Botswana women's national football team

Botswana

Nickname(s)	(Female) The Zebras
Association	Botswana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Mmoloki Masole
Captain	Bonang Otlhagile[1]
Home stadium	Botswana National Stadium
FIFA code	BOT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	134 2 (26 August 2016)
Highest	92 (December 2009)
Lowest	147 (September 2015)
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)

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 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.^[2] 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.

Competition Records

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
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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
Total	0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-

Olympics record

Summer Olympics
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000
2004
2008
2012	Did Not Qualify
2016	To Be Determined
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-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
Total	0/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Players

Players called for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification matches against Mauritius and South Africa in March and April 2016.^[3][4]

Head coach: Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Kemo Boganne				Francistown United
	GK	Sedilame Bosija	1 December 1997			Township Rollers Ladies
	GK	Refiloe Tshambani	6 March 1994			Prisons XI Ladies
	DF	Nancy Baeletsi	21 March 1996			Township Rollers Ladies
	DF	Gofamodimo Macha				Gaborone United Ladies
	DF	Kesegofetse Mochawe	30 July 1995			BMC Ladies
	DF	Kgomotso Molefe	10 January 1990			Double Action Ladies F.C.
	DF	Masego Montsho				Township Rollers Ladies
	DF	Thapelo Moshe	23 August 1995			UB Kicks
	DF	Tlamelo Motlhale	22 July 1989			Township Rollers Ladies
	DF	Patricia Motingwa				Makufa SC
	DF	Golebaone Selebatso	22 March 1991			Gaborone United Ladies
	MF	Kefilwe Lentswe				Prisons XI Ladies
	MF	Thuso Leseane				Double Action Ladies F.C.
	MF	Nondi Mahlasela				Prisons XI Ladies
	MF	Lorato Masena				Prisons XI Ladies
	MF	Bonang Otlhagile				Double Action Ladies F.C.
	MF	Lebogang Setereke	3 November 1990			Township Rollers Ladies
	FW	Balotlhanyi Johannes				Double Action Ladies F.C.
	FW	Chedza Katsibe	2 December 1995			BMC Ladies
	FW	Masego Koboto	25 September 1996			Township Rollers Ladies
	FW	Bame Ngenda	29 May 1992			Township Rollers Ladies
	FW	Thuto Ramafifi	9 January 1992			Double Action Ladies F.C.
	FW	Refilwe Tholakele	26 January 1996			Township Rollers Ladies

Schedule and recent matches

 Botswana v  Zimbabwe

14 February 2014 2014 AFWC qualification	Botswana	0–1	Zimbabwe	SSKB Stadium, Gaborone
16:00 UTC+2		Report	Bepete  45'	Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

 Zimbabwe v  Botswana

2 March 2014 2014 AFWC qualification	Zimbabwe	2–1	Botswana	Rufaro Stadium, Harare
15:00 UTC+2	Makore  9' Nyaumwe  14'	Report	Ngenda  90'	Referee: Lufuno Bevley Nemagovhani (South Africa)

 South Africa v  Botswana

7 June 2014 International friendly	South Africa	4–0	Botswana	Isak Steyl Stadium, Vanderbijlpark
	Smeda  13', 22' Modise  36' Fulutudilu  83'	Report

 Namibia v  Botswana

20 August 2014 International friendly	Namibia	5–2	Botswana	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
	Adams  4', 71', ?' Williams  30' Mulunga  40'	Report	Johannes  84' Tholakele  85'

 South Africa v  Botswana

13 September 2014 International friendly	South Africa	10–0	Botswana	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
	Makhabane  ?', ?' Mollo  ?' Jane  44' Modise  ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Ngubane  ?'	Report

References

2. Bad start for women's football team Botswana Gazette
3. "BFA mulls taking women's games to Ftown". Mmegi. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
4. "Banyana defeat Botswana in qualifier". SuperSport. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile