Libya women's national football team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Libya national football team.
Libya
Association
UNAF (North Africa)
Head coachSpain Ramon Takala
CaptainEman al-Mashay
FIFA codeLBY
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (15 March 2024)[1]
First international
 Libya 0–8 Egypt 
(Sousse, Tunisia, March 6, 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Libya 0–8 Egypt 
(Sousse, Tunisia, March 6, 2016)
 Libya 0–8 Ethiopia 
(Cairo, Egypt, 4 April 2018)

The Libya women's national football team is the national football team of Libya. It does not have FIFA recognition. It is not ranked by FIFA. There are development plans in the country to improve the state of women's football.

History

Background and development

Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited as colonial powers in the region tended to take make concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them.[2] The lack of later development of the national team on a wider international level symptomatic of all African teams is a result of several factors, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses.[3] When quality female football players are developed, they tend to leave for greater opportunities abroad.[4] Continent wide, funding is also an issue, with most development money coming from FIFA, not the national football association.[4] Future success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially viable is not the solution, as demonstrated by the current existence of many youth and women's football camps held throughout the continent.[2]

The women's game is severely underdeveloped in Libya. A project was in development in 2004 to try to improve the state of the game for women, mirroring a similar project done in Afghanistan.[5] In 2006, there were 0 registered female players in the country.[6] That year, a committee was under development to better register and track female footballers.[6] In 2006, there were no women's teams in the country.[6] Football is played by girls aged 9 to 18 in school.[6] There were 0 registered female futsal players in 2006 though there are some unregistered female futsal players in the country.[6] Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country were bought by Al Jazeera and Eurosport.[7]

The national federation was created in 1962 and joined FIFA in 1964.[6] Their kit includes green shirts, white shorts and green socks.[8] In 2006, there were three staff members dedicated to working on women's football in the country.[6]

Beginnings

On 6 March 2016, the Libya women's national team played its first international match against Egypt during the Africa Cup of Nations qualification, which ended in an 8–0 defeat.[9] In 2021, the Libyan Football Association, headed by Abdul Hakim Al-Shalmani, announced the launch of the first women's league in the country's history, with the actual start would be on the first of September later that year.[10]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2023

September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Equatorial Guinea  Cancelled  Libya Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Libya  Cancelled  Equatorial Guinea
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Note: Libya withdrew prior to the first leg due to the aftermath of the 2023 Libya floods.

Coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Spain Ramon Takala [11]

Players

Current squad

  • The following players were named on date month year for the xxx tournament. tournament.
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Libya squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up


Individual records

Main article: List of Libya women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Managers

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 did not exist
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019 Did not qualify
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 did not enter
Total 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
United States 1996 did not exist
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 did not Qualify
Japan 2020 did not enter
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991 to Namibia 2014 did not exit
2016
 did not Qualify
2018
 did not Qualify
2020
 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022
 did not enter
Morocco 2024 W/D
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

(

MOS:FLAG as discussed here
)

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games

African Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA GD
Nigeria 2003 Did Not exist
Algeria 2007
Mozambique 2011
2015
Morocco 2019 Did not qualify
Republic of the Congo 2023 to be determined
Total 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Regional

Honours

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Libyan national women's football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx. Update using wiki page still friendly match 1/1/2022

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Egypt 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 CAF
 Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 CAF

Record per opponent

*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Sudan's all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD W% Confederation
 Egypt 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0 CAF
 Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 0 CAF
Total 4 0 0 4 0 27 -27 0 —

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-89680-278-0
    . Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  3. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1
    . Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5
    . Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  5. ^ Hubbard, Alan (October 10, 2004). "Inside Lines: Girl power kicks off successfully in Kabul". The Independent on Sunday. London, England. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF). p. 116. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  7. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011TM Media Rights Licensees" (PDF). FIFA. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  8. OCLC 59851970
    .
  9. ^ "Africa: Egypt Tears Into Libya As Botswana Find Their Stripes". allafrica.com. 7 March 2016.
  10. ^ "انطلاق أول دوري نسائي لكرة القدم في ليبيا" (in Arabic). winwin.com. 8 June 2021.
  11. ^ "ليبيات المستطيل الأخضر يكسرن "التابو" ويتحدين الحرب" (in Arabic). Independent Arabia. 1 March 2023.

External links

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