LISCR FC

LISCR FC

Full name	Liberian International Shipping & Corporate Registry Football Club
Nickname(s)	Shipping Boys
Founded	August 1995; 29 years ago (August 1995)
Ground	Antoinette Tubman Stadium Monrovia, Liberia
Capacity	12,000
Manager	Andrew Kpoh
League	Liberian First Division
2023–24	Liberian First Division, 3rd of 14
Website	http://liscrfc.com/

Liberian International Shipping & Corporate Registry FC, abbreviated to LISCR FC, is a football (soccer) club from Liberia based in Gardnersville, Montserrado County. They play their home matches at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in central Monrovia. They have won the Liberia Football Association Knockout three times and the Liberia Super Cup trophy twice. They won the premiership title for the first time in their history in the 2010–11 season and retained the title the following season (2011–12). LISCR became the last winner of the Liberian Premier League before the dissolution of the league to the first division by the Liberia Football Association. After five years of the dissolution of the Premiership, they won the new first division for the first time in 2017 after finishing top of the 2016–17 Liberia First Division League table with an unbeaten record.

Early history

The club was formed on August 24, 1995, as Young Barcelona by its president, Mustapha I. Raji. Its first appearance in Liberian football was in the Gardnersville Sub-committee. It ended the 1995–96 season as the champions of the 4th division and qualified for the 3rd division of the Gardnersville sub-committee league. In 1997 the club emerged as champions of the 3rd division but failed in the process to qualify for the Division 2 category the following season. The club continued with its campaign in getting to the 2nd division as crowned champions of the 3rd division in 1998.

The team earned a well-deserved position in Liberian football after winning the Liberia Football Association 2nd division championship in 1999 and gained promotion to the 1st division and later got promotion to Liberia Football Association Premier League in 2000.

Premier League and First Division

As a club in the Liberian Premier League, LISCR FC won its first trophy in 2004 when they won the Liberian FA Cup. The following year, 2005, the team won its second Liberian FA Cup trophy. Six years after winning its second Liberian FA Cup, LISCR won the 2010–11 Liberian Premiership and represented Liberia in the 2012 CAF Champions League where they were knocked out by Ghanaian club, Berekum Chelsea in the preliminary round.^[1] They won their second premiership title the following season (2011–12) and again represented Liberia in the 2013 CAF Champions League. They were drawn against Union Douala of Cameroon.^[2] Again, the club was knocked out in the preliminary round by Cameroonian side as they failed to reach the first round qualifiers.^[3]

Before the start of the 2016–17 season, the club signed Gambian coach Mustapha Manneh who led the club to an unbeaten league run.^[4] The club won the new First Division title in style as they finish the 2016–17 First Division League unbeaten, becoming the first and only Liberian club to win the league unbeaten. From 22 matches, the team was able to obtain 10 wins and 12 draws as they ended the league season with 42 points. The 2016–17 season turned out to be the best in the club's history by winning both the league and the FA Cup.^[5]

Unbeaten league run

The club became the first and only club in Liberia to win the top-flight league and any league without conceding defeat. They won the 2016–17 Liberia First Division with an unbeaten record in 22 matches. The club managed 10 wins and 12 draws to complete the league season without defeat.^[5][6]

Achievements

• Liberian Premier League / First Division: 4

2011, 2012, 2017, 2023

• LFA Cup: 5

2004, 2005, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023

• Super Cup: 5

2004, 2011, 2018, 2022, 2023

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 3 appearances

2012 – Preliminary Round

2013 – Preliminary Round

2018 - Preliminary Round

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

2003 – Withdrew in First Round

Current squad

As of 16 August 2023^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  LBR Ashley Williams 12 DF  LBR Sabastien Teclar 26 DF  LBR Rodney Gbanjah — MF  LBR Musa Koulibaly 10 MF  LBR Sheku Sheriff 13 FW  LBR Lassana Kamara 14 DF  LBR Marlon Harrison 7 FW  LBR Mark Karlay 17 MF  LBR Fredrick Jarbah 18 GK  LBR Tommy Songo (Captain) — FW  LBR Saviour Brown (on loan from Gardnersville FC) 20 DF  LBR Darius Kah 6 MF  LBR Christopher Sergbeh 23 DF  LBR Prince Bono 27 FW  LBR Stephen Jabateh

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  LBR John Mulbah 21 MF  LBR Maliki Kromah 11 FW  LBR Albert Karlon 1 GK  LBR Juanito Sayeh 2 MF  LBR Joe Bloe 22 MF  LBR Benjamin Doe 24 MF  LBR Fallah Johnson Jr. 9 FW  LBR Stewart Jallah — DF  LBR Harry Boakai 28 FW  LBR Daniel Toe 3 DF  LBR Michael Temeh 19 FW  LBR Aflah Allison 17 FW  LBR Christopher Jackson 4 DF  LBR Abel Kpassawah

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
First team Head Coach	Andrew Kpoh
Deputy Coach	Roger Manneh
Goalkeeping Coach	Sydney Jallah
Physical Trainer	Tyrone Konateh
Team Doctor	Junior Toureh
Team Doctor	James Nagbe
Team Manager	Mustapha Diomandeh
Kit Man	Samson Mendy
Deputy Kit Man	Kingsley Soumareh
Massuer	Dennis King Jr.

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Administrative staff

• Club President: Gerald Kollie
• Vice President: Henry Kamara
• Secretary General: Phillip Powell
• Public Relations Officer: Thomas Wedraogoh

References

1. "Berekum Chelsea coach set sights on Champions League tie". GhanaSoccernet. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
2. "LISCR FC Meets Union Douala in CAF Champions League in Feb. 2013". www.liberiaentertainment.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
3. "LISCR vs Union Douala H2H Stats - SoccerPunter.com". www.soccerpunter.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
4. "Tapha Manneh's LISCR FC Sets League Unbeaten Record". www.bushchicken.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
5. "Tapha's LISCR completes a season's double, closes fantastic season – The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia". thepoint.gm. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
6. "Gambia: Tapha Manneh's Liscr FC Sets League Unbeaten Record". July 25, 2017. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018 – via AllAfrica.
7. "Team". liscrfc.com. LISCR FC. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived May 6, 2013)