| Association | Libyan Football Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Naji Ajbara | ||
| Captain | Hadhom Al-Abed | ||
| FIFA code | LBY | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 187 (11 December 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest | 187 (December 2025) | ||
| Lowest | 187 (December 2025) | ||
| First international | |||
 Libya 0–8Egypt  (Sousse,Tunisia; 6 March 2016) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Tunisia 16–0Libya (Berrechid,Morocco; 26 October 2025)  Chad 16–0Libya (Berrechid,Morocco; 29 October 2025) | |||
TheLibya women's national football team is the national football team ofLibya. 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.
Early development of the women's game at the timecolonial powers 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.[2] 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.[3] When quality female football players are developed, they tend to leave for greater opportunities abroad.[4] Continent wide, funding is also an issue, with most development money coming fromFIFA, not the national football association.[4] 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.[2]
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.[5] In 2006, there were 0 registered female players in the country.[6] That year, a committee was under development to better register and track female footballers.[6] In 2006, there were no women's teams in the country.[6] Football is played by girls aged 9 to 18 in school.[6] There were 0 registered female futsal players in 2006 though there are some unregistered female futsal players in the country.[6] Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country were bought byAl Jazeera andEurosport.[7]
The national federation was created in 1962 and joined FIFA in 1964.[6] Their kit includes green shirts, white shorts and green socks.[8] In 2006, there were three staff members dedicated to working on women's football in the country.[6]
On 6 March 2016, the Libya women's national team played its first international match againstEgypt during theAfrica Cup of Nations qualification, which ended in an 8–0 defeat.[9] 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.[10]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
v Libya| 26 October 2025 (2025-10-26)FIFA Unites Women's Series | Tunisia | 16–0 | Libya | Berrechid,Morocco |
| 20:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium:Berrechid Municipal Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan) |
v Libya| 29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)FIFA Unites Women's Series | Chad | 16–0 | Libya | Berrechid,Morocco |
| 20:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium:Berrechid Municipal Stadium Referee: Khuloud Khudoum (UAE) |
v
Afghanistan| 1 November 2025 (2025-11-01)FIFA Unites Women's Series | Libya | 0–7 | Afghanistan | Berrechid,Morocco |
| 17:00 UTC+1 |
| Stadium:Berrechid Municipal Stadium |
The following players were called up for theFIFA Unites Women's Series 2025 matches againstAfghan Women United,Chad andTunisia on 26, 29 October and 1 November 2025.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Naama Barka | (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (age 32) | |
| 2 | Azeezah Al-Shoushan | |||
| 3 | Shahid Omrani | |||
| 4 | Muneerah Al-Ajeeli | (1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (age 32) | ||
| 5 | Sundus Al-Ushaylim | |||
| 6 | Hadhom Al-Abed(Captain) | |||
| 7 | Maryam El Maemi | |||
| 8 | Nuwara Al-Firjani | |||
| 9 | Saeida Al-Birnawi | |||
| 10 | Bushra Al-Roubaa | |||
| 11 | Asyaa Al-Hamadi | |||
| 12 | 1GK | Salma Al-Zawi | ||
| 13 | Noura Al-Tajouri | |||
| 14 | Sarah Al-Alam | |||
| 15 | Sahar Buhmira | |||
| 17 | Suhad El Degheili | |||
| 18 | Fadwa El Bahi | |||
| 19 | Randa Jalgham | |||
| 20 | Shahid Al-Boulati | |||
| 21 | Fatima El Ftimi | |||
| 22 | 1GK | Saja El Masri | ||
| 23 | Feda El Ghobbar |
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 1991 | did not exist | ||||||||
 1995 | |||||||||
 1999 | |||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||
 2011 | |||||||||
 2015 | |||||||||
 2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
  2023 | did not enter | ||||||||
 2027 | did not enter | ||||||||
   2031 | to be determined | ||||||||
 2035 | to be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| 1996 | did not exist | ||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
| 2012 | |||||||||
| 2016 | did not qualify | ||||||||
 2020 | did not enter | ||||||||
 2024 | |||||||||
| Total | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa Women Cup of Nations | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
1991 to 2014 | did not exit | ||||||||
 2016 | did not Qualify | ||||||||
 2018 | did not Qualify | ||||||||
 2020 | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic in Africa | ||||||||
 2022 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 2024 | W/D | ||||||||
| Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
(The former format was amended as it did not comply withMOS:FLAG as discussedhere)
| African Games record | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
 2003 | Did Not exist | |||||||
 2007 | ||||||||
 2011 | ||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2023 | Did not enter | |||||||
| Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UNAF Women's Tournament[edit]
| Arab Women's Championship[edit]
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The list below presents the all-time international record of the Libyan women's national football team against other nations.
Afghanistan.The following table shows Libya’s all-time official international record per opponent:
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation |
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| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | AFC |
| Chad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | CAF |
| Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | CAF |
 Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | CAF |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | CAF |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 66 | −66 | 0 | — |
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