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. The team has never qualified for the senior FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for three Africa Cup of Nations, one in 1982 where they finished runners-up and also hosted the tournament. The second was in 2006, which was the first time that they qualified without hosting the tournament where they failed to progress from their group, and the third was in 2012. They also finished runners-up in the 1964 Arab Nations Cup.
Libya recorded good performances in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations under Brazilian Coach Marcos Paqueta. They managed to 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 has ever been at 53, later rising to 39 in July.
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