Liberia national under-23 football team
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| Nickname(s) | Lone Stars |
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| Association | Liberia Football Association |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | James Debbah |
| Captain | William Jebor |
| Home stadium | National Complex |
| FIFA code | LBR |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 133  17 (10 August 2017)
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| Highest | 66 (July 2001) |
| Lowest | 164 (October–November 2010) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 127 (7 May 2017) |
| Highest | 67 (March 2001) |
| Lowest | 151 (February 2009) |
| First international | |
 Ivory Coast 0–2 Liberia  (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; unknown date 1954) |
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| Biggest win | |
Liberia 5–0 Djibouti  (Monrovia, Liberia; 29 March 2016) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Ghana 6–0 Liberia (Ghana; 6 April 1975) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1996) |
| Best result | Group stage, 1996 and 2002 |
The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the Lone Stars, is the national association football team of Liberia and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the country produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah, they have never reached the World Cup finals. Weah has been a patron of the Liberian team; not only has he played for and coached the side, but he also sponsored the team with his own money.
Liberia has twice qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations – 1996 and 2002.
In 2010, the Hungarian Bertalan Bicskei, former coach of the national teams of Hungary and Malaysia, was named head coach of the Liberian national team. After being poisoned and seeking medical treatment, he was replaced by Roberto Landi for the rest of 2011.
Since the retirement of George Weah, the roster of the national team changed significantly. Currently, a lot of Liberian international footballers play in exotic leagues, strikingly often in the Asian countries Indonesia and in Malaysia.
The following players were selected for a friendly match against Kenya on 15 November 2016.
Caps and Goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of 28 May 2016.
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