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.
Africa Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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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 | 3/34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 2–1 | Zambia |
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Al-Beshari 38', 84' | Report | 29' Kaumba |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Libya | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Kames 42' | Drogba 10' Y. Touré 74' |
Key to colours in group tables |
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Top two placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | Libya |
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Balboa 87' | Report |
Libya | 2–1 | Senegal |
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Boussefi 5', 84' | Report | D. N'Diaye 10' |
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