Liberia national football team

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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).

History

African Cup of Nations

In 1965 Liberia played in first campaign 1965 qualification qualifying campaign, losing its first match 0–1 against Ivory Coast. They also won 3–2 against DR Congo however lost both returning fixtures and were eliminated in the first round. In 1967 Liberia played in 1968 qualification qualifying campaign, drawing its first match 2–2 against Guinea. They also drew against Senegal however lost both returning fixtures and were eliminated in the first round. Liberia returned to qualifying in 1976 but lost in the preliminary round to Togo, falling to defeat in both fixtures. After another absence, Liberia again joined AFCON qualifying in 1982 in the preliminary rounds but failed to progress after two draws against Gambia, losing on the away goals rule.

Liberia withdrew from qualifying for the 1984 African Cup of Nations, but the following tournament they managed to secure their first win during qualifying, a 3–1 first-leg victory over Mauritania. They failed to capitalize on this advantage, losing 3–0 in the second leg. Liberia then faced Sierra Leone and Mali during the 1988 qualification and 1990 qualification respectively, but again failed to progress. In 1992, Liberia withdrew from qualifying before playing a match (possibly due to the ongoing First Liberian Civil War), and in 1994, Liberia was put into a group with two participants that withdrew during qualifying (Tanzania and Burkina Faso) however they failed to take advantage of this and finished with zero points, having lost to Ghana twice.

In the 1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Liberia managed to register three wins (against Togo, Tunisia and Mauritania) and four draws, which saw them finish the group in second place and qualify for their first African Cup of Nations tournament. Following the withdrawal of Nigeria, Liberia was placed in a group with Gabon and Zaire. Liberia opened the tournament with a 2–1 victory over Gabon with goals from Kelvin Sebwe and Mass Sarr Jr. but lost 2–0 to Zaire. This meant that Liberia finished bottom of the group on goal difference and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.

Liberia missed out on returning to the African Cup of Nations in 1998 as they finished one point off of qualification. In 2000, they defeated Niger in the preliminary rounds, but again failed to advance to the main tournament, this time finishing behind Algeria on goal difference.

In 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification, Liberia beat Cape Verde in the preliminary rounds, then they finished top of their group to qualify for the main tournament for the second time in their history. In the 2002 African Cup of Nations, Liberia drew their first game 1–1 with Mali (goal scored by George Weah) and drew their second game 2–2 against Algeria (goals from Prince Daye and Kelvin Sebwe), but in their final group game, needing a win against Nigeria, they lost 1–0.

FIFA World Cup

Liberia first entered the qualifying process for the FIFA World Cup in 1966, however, they withdrew in protest against the fact that too few places had been reserved for Africa and Asia, along with all fourteen other African nations that had initially entered qualifying.

Liberia next entered qualifying in 1982 against Guinea after receiving a bye in the first round. They lost 1–0 over the two legs and were eliminated. In 1986, Liberia was again eliminated without having scored a goal, falling 4–0 to Nigeria. In 1990, Liberia won its first FIFA qualifying match defeating Ghana to progress to the second round. Despite finishing second in their group, Liberia failed to advance to the final qualification round, ending two points behind group winners Egypt.

In 1998, Liberia beat Gambia in the first qualification round, but finished twelve points adrift of Tunisia in their group. In 2002, Liberia had their strongest qualifying campaign, however, a loss against Ghana in their penultimate group game gave Nigeria the opportunity to overtake them and secure the only qualification spot.

Team image

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Period
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Template:Flagicon Diadora 1994–1995
Template:Flagicon Adidas 1996–1998
Template:Flagicon Weah Sports 1999–2001
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Template:Flagicon Hummel 2004–2006
Template:Flagicon Kappa 2006–2008
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Template:Flagicon Adidas 2015–2020
Template:Flagicon Puma 2021–2024
Template:Flagicon Wanaw 2024–present

Results and fixtures

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Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Template:Flagicon Thomas Kojo
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Kelvin Sebwe
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Harold Gbotoe
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Chris Wesseh
Fitness coach Template:Flagicon Desmond Mulbah

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics

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Players

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Current squad

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Caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2025, after the match against São Tomé and Príncipe.

