Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Eswatini women's national football team

Women's national association football team representing Eswatini


Summary

Women's national association football team representing Eswatini

FieldValue
NameEswatini
Badge_size140px
NicknameSitsebe Samhlekazi
AssociationEswatini Football Association
Sub-confederationCOSAFA (Southern Africa)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
CoachChristian Thwala
FIFA TrigrammeSWZ
FIFA Rank
FIFA max97
FIFA max dateJune 2009
FIFA min183
FIFA min dateJune 2025
pattern_la1_eswatini2021h
pattern_b1_eswatini2021h
pattern_ra1_eswatini2021h
pattern_sh1_eswatini2021h
pattern_so1_eswatini2021h
leftarm10000FF
body10000FF
rightarm10000FF
socks10000FF
pattern_la2_eswatini2021a
pattern_b2_eswatini2021a
pattern_ra2_eswatini2021a
leftarm2ffcc00
rightarm2ffcc00
socks2ffcc00
First game14–0
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 May 1993)
Largest win6–0
(Gqeberha, South Africa; 22 October 2024)
Largest loss14–0
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 May 1993)
typewomen
Home StadiumSomhlolo National Stadiumpattern_sh2=_eswatini2021apattern_so2=_eswatini2021apattern_la3=_eswatini2021tpattern_b3=_eswatini2021tpattern_ra3=_eswatini2021tpattern_sh3=_eswatini2021tpattern_so3=_eswatini2021t

| Sub-confederation = COSAFA (Southern Africa) (Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 May 1993) (Gqeberha, South Africa; 22 October 2024) (Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 May 1993)

The Eswatini women's national football team, nicknamed Sitsebe Samhlekazi, represents Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, in international football and is controlled by the Eswatini Football Association.

History

Eswatini made their competitive debut in the qualification for the 1998 African Championships, where they lost to their neighbours, South Africa. Eswatini have not played in any further qualification matches, but they have played a number of friendly matches, mostly against neighbouring countries. In 2008, Eswatini beat Mozambique 3–1.

Team image

Nicknames

The Eswatini women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Super Falcons".

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.

;Legend

2025

  • Vliete
  • Kooper
  • Kanyama

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of October 2024

PositionNameRef.
Head coachBongani Makhukhula
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach
Physical coach

Manager history

  • Christian Thwala (????–2022)
  • Simephi Mamba(2022-2024)
  • Bongani Makhukhula(2024-)

Players

Current squad

The following is the squad called up for the 2026 WAFCON qualifying First round named on 30 Janvier 2025.

  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to an Eswatini squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

;COSAFA Women's Championship

Records

  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 18 April 2021.

Most capped players

#PlayerYear(s)Caps
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Top goalscorers

#PlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD
China 1991Did Not Enter-------
Sweden 1995Did Not Enter-------
USA 1999Did not qualify-------
USA 2003Did Not Enter-------
China 2007Did Not Enter-------
Germany 2011Did Not Enter-------
Canada 2015Did Not Enter-------
France 2019Did not qualify-------
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023Did not qualify-------
Total0/9-------

:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics recordYearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGATotal0/7000000
USA 1996Did Not Enter
AUS 2000
GRE 2004
PRC 2008Did not qualify
GBR 2012
BRA 2016
JPN 2021

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations recordYearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD
1991Did not enter
1995
NGA 1998Did not qualify
ZAF 2000Did not enter
NGA 2002
ZAF 2004
NGA 2006
EQG 2008
RSA 2010
EQG 2012
NAM 2014
CMR 2016
GHA 2018Did not qualify
2020Cancelled
MAR 2022Did not qualify
MAR 2024Did not qualify
Total0/12-------

:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games

African Games recordYearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGATotal0/6000000
NGA 2003Did Not Enter
ALG 2007Did not qualify
MOZ 2011
CGO 2015Did Not Enter
MAR 2019Did not qualify
GHA 2023To Be Determined

COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship recordYearRoundPldWD*LGSGAGDTotalGroup stage1651122656−30
ZIM 2002Group stage
ZAM 2006Group stage
ANG 2008-
ZIM 2011did not enter
ZIM 2017Group stage111153+2
RSA 2018Group stage3003411−7
RSA 2019Group stage320178−1
RSA 2020Group stage3102711−4
RSA 2021Group stage3003111−10
RSA 2023Group stage3102212-10

:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

References

  1. (30 January 2025). "The Senior Women's National Team Head Coach Bongani Makhukhula has named the tentative squad for the upcoming TotalEnergies WAFCON Qualifiers 2026 matches against Namibia..". [[Eswatini Football Association]].
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Eswatini women's national football team — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report