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.
History
Background and development
Early development of the women's game at the time
colonial powers
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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.
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.
When quality female football players are developed, they tend to leave for greater opportunities abroad.
Continent wide, funding is also an issue, with most development money coming from
FIFA, not the national football association.
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.
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.
In 2006, there were 0 registered female players in the country.
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and Eurosport
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Beginnings
On 6 March 2016, the Libya women's national team played its first international match against Egypt
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during the Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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, which ended in an 8–0 defeat. 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.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2023
Coaching staff
Players
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.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to a Libya squad in the past 12 months.
Individual records
* Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Managers
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA Women's World Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
Olympic Games
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
Africa Women Cup of Nations
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:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
African Games
Regional
UNAF Women's Tournament
Arab Women's Championship
Honours
All−time record against FIFA recognized nations
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
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Record per opponent
''*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.''
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The following table shows Sudan's all-time official international record per opponent:
See also
* Sport in Libya
** Football in Libya
*** Women's football in Libya
* Libya women's national under-20 football team
* Libya women's national under-17 football team
References
External links
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Arabic women's national association football teams
Women's national sports teams of Libya
African women's national association football teams
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