Libya national futsal team explained

Libya
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Nickname:	Mediterranean Knights فرسان المتوسط
Association:	Libyan Football Federation
Confederation:	CAF (Africa)
Coach:	Ricardo Iñiguez
Captain:	Mohammed Al-Sharif
Home Stadium:	Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena
Fifa Trigramme:	LBY
Fifa Rank:	41 (June 2023)^[1]
Fifa Max:	14
Fifa Max Date:	March 2009
Fifa Min:	71
Fifa Min Date:	February 2004
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First Game:	9–2 (Roma, Italy; 19 July 1974)
Largest Win:	20–3 (Benghazi, Libya; 29 August 2008)
Largest Loss:	0–13 (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand; 4 November 2012)
World Cup Apps:	3
World Cup First:	2008
World Cup Best:	First round (2008, 2012)
Regional Name:	African Futsal Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	3
Regional Cup First:	2000
Regional Cup Best:	Champions (2008)
Grand Prix Apps:	1
Grand Prix First:	2010
Grand Prix Best:	10th place (2010)
Confederations Cup Apps:	1
Confederations Cup First:	2009
Confederations Cup Best:	Third place (2009)

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

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

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Futsal Confederations Cup

Mediterranean Futsal Cup

Arab Futsal Championship

North African Futsal tournament

**North African Futsal Cup Record**
width=25%	Year	width=25%	Round	width=8%	Pld	width=8%	W	width=8%	D	width=8%	L	width=8%	GS	width=8%	GA
Libya 2005	Champions	4	4	0	0	24	13
Tunisia 2009	Champions	3	3	0	0	20	3
Libya 2010	Champions	4	4	0	0	34	6
Total	3/3	11	11	0	0	78	22

Friendly tournaments

Futsal Mundialito

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

Grand Prix de Futsal

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

Sultat Shaab Cup

2009 – Champion
2010 – Champion

Other tournaments

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 –

Recent matches

See main article: List of Libya national futsal team matches.

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

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

Notes and References

https://www.futsalworldranking.com/rank.htm Futsal World Ranking
http://www.futsalworldranking.be/awards.htm Futsal World Ranking Web Site

width=25%	Year	width=25%	Round	width=8%	Pld	width=8%	W	width=8%	D	width=8%	L	width=8%	GS	width=8%	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