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Libya at the Africa Cup of Nations

The Libya national football team has participated in three Africa Cup of Nations competitions in its history: 1982, 2006, and 2012.[1]

Libya is an infrequent AFCON participant as it is one of the weaker sides in Africa, coming from the strong North African region that includes the national teams of Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria. Therefore, in spite of being a member of one of the stronger African federations, UNAF, Libya's accomplishments are limited compared to its neighbors. Nevertheless, Libya still has had some success at AFCON: as host of 1982 edition, Libya almost won the tournament but fell to Ghana in a penalty shoot-out.[2] In the 2006 and 2012 tournaments, Libya exited both in the group stage.

Libya has been seeded in Group A in all three of its AFCON appearances.

Overall record edit

Africa Cup of Nations record
Appearances: 3
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1957 Did not enter
  1959
  1962
  1963
  1965
  1968 Did not qualify
  1970 Did not enter
  1972 Did not qualify
  1974 Withdrew
  1976 Did not enter
  1978
  1980
  1982 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 3 0 7 4
  1984 Did not qualify
  1986
  1988 Withdrew
  1990
  1992 Did not enter
  1994
  1996
  1998
    2000 Did not qualify
  2002
  2004
  2006 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 5
  2008 Did not enter
  2010
    2012 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 4 4
  2013 Did not qualify
  2015
  2017
  2019
  2021
  2023
  2025 To be determined
      2027
Total Runners-up 3/36 11 3 5 3 12 13

List of matches edit

Libya 1982 edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Libya 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
  Ghana 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
  Cameroon 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
  Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Libya  2–2  Ghana
Jaranah   58'
Al-Issawi   76'		 Report Alhassan   28'
Opoku Nti   89'
Attendance: 45,200
Libya  2–0  Tunisia
Seddik   42' (o.g.)
Al-Bor'osi   89'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Libya  0–0  Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 40,000

Knockout stage edit

Libya  2–1  Zambia
Al-Beshari   38', 84' Report   29' Kaumba
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
Main article: 1982 African Cup of Nations Final
Ghana  1–1  Libya
Alhassan   35' Report Al-Beshari   70'
Penalties
  Lamptey
  Alhassan
  Paha
  Asaase
  Abbrey
  Mensah
  Quarshie
  Afriyie		 7–6   Al-Beshari
  Sola
  Al-Ajeli
  Ben-Suleiman
  Al-Farjani
  Ghonaïm
  Jaranah
  Zeiyu
Attendance: 42,500

Egypt 2006 edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
  Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
  Morocco 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
  Libya 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Egypt  3–0  Libya
Mido   18'
Aboutrika   22'
A. Hassan   78'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Libya  1–2  Ivory Coast
Kames   42' Drogba   10'
Y. Touré   74'
Attendance: 42,000
Libya  0–0  Morocco
Attendance: 5,000

Equatorial Guinea/Gabon 2012 edit

Group A edit

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Zambia 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
  Equatorial Guinea 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
  Libya 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
  Senegal 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Equatorial Guinea  1–0  Libya
Balboa   87' Report
Attendance: 35,000[3]
Libya  2–2  Zambia
Saad   5', 48' Report Mayuka   29'
C. Katongo   54'
Attendance: 1,500[3]
Libya  2–1  Senegal
Boussefi   5', 84' Report D. N'Diaye   10'
Attendance: 10,000[3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Original kick-off at 17:00 but was delayed due to heavy rain.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (January 19, 2012). "Africa Cup of Nations: Libya team a symbol of hope for nation renewed | Jonathan Wilson" – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ "Ghana beat hosts Libya to win AFCON 1982". www.pulse.com.gh. March 19, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "2012 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Rain delays Libya-Zambia match". ESPNStar.com. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

External links edit

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