Botswana national football team




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


























































































Botswana
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)
Dipitse
(The Zebras)
Association Botswana Football Association
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation
COSAFA
(Southern Africa)
Head coach David Bright
Captain Joel Mogorosi
Most caps
Mompati Thuma (84)
Top scorer
Jerome Ramatlhakwane (24)
Home stadium Botswana National Stadium
FIFA code BOT


















First colours













Second colours













Third colours


FIFA ranking
Current 145 Steady(20 December 2018)[1]
Highest 53 (December 2010)
Lowest 165 (November 1999 – February 2000)
Elo ranking
Current 132 Increase 16 (2 February 2019)[2]
Highest 98 (August 2011)
Lowest 187 (March 1997)
First international

 Malawi 8–1 Botswana Botswana
(Malawi; July 13, 1968)
Biggest win

Botswana Botswana 6–0 Mauritius 
(Polokwane, South Africa; June 1, 2018)
Biggest defeat

 Malawi 8–1 Botswana Botswana
(Malawi; July 13, 1968)
Botswana Botswana 0–7 Zimbabwe 
(Gaborone, Botswana; August 26, 1990)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 1 (first in 2012)
Best result Group stage, 2012

The Botswana national football team, nicknamed 'The Zebras' (Setswana: Dipitse) is the national football team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. They have never qualified for the World Cup but they did qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations[3] for the first time in their history.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Competition records


    • 2.1 World Cup record


    • 2.2 Africa Cup of Nations record


    • 2.3 All-time record against other nations




  • 3 Recent results and fixtures


  • 4 Records


  • 5 Managers


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


Although Botswana have entered the FIFA World Cup preliminary stages five times, it took them nearly eleven years after playing their first match to register their first victory which was a 4–1 victory in the African pre-preliminary qualifying rounds for Germany 2006 against Lesotho.[citation needed]


The southern African nation took part in their first preliminary competition for the 1994 World Cup in the United States, where they faced Niger and Ivory Coast. They managed a 0–0 draw with the latter in Gaborone, but lost their other three matches, finishing last in their group.


The next competition they entered was for the 2002 World Cup, where they faced Zambia in a two-legged tie to decide which team would advance to the group stages. Zambia won both legs of the tie to qualify and knock Botswana out.


After this, Botswana suffered some poor results with the team losing 3–0 to Zambia, and losing to second-string sides from South Africa and Zimbabwe at home in Gaborone, frustrating many supporters. A draw with Madagascar which was ranked at 146th in the world at the time, led Botswana FA to sack manager Colwyn Rowe, despite him leading Botswana to their then-highest ever FIFA ranking of 95th. The BFA claimed this move was taken because they feared for his safety from angry fans. Stanley Tshosane was named as his replacement and in his first game in charge, Botswana achieved an impressive 2–1 win away to Mozambique to put them in a relatively strong position in their qualifying group. Despite also achieving a creditable draw with Ivory Coast, Botswana finished bottom of their qualifying group for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.


This disappointment was followed by the most successful period in Botswana's history. Botswana defied their ranking to become the first team to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, beating Tunisia both at home and away. This success coincided with a rise to their highest ever FIFA ranking of 53rd. They did not manage to build upon this upturn in form at the tournament, losing narrowly to Ghana and Mali and heavily to Guinea to finish bottom of their group with zero points.


The truncated qualification format for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations saw them face Mali in a two-legged tie, which they lost 7–1 on aggregate. They then failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, finishing third in their group with seven points behind South Africa and Ethiopia.


In October 2013, the Botswana Football Association sacked Tshosane, citing his "failing to meet the targets set for him". They subsequently appointed Englishman Peter Butler in February 2014.


Since then, the qualification to major tournaments has continued to elude Botswana. Despite beating Burundi and Guinea-Bissau in the knockout rounds, they finished last in their difficult qualifying group for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations with just a single point. In their qualifying group for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, they finished third - seven points behind qualifiers Burkina Faso and Uganda. In the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, they beat Eritrea in the first round and won 2−1 at home against Mali in the first leg of the second round. However, a 2−0 win for Mali in Bamako meant that Botswana lost on aggregate and failed to make the group stages.


