The Libyan Football Federation ( ar, الاتحاد الليبي لكرة القدم; abbreviated as LFF) is the governing body of football in

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Su ...

. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA in 1964 and to CAF in 1965. It organizes the

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and the national team.

Post-revolution status

During the

2011 Libyan civil war The First Libyan Civil War was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were seeking to oust his government. It erupted with the Lib ...

, the football team continued to play, completing their 2012 African Cup of Nations qualification match against

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behind closed doors on neutral territory in

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References

External links

Official website
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Former Libyan Football Federation

Libya
at the FIFA website
Libya
at CAF Online

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