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 Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. It has never qualified for a major tournament.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Botswana national football team.
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 131 17 (18 December 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. On June 7 of the same year, they played against South Africa, losing 4–0.

Home stadium

The Botswana women's national football team plays their home matches on the Botswana National Stadium.

Honours

Regional
Runners-up: 2020

Achievements

Women's World Cup record
FIFA Women's 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

Africa Women Cup of Nations 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------

African 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

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were called up for the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship. A provisional squad was announced on 16 October 2020.[4] The final squad was selected prior to the tournament.[5]
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Tlamelo Pheresi (1996-11-30) 30 November 1996 Prisons
16 1GK Lesedilame Bosija (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 Bloemfontein Celtic
20 1GK Lesego Moeng Geronah
2 2DF Kesegofetse Mochawe (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 Prisons
3 2DF Annah Sechane (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 Township Rollers
4 2DF Masego Montsho (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 Botswana Defence Force
11 2DF Lone Gaofetoge (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 Geronah
12 2DF Bonang Otlhagile (captain) (1986-08-07) 7 August 1986 Double Action
15 2DF Theo George (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 Wonder Sporting
5 3MF Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 Double Action
6 3MF Golebaone Selebatso (1991-03-22) 22 March 1991 Prisons
8 3MF Masego Nfandiso Geronah
10 3MF Lesego Radiakanyo (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 Double Action
13 3MF Leungo Senwelo (2001-12-23) 23 December 2001 Double Action
17 3MF Leano Busang (1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 Prisons
7 4FW Refilwe Tholekele (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 Township Rollers
9 4FW Mokgabo Thanda Yasa
14 4FW Michelle Abueng (2001-05-06) 6 May 2001 Yasa
18 4FW Nondi Mahlasela (1991-12-25) 25 December 1991 Prisons
19 4FW Esalenna Galekhutle (2001-01-23) 23 January 2001 Mexican Girls

Recent call-ups
  • The following players have been called up to the Botswana squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Previous squads
COSAFA Women's Championship

Individual records
Main article: List of Botswana women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Managers
  • Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang (–present)

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   Fixtures

2019
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02) 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Third round 1st leg Zambia  1–0  Botswana Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
15:00 UTC+2
8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Third round 2nd leg Botswana  0–2  Zambia Francistown Stadium, Francistown
19:00 UTC+2

2020
5 April 2020 (2020-04-05) Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification Namibia  Cancelled  Botswana
Cancellation
13 April 2020 (2020-04-13) Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification Botswana  Cancelled  Namibia
Cancellation
7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) COSAFA Women's Championship Botswana  1–0  Tanzania Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
12:30
  • Thanda  48'
 Report
9 November 2020 (2020-11-09) COSAFA Women's Championship Zimbabwe  0–1  Botswana Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth
12:30 Report
  • Tholekele  73'
12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) COSAFA Women's Championship Botswana  2–1  Zambia Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
12:00
  • Gaofetoge  8'
  • Tholekele  39' (pen.)
 Report
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) COSAFA Women's Championship Botswana  1–2  South Africa Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
15:00
  • Thanda  85'
 Report

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. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. Bad start for women's football team Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine Botswana Gazette
  4. Kerileng, Gaone Pearl (16 October 2020). "Botswana Mares name provisional squad for COSAFA Champs". COSAFA.
  5. "Botswana 1-0 Tanzania". COSAFA. 7 November 2020.
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