Libya_women's_national_football_team
Libya women's national football team
Women's national association football team representing Libya
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.
| Association | Libyan Football Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Ramon Takala | ||
| Captain | Eman al-Mashay | ||
| FIFA code | LBY | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | NR (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) | |||
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]
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
v Libya
| September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg | Equatorial Guinea | Cancelled | Libya | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |
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v Equatorial Guinea
| September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg | Libya | Cancelled | Equatorial Guinea | |
| --:-- | ||||
| Note: Libya withdrew prior to the first leg due to the aftermath of the 2023 Libya floods. | ||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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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 | |
 1991 | did not exist | ||||||||
 1995 | |||||||||
 1999 | |||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||
 2011 | |||||||||
 2015 | |||||||||
 2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
  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 | |
| 1996 | did not exist | ||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
 2012 | |||||||||
 2016 | did not Qualify | ||||||||
 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  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 | ||||||||
| 2024 | W/D | ||||||||
| Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
(The former format was amended as it did not comply with MOS:FLAG as discussed here)
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
African Games
Regional
UNAF Women's Tournament
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Arab Women's Championship
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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
Record per opponent
*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.
- Key
The following table shows Sudan's all-time official international record per opponent:
- Sport in Libya
- Football in Libya
- Women's football in Libya
- Football in Libya
- Libya women's national under-20 football team
- Libya women's national under-17 football team
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- Peter Alegi (2 March 2010). African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-278-0. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- Jean Williams (15 December 2007). A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. Berg. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- Gabriel Kuhn (24 February 2011). Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- 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.
- FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF). p. 116. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- "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.
- Pickering, David (1994). The Cassell soccer companion : history, facts, anecdotes. London: Cassell. p. 172. ISBN 0304342319. OCLC 59851970.
- "Africa: Egypt Tears Into Libya As Botswana Find Their Stripes". allafrica.com. 7 March 2016.
- "انطلاق أول دوري نسائي لكرة القدم في ليبيا" (in Arabic). winwin.com. 8 June 2021.
- "ليبيات المستطيل الأخضر يكسرن "التابو" ويتحدين الحرب" (in Arabic). Independent Arabia. 1 March 2023.