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Botswana women's national football team
Women's national association football team representing Botswana
Women's national association football team representing Botswana
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| Name | Botswana | ||||||||||
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| Nickname | The Mares | ||||||||||
| The Zebras | |||||||||||
| Association | Botswana Football Association | ||||||||||
| Sub-confederation | COSAFA | ||||||||||
| (Southern Africa) | |||||||||||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||
| Coach | Basimanebotlhe Malete | ||||||||||
| Captain | Sedilame Boseja | ||||||||||
| Home Stadium | Botswana National Stadium | ||||||||||
| FIFA Trigramme | BOT | ||||||||||
| FIFA Rank | |||||||||||
| FIFA max | 102 | ||||||||||
| FIFA max date | July 2003 | ||||||||||
| FIFA min | 154 | ||||||||||
| FIFA min date | December 2021 – March 2022 | ||||||||||
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| First game | 14–0 | ||||||||||
| (Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002) | |||||||||||
| Largest win | 7–0 | ||||||||||
| (Lobatse, Botswana; March 5, 2016) | |||||||||||
| 7–0 | |||||||||||
| (Port Elizabeth, South Africa; September 29, 2021) | |||||||||||
| Largest loss | 14–0 | ||||||||||
| (Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002) | |||||||||||
| World cup apps | 0 | ||||||||||
| Regional name | Olympic Games | ||||||||||
| Regional cup apps | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2ndRegional name | Women's Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||||
| 2ndRegional cup apps | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2ndRegional cup first | 2022 | ||||||||||
| 2ndRegional cup best | Quarter-finals (2022) | ||||||||||
| type | women | ||||||||||
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the women's team
The Zebras
| Sub-confederation = COSAFA
(Southern Africa)
(Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002)
(Lobatse, Botswana; March 5, 2016)
7–0
(Port Elizabeth, South Africa; September 29, 2021)
(Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002)
The Botswana women's national football team is the women's national football team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. They qualified for their maiden Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournament 2022 in Morocco where they made it to the quarterfinals.
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, where they scored their first goal.
Botswana's first major competition was in the 2008 African Women's Championship qualification where after 5 years, they played an international match, this time against Namibia. The Mares 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. They 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 were eliminated by an aggregate score of 3–1, due to losing the two legs by 1–0 and 2–1. Last friendlies in 2012 included 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 were eliminated from the African Championship and the World Cup. On June 7 of the same year, they played against South Africa, losing 4–0.
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
They made their debut at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. They won their first match 4-2 against fellow debutants Burundi and lost their next two matches 2-0 against Nigeria and 1-0 against South Africa to finish third in group C. They qualified for the quarterfinals as the second best third ranked team where they lost 2-1 against hosts Morocco.
Team image
Home stadium
The Botswana women's national football team plays their home matches at the Botswana National Stadium.
Results and fixtures
Main article: Botswana women's national football team results
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2024
- Jraïdi
- Kassi
- Moloi
2025
- Gaofetoge
- Mabomba
- Mibe
- Seoposenwe
- Radiakanyo
- Moloi
- Karchouni
- Khanchouch
- Radiakanyo
- Ontlametse
Source: globalsportsarchive.com
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
| Position | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Basimanebotlhe Alex Malete | |
| Assistant coach | Tapaphiwa Tracy Gaebolae | |
| Jacqualine Lorato Gaobinelwe | ||
| Goalkeeper coach | David Puso | |
| Physician | Kealebogga K. Rakereng |
Manager history
- BOT Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang (2021–2023)
- BOT Basimanebotlhe Alex Malete(2023–)
Players
Main article: List of Botswana women's international footballers
Current squad
- The following 24 players were called up for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, taking place from 5 to 27 July 2025.
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 12 July 2025.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to a Botswana squad in the past 12 months.
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Previous squads
;Africa Women Cup of Nations
;COSAFA Women's Championship
Records
Main article: List of Botswana women's international footballers
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
| # | Player | Year(s) | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | |||
| 10 |
Top goalscorers
| # | Player | Year(s) | Goals | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
| 7 | ||||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | ||||
| 10 |
Honours
Regional
- COSAFA Women's Championship : [[File:Med 2.png]] Runners-up: 2020
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China 1991 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| Sweden 1995 | ||||||||||
| USA 1999 | ||||||||||
| USA 2003 | ||||||||||
| China 2007 | ||||||||||
| Germany 2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Canada 2015 | ||||||||||
| France 2019 | ||||||||||
| AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 | ||||||||||
| Brazil 2027 | ||||||||||
| MexicoUSA 2031 | To be determined | |||||||||
| UK 2035 | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 0/12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics record | Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA 1996 | Did Not Enter | ||||||||||||||||
| AUS 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| GRE 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| PRC 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR 2012 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| BRA 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| JPN 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA 2028 | To be determined |
Africa Women Cup of Nations
| Africa Women Cup of Nations record | Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | Total | 2/16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NGA 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ZAF 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NGA 2002 | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ZAF 2004 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NGA 2006 | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EQG 2008 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RSA 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| EQG 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NAM 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CMR 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| GHA 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CGO 2020 | Cancelled | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAR 2022 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| MAR 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| MAR 2026 | Did not qualify |
African Games
| African Games record | Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | Total | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGA 2003 | Did Not Enter | |||||||||||||||
| ALG 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| MOZ 2011 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||||||||||
| CGO 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| MAR 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| GHA 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| EGY 2027 | TBD |
COSAFA Women's Championship
| COSAFA Women's Championship record | Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | Total | Runner-up | 23 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 55 | -25 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZIM 2002 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | −23 | |||||||||||||||||
| ZAM 2006 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ANG 2008 | ---- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ZIM 2011 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | |||||||||||||||||
| ZIM 2017 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | |||||||||||||||||
| RSA 2018 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |||||||||||||||||
| RSA 2019 | Fourth | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| RSA 2020 | Runner -up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |||||||||||||||||
| RSA 2021 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | |||||||||||||||||
| RSA 2023 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Honours
All−time record against FIFA recognized nations
The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx. ;Key
| Against | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
|---|
Record per opponent
*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx. ;Key
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation | Total | — |
|---|
References
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