In July 2017, David Bright became manager of the Zebras for the fourth time after the BFA chose not to renew Butler's contract.[4]



Competition records



World Cup record



















































































































FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year
 Round
 Position
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA

Uruguay 1930 to Italy 1990
Did not enter
Did not enter

United States 1994
Did not qualify
 4
 0
 1
 3
 1
 9

France 1998
Did not enter
Did not enter

South Korea Japan 2002
Did not qualify
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 2

Germany 2006
 12
 4
 1
 7
 14
 19

South Africa 2010
 6
 1
 2
 3
 3
 8

Brazil 2014
 6
 2
 1
 3
 8
 10

Russia 2018
 4
 3
 0
 1
 7
 4

Qatar 2022
To be determined
To be determined

Canada Mexico United States 2026

Total

0/21






34
10
5
19
32
42


Africa Cup of Nations record
























































Africa Cup of Nations
Year
 Round
 Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA

Sudan 1957 to Senegal 1992
Did not enter

Tunisia 1994 to Angola 2010
Did not qualify

Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012
 Round 1
 14
 3
 0
 0
 3
 2
 9

South Africa 2013 to Egypt 2019
Did not qualify

Cameroon 2021
To be determined

Ivory Coast 2023

Guinea 2025

Total
Round 1
1/31
3
0
0
3
2
9


All-time record against other nations


As of 18 November 2018[5]


  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record













































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Opponent

 Pld

 W

 D

 L

 GF

 GA

 GD
 Angola 11 1 6 4 5 12 −7
 Burkina Faso 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4
 Burundi 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1
 Central African Republic 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Chad 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
 China PR 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5
 Comoros 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 DR Congo 5 0 3 2 0 4 −4
 Egypt 5 0 2 3 1 6 −5
 Equatorial Guinea 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Eritrea 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Ethiopia 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3
 Gabon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Ghana 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
 Guinea 5 0 0 5 2 18 −16
 Guinea-Bissau 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
 Iran 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Iraq 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Ivory Coast 4 0 2 2 1 11 −10
 Kenya 7 3 0 4 7 10 −3
 Lesotho 29 13 11 5 33 22 +11
 Libya 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1
 Madagascar 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1
 Malawi 23 5 7 11 21 46 −25
 Mali 7 1 0 6 5 19 −14
 Mauritania 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5
 Mauritius 3 1 1 1 6 1 +5
 Morocco 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2
 Mozambique 21 4 4 13 15 31 −16
 Namibia 19 7 10 2 19 18 +1
 New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Niger 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2
 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Senegal 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5
 Seychelles 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 South Africa 13 0 4 9 6 20 −14
 South Sudan 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Swaziland 23 12 6 5 36 21 +15
 Sweden 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
 Tanzania 5 1 2 2 7 9 −2
 Togo 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Tunisia 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4
 Uganda 5 0 2 3 2 7 −5
 Zambia 19 3 5 11 6 30 −24
 Zimbabwe 16 4 3 9 8 21 −13
Total 288 77 77 134 234 373 −139


Recent results and fixtures



Botswana  v  Zambia


















Botswana  v  South Africa


















Botswana  v  South Africa


















South Africa  v  Botswana


















Botswana  v  Ethiopia


















Gabon  v  Botswana


















Botswana  v  Lesotho


















Botswana  v  Angola


















Malawi  v  Botswana


















Botswana  v  Mauritius


















Zimbabwe  v  Botswana




























Eswatini  v  Botswana


















South Africa  v  Botswana


















Angola  v  Botswana


















Burkina Faso  v  Botswana


















Botswana  v  Burkina Faso


















Mauritania  v  Botswana


















Botswana  v  Angola


















Records



As of 14 November 2017[6]










Managers












References





  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.


  3. ^ "BBC Sport – Football – Minnows Botswana qualify for Africa Cup of Nations". BBC News. 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2013-11-15.


  4. ^ "BBC Sport – Football – David Bright to coach Botswana's national team for a fourth time". BBC News. 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-10-04.


  5. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Botswana". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 9 August 2017.


  6. ^ "Botswana - Record International Players". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-02-02.




External links




  • Botswana at FIFA.com


  • Botswana FA Official site













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