboll (v. Gambia on June 1)
	MF	Tonia Tisdell	20 March 1992	1	0	Ankaraspor (v. Algeria on October 11)
	GK	Sunday Seah	7 January 1978	9	0	Persiwa Wamena
	GK	Louis Crayton	26 October 1977	35	0	D.C. United
	DF	Chris Gbandi	4 April 1979	1	0	FK Haugesund
	DF	Larmin Ousman	15 May 1981	1	0	Ljungskile SK
	DF	David Gbemie	19 December 1989	0	0	Bolton Wanderers
	DF	Patrick Gerhardt	31 July 1985	0	0	SR Delémont
	DF	Willis Forko	12 November 1983	1	0	Bodø/Glimt
	DF	Albert Donzo		1	0	LISCR FC
	MF	Isaac Pupo	23 October 1985	2	0	Karabakh
	MF	Samuel Wowoah	17 June 1976	0	0	Örebro SK
	MF	Sengbeh Kennedy		1	0	Black Star
	FW	Alex Nimely Tchuimeni	11 May 1991	0	0	Manchester City
	FW	Arcadia Martin Wesay Toe	20 August 1982	2	1	Dubai Club
	FW	Mardie Rennie		1	0	LPRC Oilers
	GK	Jerry Bing				LISCR FC
	GK	Jackson Wleh Doryen			0	Watanga FC
	GK	Lartee Jackson	5 October 1980	1	0	Invincible Eleven
	GK	Saylee Swen	29 February 1984	18	0	LPRC Oilers
	DF	Shelton Barlee		9	1	LPRC Oilers
	DF	Sackie Doe	08 December 1988	4	0	LPRC Oilers
	DF	Gizzie Dorbor	28 February 1987	4	0	Ironi Bat Yam
	DF	Patrick Nuku Granue	01 March 1980	10	0	Persibo Bojonegoro
	DF	Varmah Kpoto	28 January 1978	35	0	FCAK
	DF	Robert Omega		1	0	Tiko United
	DF	Aloysius Wleh Penie	17 April 1984	3	0	LISCR FC
	DF	Solomon Wesseh	31 January 1984	2	0	LPRC Oilers
	MF	Anthony Jomah Ballah	24 October 1979	2	0	Persebaya Surabaya
	MF	Johnny Bleedee		0	0	LPRC Oilers
	MF	Prince Garwo	18 November 1984	5	0	LISCR FC
	MF	Frank Jericho Nagbe Junior		0	0	NPA Anchors
	MF	Alvin Kieh	28 February 1977	3	1	Persis Solo
	MF	Nuzohn Kulala	1987			LISCR FC
	MF	Leon Power		1	0	Watanga FC
	MF	John Tarkpor Sonkaley	16 October 1986	5	0	Persebaya Surabaya
	MF	Robert Teah	03 September 1982	3	0	NPA Anchors
	MF	Lewis Eric Weeks	10 March 1986	1	0	Persiwa Wamena
	MF	John Kollie				Black Star
	MF	Jacob Toe				LISCR FC
	FW	Buston Nagbe Brown		1	0	Arema Malang
	FW	McColm Konah Cephas	30 September 1978	2	0	Carolina RailHawks
	FW	Ben Martin				Zesco United
	FW	Johnny Menyongar	26 June 1979	9	0	Rochester Raging Rhinos
	FW	George Miller	22 November 1980	2	0	Mighty Barolle
	FW	Frank Jean Seator	24 October 1975	8	1	Selangor FA
	FW	Vatalise Sieh				NPA Anchors
	FW	Isaac Tondo	02 May 1981	11	3	LPRC Oilers

MF: Harry Toe F. Patrick Bestman

[edit] Head coaches

All Head Coaches of Liberia and the dates they were appointed.

Date appointed	Manager name
27/02/2008 - 02/03/2009	Antoine Hey
12/07/2006 - 26/02/2008	Joe 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	George Weah & Dominic George Vava
1999 - 2000	Kadalah Kromah
? - ?	Josiah N. Johnson

[edit] External links

Liberian soccer official site

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