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Recent call-ups

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Records

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Players in bold are still active with Liberia.

Most appearances

Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Joe NagbeTemplate:Efn 77 0 1986–2011
2 George WeahTemplate:Efn 75 18 1986–2018
3 Kelvin Sebwe 62 10 1988–2008
4 James DebbahTemplate:Efn 58 13 1986–2018
5 George Gebro 48 1 1997–2012
6 Oscar Dorley 47 3 2015–present
7 Anthony Laffor 46 5 2004–2018
8 Teah Dennis Jr. 44 1 2011–2019
9 Varmah Kpoto 40 1 1997–2008
10 Fallah Johnson 37 0 1995–2004
Zizi Roberts 37 9 1995–2003

Top goalscorers

George Weah is Liberia's top scorer with 18 goals.
Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 George WeahTemplate:Efn 18 75 {{#expr:18/75 round 2}} 1986–2018
2 William Jebor 13 27 {{#expr:13/27 round 2}} 2011–present
James DebbahTemplate:Efn 13 58 {{#expr:13/58 round 2}} 1986–2018
4 Kelvin Sebwe 10 62 {{#expr:10/62 round 2}} 1988–2008
5 Zizi Roberts 9 37 {{#expr:9/37 round 2}} 1995–2003
6 Oliver Makor 8 32 {{#expr:8/32 round 2}} 1995–2008
7 Prince Daye 7 25 {{#expr:7/25 round 2}} 1996–2004
Jonathan Sogbie 7 27 {{#expr:7/27 round 2}} 1988–1998
9 Zah Rahan 6 35 {{#expr:6/35 round 2}} 2006–2017
10 Francis Doe 5 22 {{#expr:5/22 round 2}} 2004–2016
Isaac Tondo 5 22 {{#expr:5/22 round 2}} 2000–2005
Dioh Williams 5 24 {{#expr:5/24 round 2}} 2004–2016
Marcus Macauley 5 28 {{#expr:5/28 round 2}} 2011–present
Anthony Laffor 5 46 {{#expr:5/46 round 2}} 2004–2018

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
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Template:Flagicon 1930 to Template:Flagicon 1962 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1966 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1970 to Template:Flagicon 1978 Did not enter Declined participation
Template:Flagicon 1982 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon 1986 2 0 0 2 0 4
Template:Flagicon 1990 8 3 3 2 4 3
Template:Flagicon 1994 Withdrew during qualification Withdrew during qualification
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 8 2 1 5 7 12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 10 6 1 3 11 8
Template:Flagicon 2006 12 2 1 9 6 29
Template:Flagicon 2010 6 0 3 3 4 12
Template:Flagicon 2014 6 1 1 4 3 9
Template:Flagicon 2018 4 1 1 2 4 6
Template:Flagicon 2022 8 3 0 5 8 10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 10 4 3 3 13 11
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Total — Template:Tooltip – – – – – – 74 22 14 38 60 105

Africa Cup of Nations

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Africa Cup of Nations record
Appearances: 2
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1957 Not affiliated to CAF
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Template:Flagicon 1963 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1965 Did not qualify
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Template:Flagicon 1970 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1972
Template:Flagicon 1974
Template:Flagicon 1976 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1978 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1980
Template:Flagicon 1982 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1984 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1986 Did not qualify
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Template:Flagicon 1992 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1994 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1996 Group stage 13th 2 1 0 1 2 3
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify
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Template:Flagicon 2002 Group stage 9th 3 0 2 1 3 4
Template:Flagicon 2004 Did not qualify
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Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 To be determined
Total Group stage 2/35 5 1 2 2 5 7

Honors

Regional

Notes

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References

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