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Botswana women's national football team

Botswana women's national football team

Women's national association football team representing Botswana

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Botswana national football team.

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 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) tournament that will be held in Morocco in July 2022.[4]

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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.[5] 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.

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Home stadium

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

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

2 July Friendly South Africa  0–5  Botswana Brakpan, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2
  • Gaonyadiwe 5', 13'
  • Dithebe 24'
  • Tholakele 27', 79'
 Stadium: Tsakane Stadium
Referee: Vistoria Shangula (Namibia)
12 August Friendly Botswana  1–1  Lesotho Gaborone, Botswana
Stadium: Botswana National Stadium
12 August Friendly Botswana B  4–1  Lesotho B Gaborone, Botswana
Stadium: Botswana National Stadium
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Gabon  1–4  Botswana Franceville, Gabon
16:30 UTC+2 Assengone 90+3' (pen.) Report (BFA)
Stadium: Stade de Franceville
Referee: Greta Musimu (DR Congo)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Botswana  6–0
(10–1 agg.)		  Gabon Lobatse, Botswana
15:00 UTC+2
Report (BFA) Stadium: Lobatse Stadium
Note: Botswana won 10–1 on aggregate.
6 October 2023 (2023-10-06) 2023 COSAFA WC GS Namibia  1–1  Botswana Pretoria, South Africa
15:30 UTC+2
  • Hikuam 6'
 Report
Stadium: Lucas Moripe Stadium
Referee: Gloria Sambumba (Zambia)
9 October 2023 (2023-10-09) 2023 COSAFA WC GS Botswana  3–0  Lesotho Johannesburg, South Africa
12:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Dobsonville Stadium
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
11 October 2023 (2023-10-11) 2023 COSAFA WC GS Zimbabwe  1–1  Botswana Johannesburg, South Africa
15:30 UTC+2 Chemhere 4' Report Johannes 86' Stadium: Dobsonville Stadium
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 2024 Olympic qualifying Tanzania  2–0  Botswana Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
15:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Azam Complex Stadium
31 October 2024 Olympic qualifying Botswana  0–1
(0–3 agg.)		  Tanzania
Note: Tanzania won 3–0 on aggregate
29 November 2023 (2023-11-29) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg Kenya  1–1  Botswana Nairobi, Kenya
15:00 UTC+3
Report (CAF)
  • Dithebe 37'
 Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg Botswana  1–0
(2–1 agg.)		  Kenya Gaborone ,Botswana
  • Dithebe 62'
 Stadium: Botswana National Stadium
Note: Botswana won 2–1 on aggregate.

2024

27 February Friendly Russia  4–0  Botswana Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+2
Report
6 April 2024 (2024-04-06) Friendly Botswana  2–1  Lesotho Tlokweng, Botswana
16:00 UTC+2
  • Moloi 32'
  • Dithebe 48'
  • Ts'oaeli 73'
 Stadium: Royal Aria Stadium
9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) Friendly Botswana  1–1  Namibia Tlokweng, Botswana
16:00
  • Senwelo 36'
Stadium: Royal Aria Stadium

Source: globalsportsarchive.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 7 November 2023
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Manager history

  • Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang (2021–2023)
  • Basimanebotlhe Alex Malete(2023-)

Players

Main article: List of Botswana women's international footballers

Current squad

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

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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.
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Honours

Regional

Runners-up: 2020

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

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Africa Women Cup of Nations

More information Africa Women Cup of Nations record, Year ...

African Games

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COSAFA Women's Championship

More information COSAFA Women's Championship record, Year ...
*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
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
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    Record per opponent

    *As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

    Key
      Positive balance (more wins than losses)
      Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
      Negative balance (more losses than wins)

    The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:

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    See also

    References

    1. [1]
      Keagakwa, City (24 February 2024). "Sundowns, GU chase Mares' stars". Botswana Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
    2. [2]
      Kebonang, Segametsi (24 May 2015). "Botswana: Zebras Women Make Nation Proud". Botswana Daily News. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
    3. [3]
      "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
    4. [4]
      Boranabi, Chakalisa Dube,Lebogang Mosikare,Kabelo (2022-02-26). "Coach undeterred by contract issue". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2022-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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      Bad start for women's football team Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine Botswana Gazette
    6. [6]
      "tech staff of Botswana". twitter.
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      𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇
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