Botswana women's national football team

The Botswana women's national football team nicknamed 'The Zebras' (Female) is the women's national football team of the Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. It has never qualified for a major tournament.

Botswana
Nickname(s)(Female) The Zebras
AssociationBotswana Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA
(Southern Africa)
Head coachGaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang
CaptainBonang Otlhagile[1]
Home stadiumBotswana National Stadium
FIFA codeBOT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 148 4 (26 June 2020)[2]
Highest92 (December 2009)
Lowest152 (July 2019)
First international
 South Africa 14–0 Botswana 
(Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002)
Biggest win
 Botswana 7–0 Mauritius 
(Lobatse, Botswana; March 5, 2016)
Biggest defeat
 South Africa 14–0 Botswana 
(Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002)

Botswana played in the qualification for the 2002 African Championship, but lost in their first game. After this, they also took part in the qualification for the 2008 African Championship, where they played two matches and lost both to Namibia at the end of 2007. Botswana did not play again until the qualification for the 2010 Championship, where they lost both matches, this time against Democratic Republic of the Congo. For these games, Botswana named an entirely U20 national team.[3] They have also played games since they were eliminated from qualification.

History

Botswana played their first match in Harare, Zimbabwe on April 19, 2002 against South Africa in a series of friendlies. They lost 14–0. After this match they lost 3–0 against Swaziland and 7–1 against Mozambique, in where they scored their first goal.

Botswana's first major competition was in the 2008 African Women's Championship, in where after 5 years they played an international match, this time against Namibia. Zebras lost both legs by 3–0 and 6–1.

Botswana had played with Zambia on 4 May 2008 and lost 4–2.

With a U20 team, Zebras played 2010 African Women's Championship qualifiers against Congo DR and again lost both legs, this time by 2–0 and 5–2 and did not qualify for either the 2010 African Women's Championship and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

A series of friendlies occurred in October 2010, against Zambia on 2 and 23 October, lost 1–4 and 1–2 respectively; against Tanzania on 25 October and 26 October, lost 2–3 and draw 1–1. In the next year, March 2011, they again played against Namibia and lost 1–0.

In 2011, one of the two friendlies in April and May with South Africa marked their first victory, by 1–0. The other match was lost 4–0. In August, they played against Tanzania on 2 August, losing 3–1; South Africa on August 3, losing 4–0 and against Zambia, also losing, 4–1.

They entered the 2012 African Women's Championship qualifiers and played against Zimbabwe, and was eliminated by an aggregate score of 3–1, due to losing the two legs by 1–0 and 2–1. Last friendlies in 2012 include two losses against South Africa (3–0) and Zimbabwe (5–0).

Before the 2014 African Women's Championship qualifiers, the team played the first 2014 matches, against Swaziland on 7 and 8 January and won for the second and third time, by 3–0 and 3–1. The first leg of the qualifiers for the African Championship started on 14 February with a loss against Zimbabwe 1–0 and the second leg was played on 2 March, with another loss, by 2–1, Botswana ended eliminated from the African Championship and the World Cup. In June 7 of the same year, they played against South Africa, losing 4–0.

–present

Stadium

The Botswana women's national team play their home matches on...

Kits

Honours

Intercontinental

Continental
Champions:
Runners-up:
Third place:
Champions:
Runners-up:
Third place:

Regional
Champions:
Runners-up:

Other tournaments
    Champions:
    Runners-up:
    Third place:

    Achievements

    World Cup record
    World Cup Finals
    Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
    1991 Did Not Enter
    1995
    1999
    2003
    2007
    2011 Did Not Qualify
    2015
    2019
    2023 To Be Determined
    Total0/9-------
    *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

    Olympic Games record
    Summer Olympics
    Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
    1996 Did Not Enter
    2000
    2004
    2008
    2012 Did Not Qualify
    2016
    2021
    Total0/7000000

    African Championship record
    African Women's Championship
    Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
    1991 Did not enter
    1995
    1998
    2000
    2002 Withdrew
    2004 Did not enter
    2006 Withdrew
    2008 Did not qualify
    2010
    2012
    2014
    2016
    Total0/12------

    Africa Games record
    All-Africa Games
    Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
    2003 Did Not Enter
    2007
    2011 Did Not Qualify
    2015 To Be Determined
    Total0/4000000

    Coaching staff
    PositionNameRef.
    Head coach Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang
    Assistant coach
    Goalkeeper coach
    Physical coach

    Players

    Current squad

    The following players were called up for a friendly match against Slovak club Partizan Bardejov on 7 August 2019.[4]

    No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
    1GK Maitumelo Bosija Unknown
    1GK Tlamelo Pheresi (1996-11-30) 30 November 1996 Unknown
    1GK Refiloe Tshambani (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 Prisons XI Ladies
    2DF Kesegofetse Mochawe (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 BMC Ladies
    2DF Veronicah Mogotsi Unknown
    2DF Boitumelo Gammu (1995-07-23) 23 July 1995 Unknown
    2DF Masego Montsho (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 Township Rollers Ladies
    2DF Nancy Baeletsi (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 Township Rollers Ladies
    2DF Popego Simon Unknown
    2DF Bonang Otlhagile (1986-08-07) 7 August 1986 Double Action Ladies F.C.
    3MF Leano Busang (1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 Unknown
    3MF Balotlhanyi Johannes (1994-06-28) 28 June 1994 Double Action Ladies F.C.
    3MF Lesego Keleboge Unknown
    3MF Golebaone Selebatso (1991-03-22) 22 March 1991 Gaborone United Ladies
    3MF Thuso Lesaane (1991-03-22) 22 March 1991 Double Action Ladies F.C.
    3MF Goitsemang Tlamma Unknown
    4FW Refilwe Tholakele (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 Township Rollers Ladies
    4FW Masego Nfandisso Unknown
    4FW Nondi Mahlasela (1991-12-25) 25 December 1991 Prisons XI Ladies
    4FW Lesego Radiakanyo (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 Unknown
    4FW Kesego Mathatsa (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 Unknown
    4FW Thuto Ramafifi (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 Unattached
    4FW Bame Ngenda (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 Township Rollers Ladies

    Recent call-ups

    The following players have been called up to a Botswana squad in the past 12 months.

    Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
    GK
    DF
    MF
    FW

    Previous squads

    Individual records
    *Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.


    Managers

    Results and fixtures

    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

    2019
    2019 Botswana v

    2020
    2020 Botswana vTBD

    See also

    Notes

    References
    1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-11-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
    3. Bad start for women's football team Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine Botswana Gazette
    4. "Botswana touring Slovakia ahead of Banyana clash". Goal. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.