The Libyan A' national football team (Arabic: منتخب ليبيا لكرة القدم للمحليين) is the national football team of Libya and is open only to domestic league players. The team won the 2014 African Nations Championship in South Africa.[1]
Nickname(s) | The Mediterranean Knights | ||
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Association | LFF (Libya) | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
FIFA code | LBY | ||
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African Nations Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2014) | ||
Best result | Champions (2014) |
The primary men's Libya national football team contains expatriate players and represents Libya at the Africa Cup of Nations.
African Nations Championship record
editAfrican Nations Championship | ||||||||
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Appearances: 4 | ||||||||
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
2009 | Group stage | 7th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2014 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
2016 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2018 | Third Place Playoff | 4th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
2020 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2022 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
2024 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | Champions | 4/8 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
References
edit- ^ "Libya beat Ghana to snatch first African title". BBC Sport. 1 February 2014.