Libya at the Africa Cup of Nations

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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

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

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
Egypt 2006 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 5
Ghana 2008 Did not enter
Angola 2010
Equatorial Guinea Gabon 2012 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 4 4
South Africa 2013 Did not qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2015
Gabon 2017
Egypt 2019
Cameroon 2021
Ivory Coast 2023
Morocco 2025 To be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027
Total Runners-up 3/36 11 3 5 3 12 13

List of matches

Libya 1982

Group A

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
Opoku Nti
89'
Libya 2–0 Tunisia
Al-Bor'osi
89'		 Report
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 40,000
)
Libya 0–0 Cameroon
Report
Senegal
)

Knockout stage

Libya 2–1 Zambia
Al-Beshari 38', 84' Report 29' Kaumba
Senegal
)
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Ghana 1–1 Libya
Alhassan 35' Report Al-Beshari 70'
Penalties
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soccer ball with red X Mensah
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soccer ball with check mark Afriyie		 7–6 soccer ball with check mark Al-Beshari
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Egypt 2006

Group A

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

Group A

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

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

References

  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.

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