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Liberian Super Cup
The Liberian Super Cup is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Liberia every year, in April. It is contested by the winners of the National Premier League and the Liberian Cup in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. It is played at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium. Winners See also *Liberia national football team The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars'', represents Liberia in men's international football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, ... References External linksLiberiansoccer.com - "the official home of Liberian football" - "FIFA approved" - current official standings provided Football competitions in Liberia National association football cups {{Africa-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrack Young Controllers Football Club
Barrack Young Controllers Football Club is a football club based in Monrovia, Liberia. Founded in 1997, the club competes in the Liberian Premier League. Squad Achievements *Liberian Premier League **Champions (4): 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 *Liberian Cup The Liberian Football Association Cup, commonly known as the LFA Cup and currently known as the PetroTrade Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout cup competition in Liberian football. The LFA Cup is run by and named after the Liber ... **Winners (4): 2009, 2012 (reserve side), 2013, 2015 (reserve side) * Liberian Super Cup **Winners (4): 2010, 2013, 2015, 2015–16 (reserve side) External links Football clubs in Liberia Sport in Monrovia Association football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Liberia {{Liberia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberia National Football Team
The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars'', represents Liberia in men's international football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah, its football team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations just twice—in 1996 and 2002. It is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). History African Cup of Nations In 1967 Liberia played in its first African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, drawing its first match 2–2 against Guinea. They also drew against Senegal however lost both returning fixtures and were eliminated in the first round. Liberia returned to qualifying in 1976 but lost in the preliminary round to Togo, falling to defeat in both fixtures. After another absence, Liberia again joined AFCON qualifying in 1982 in the preliminary rounds but failed to progress after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srimex FC
Srimex FC (formerly ELWA United) is a Liberian football club. Achievements *Liberian Premier League: 0 *Liberian Cup: 0 ::Runners-up: 2017 *Liberian Super Cup: 0 ::Runners-up: 2018 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ... – References Football clubs in Liberia {{Liberia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LISCR FC
Liberian International Shipping & Corporate Registry FC, abbreviated to LISCR FC, is a football (soccer) club from Liberia based in Gardnersville, Montserrado County. They play their home matches at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in central Monrovia. They have won the Liberia Football Association Knockout three times and the Liberia Super Cup trophy twice. They won the premiership title for the first time in their history in the 2010–11 season and retained the title the following season (2011–12). LISCR became the last winner of the Liberia Premier league before the dissolution of the league to the first division by the Liberia Football Association. After five years of the dissolution of the Premiership, they won the new first division for the first time in 2017 after finishing top of the 2016-17 Liberia First Division League table with an unbeaten record. Early history The club was formed on August 24, 1995 as Young Barcelona by its president, Mustapha I. Raji. The club firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monrovia Club Breweries
Monrovia Club Breweries is an association football club based in Monrovia, Liberia. History Their home Stadium is the Antonette Tubman Stadium. They have never won the Liberian Premier League (LPL) in their History. The club is named after the sponsorship Monrovia Breweries organizations. Achievements *Liberian Cup
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Nimba United FC
Nimba United Football Club is a football club based in Sanniquellie, Nimba County, Liberia. Winning the Liberian Premier League title in 2015, they became the first domestic champions not from the capital city since 1963. Achievements *Liberian Premier League: 1 * Liberian First Division League: 1 *Liberian Cup The Liberian Football Association Cup, commonly known as the LFA Cup and currently known as the PetroTrade Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout cup competition in Liberian football. The LFA Cup is run by and named after the Liber ...: 0 * Liberian Super Cup: 0 External links * Football clubs in Liberia Nimba County {{Liberia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Fassell
Football Club Fassell is a football club based in Monrovia, Liberia. In 2014, the team won the Liberian Cup. Honors *Liberian Cup: 1 :: 2014. Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ... - Preliminary Round References External links Football clubs in Liberia {{Liberia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invincible Eleven
Union of Invincible Eleven & Majestic Sports Association Inc., also known as Invincible Eleven (I.E.), is a Liberian football club based in Monrovia. They are Liberia's oldest club. Their home stadium is the Antonette Tubman Stadium. I.E. is one of Liberia's most popular and historic clubs, along with Mighty Barolle. George Weah, Liberia's most famous footballer and current president, scored 24 goals in 23 games during a spell at I.E. in the 1986/87 season. History I.E. traces their origin from Iron United, based in Clay-Ashland and Bombers, based in Monrovia. These teams were composed of young players between ages of 13 and 20, and mostly students of College of West Africa (CWA), St. Patrick's High School, and Liberia College. Both Iron United and Bombers were active between 1940 and 1942. The young players of the two teams, especially students of CWA having established teamwork and amicable relationship, decided to pool their resources and form a single team, strong enough to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monrovia Black Star Football Club
Monrovia Black Star Football Club is a club based in Monrovia, Liberia. Its home stadium is the Antonette Tubman Stadium. In 2008, the club won the Liberian Premier League (LPL) and Liberian Cup for the first time in its history. History * 1980 – 4th Division * 1981 – 4th Division * 1982 – 4th Division * 1983 – 3rd Division * 1984 – 3rd Division * 1985 – 2nd Division * 1986 – 2nd Division * 1987 – 2nd Division * 1988 – 1st Division * 1989 – 1st Division * 1990 – 1st Division * 1991 – 1st Division * 1992 – 1st Division * 1993 – Premier League * 1998 – 1st Division * 1999 – Premier League * 2000 – Premier League * 2001 – Premier League * 2002 – Premier League * 2003 – 1st Division * 2004 – 1st Division * 2005 – 1st Division * 2006 – Premier League * 2007 – Premier League * 2008 – Premier League * 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5 million and covers an area of . English is the official language, but over 20 indigenous languages are spoken, reflecting the country's ethnic and cultural diversity. The country's capital and largest city is Monrovia. Liberia began in the early 19th century as a project of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States. Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born black people who faced social and legal oppression in the U.S., along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. Gradually developing an Americo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Port Authority Anchors
National Port Authority Anchors is a club based in Monrovia Liberia. Their home Stadium is the Antonette Tubman Stadium. Achievements *Liberian Premier League: 1 :: 1994 *Liberian Cup: 2 :: 1992, 2006 Performance in CAF competitions * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance ::1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ... – First Round * CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance :: 2007 – Preliminary Round * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance ::1993 – disqualified in First Round Current squad Football clubs in Liberia Sport in Monrovia {{Liberia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
