Libyan national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Mediterranean Knights |
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| Association | Libyan Football Federation |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) |
| Head coach | Jalal Damja |
| Captain | Ali Salama |
| Most caps | Tarik El Taib (77) |
| Top scorer | Fawzi Al-Issawi (40) |
| Home stadium | Tripoli International Stadium |
| FIFA code | LBY |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 90  1 (4 May 2017)
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| Highest | 36 (September 2012) |
| Lowest | 187 (July 1997) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 90  (7 May 2017)
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| Highest | 46 (August 1985) |
| Lowest | 124 (June 2003) |
| First international | |
 Egypt 10–2 Libya  (Egypt; July 29, 1953) |
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| Biggest win | |
Libya 21–0 Muscat and Oman  (Iraq; April 6, 1966) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Egypt 10–2 Libya (Egypt; July 29, 1953) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1982) |
| Best result | Runners-up, 1982 |
The Libya national football team (Arabic: منتخب ليبيا لكرة القدم) is the national association football team of Libya and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. Libya has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has made it to three Africa Cup of Nations; the first was in 1982 where they finished runners-up as hosts of the tournament. The team's second participation did not come until 2006, which was the first time the side qualified without hosting the tournament. The squad failed to progress from the group stages in 2006, as was the case in their third participation in 2012. Libya finished runners-up in the 1964 and 2012 Arab Nations Cup and came third in the 1966 edition in Baghdad.
Libya's national team is considered one of the stronger teams in Africa and the Arab world, particularly in recent years. The good performances recorded in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations under Brazilian Coach Marcos Paqueta saw the team record their first win in the tournament outside of Libya in their final match against Senegal. This saw their FIFA world rankings rise to the highest it had ever been at 53, which later rose again to 36 in September 2012 before winning their first silverware in the 2014 CHAN. However, the continued civil war in 2014 affected the team along with the stoppage of the Libyan league, thus the team was knocked from the First Round of the 2015 CAN qualifiers by Rwanda and failed to qualify for CHAN 2016 after winning the previous tournament
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