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Libya
Nickname(s)	Mediterranean Knights ; فرسان المتوسط
Association	Libyan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Ricardo Iñiguez
Captain	Mohammed Al-Sharif
Home stadium	Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena
FIFA code	LBY
FIFA ranking	41 (June 2023)
Highest FIFA ranking	14 (March 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	71 (February 2004)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Italy 9–2 Libya ; (Roma, Italy; 19 July 1974)
Biggest win
	Libya 20–3 Syria ; (Benghazi, Libya; 29 August 2008)
Biggest defeat
	Libya 0–13 Brazil ; (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand; 4 November 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 2008)
Best result	First round (2008, 2012)
African Futsal Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2000)
Best result	Champions (2008)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2009)
Best result	Third place (2009)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	1 (First in 2010)
Best result	10th place (2010)

The Libya national futsal team represents Libya in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. As of April 2016, Libya is ranked 31st in the Futsal World Rankings.

Awards edit

Team of the Year (2005)^[2]
Mover of the Year (2005, 2008)^[2]

Tournament records edit

FIFA Futsal World Cup edit

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala 2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
TPE 2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Round 1	4	0	1	3	7	14
Thailand 2012	Round 1	3	0	0	3	3	22
Colombia 2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania 2021	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uzbekistan 2024	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/10	7	0	1	6	10	36

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations edit

African Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Egypt 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt 2000	Third Place	3	1	1	1	15	19
2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya 2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	27	8
Burkina Faso 2011	Cancelled	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa 2016	Round 1	3	1	1	1	6	5
Morocco 2020	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	7	11
Morocco 2024	Third Place	5	2	1	2	18	21
Total	5/8	22	12	3	7	73	64

Futsal Confederations Cup edit

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Libya 2009	Third place	4	2	0	2	11	11
Brazil 2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/3	4	2	0	2	11	11

Mediterranean Futsal Cup edit

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Libya 2010	Second Place	6	5	0	1	32	13
Total	1/1	6	5	0	1	32	13

Arab Futsal Championship edit

**Arab Championship Record**
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Egypt 1998	Third Place	5	3	0	2	30	23
Egypt 2005	Fourth Place	5	2	0	3	27	28
Libya 2007	Champions	5	4	1	0	17	8
Egypt 2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	43	11
Total	4/4	21	15	1	5	117	70

North African Futsal tournament edit

**North African Futsal Cup Record**
Year	Round	Pld	W	GS	GA
Libya 2005	Champions	4	4	24	13
Tunisia 2009	Champions	3	3	20	3
Libya 2010	Champions	4	4	34	6
Total	3/3	11	11	78	22

Friendly tournaments edit

Futsal Mundialito edit

1994 – 2007 weren't invited
2008 – 4th Place

Grand Prix de Futsal edit

2005 – 2009 weren't invited
2010 – 10th Place (out of 16)
2011 – 2015 weren't invited
2017 – TBD

Sultat Shaab Cup edit

2009 – Champion
2010 – Champion

Other tournaments edit

2006 Four Nations Futsal Tournament (Maputo, Mozambique) – Second Place
2008 Four Nations Futsal Cup (Loughborough, England) – Second Place
2008 El-Fatih International Futsal Championship – Champion
2010 Omar Almokhtar Futsal International Cup –

Current team edit

Recent matches edit

Here are the upcoming and the last 5 matches. For the complete list click on the above link

Date	Opposition	Result	Score (HT Score)	Competition
3 November 2010	Morocco	W	7–4 (3–2)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
5 November 2010	Greece	W	3–1 (3–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
7 November 2010	Lebanon	W	3–2 (2–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
8 November 2010	France	W	2–1 (0–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup
10 November 2010	Croatia	D	0–2 (p) 1-1 (0–1)	2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup