# Liberia at the Africa Cup of Nations

Liberia participated in the African Cup of Nations twice, in 1996 and 2002. In the 1996 African Cup of Nations qualification, Liberia managed to register three wins (against Togo, Tunisia and Mauritania) and four draws, which saw them finish the group in second place and qualify for their first African Cup of Nations tournament. Following the withdrawal of Nigeria, Liberia was placed in a group with Gabon and Zaire. Liberia opened the tournament with a 2–1 victory over Gabon with goals from Kelvin Sebwe and Mass Sarr Jr. but lost 2–0 to Zaire. This meant that Liberia finished bottom of the group on goal difference and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.
In 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification, Liberia beat Cape Verde in the preliminary rounds, then they finished top of their group to qualify for the main tournament for the second time in their history. In the 2002 African Cup of Nations, Liberia drew their first game 1–1 with Mali (goal scored by George Weah) and drew their second game 2–2 against Algeria (goals from Prince Daye and Kelvin Sebwe), but in their final group game, needing a win against Nigeria, they lost 1–0.

## Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record :
| Appearances: 2 |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1957 − 1962 | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF |
| 1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1965 − 1968 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1970 − 1974 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1976 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1978 − 1980 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1984 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1986 − 1990 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1992 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1996 | Group stage | 13th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 − 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2002 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 − 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2029 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Group stage | 2/34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |

## Tournaments
### 1996 Africa Cup of Nations
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gabon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zaire | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Liberia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |

### 2002 Africa Cup of Nations
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mali (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Liberia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

## Squads

Liberia squads :
vteLiberia squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations
GK Bestman
GK Tokpah
GK Wreh
DF Cooper
DF Dixon
DF Johnson
DF Mattar
DF Roberts
DF Theo
MF Clarke
MF Farh
MF Freeman
MF Sarwieh
MF Sebwe
FW Debbah
FW Makor
FW Nagbe
FW Sarr Jr
FW Sogbie
FW Weah
FW Wreh
Coach: Lardner
vteLiberia squad – 2002 African Cup of Nations
1 Crayton
2 F. Johnson
3 E. Dixon
4 Kpoto
5 D. Sebwe
6 K. Sebwe
7 Seator
8 D. Johnson
9 Roberts
10 Debbah
11 Sarr Jr
12 Makor
13 Brown
14 Weah
15 Daye
16 Jackson
17 Gebro
18 Yenay
19 Menyongar
20 J. Dixon
21 Kojo
22 Bestman
Coach: Vava :