The Libya Football Federation has announced the appointment of Nasser Al-Hadiri as new head coach of the Mediterranean Knights. The new coach succeeds Serbian tactician Milutin Sredojevic, who was dismissed following the team’s poor start to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series.
Information gathered by Sports Village Square in Libya reveals that Coach Al-Hadiri will be assisted by Abu Bakr Al-Harak, while Misbah Shangab will be the goalkeeper trainer.
The Mediterranean Knights are expected in Uyo on October 9 for the first leg of a back-to-back fixtures with Nigeria’s Super Eagles as the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations gualifying series get to Match Day 3.
The new coach was announced by the president of the Libya Footbvall federation (LFF), Abdul Hakim Al-Shalmani.
He said that the LFF had already concluded its agreement on everything with national coach Al-Hadiri to take over the training of the Libyan national team, as the new coach has great experience at the technical level and previously held the position of assistant coach with the Spaniard Javier Clemente in the Libyan national team in 2014.”
The national football team has also dropped in the world rankings for September issued by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to 121st place globally, 34th in Africa and 17th in the Arab world.
