Botswana national football team

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Botswana
Republic of Botswana
Nickname (s) Zebras
Association Botswana Football Association
confederacy CAF
Technical sponsor umbro
Head coach AlgeriaAlgeria Adel Amrouche (since August 2019)
Record scorer Dipsy Selolwane (18)
Record player Joel Mogorosi (92)
Home stadium Botswana National Stadium
FIFA code BOT
FIFA rank 148. (1055 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international Malawi 8: 1 Botswana ( Malawi ; July 13, 1968 )
Malawi 1964Malawi BotswanaBotswana
Biggest win Botswana 6-2 Swaziland ( Gaborone , Botswana ; March 2, 2002 )
BotswanaBotswana SwazilandSwaziland
Biggest defeat Malawi 8-1 Botswana ( Malawi ; July 13, 1968 )
Malawi 1964Malawi BotswanaBotswana
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals 1 ( first : 2012 )
Best results Preliminary round 2012
(As of November 18, 2019)

The Botswana national football team , known as The Zebras ("The Zebras") is the football selection team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association.

Botswana has never participated in the World Cup before. The greatest success was qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup . The qualification succeeded u. a. with a 1-0 away win against Tunisia on July 1, 2010. Botswana lost all three games in the finals in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea . The 1: 6 defeat against Guinea on January 28, 2012 was the first defeat with 5 goals difference at an African Cup in 42 years.

Tournaments

Football World Cup

competition cut off
1930 to 1974 did not take part as not a FIFA member
1978 to 1990 not participated
1994 not qualified
1998 not participated
2002 to 2010 not qualified
2014 not qualified

In qualifying , Botswana took third place in the group , behind Ethiopia and South Africa and ahead of the Central African Republic .

2018 not qualified

In qualifying , Botswana had to face Mali in the second round . After a 2-1 home win, the second leg was lost 2-0.

2022 not qualified

In qualifying , Botswana had to face Malawi in the first round . After a 0-0 first leg, the second leg was lost 0-1.

African Cup of Nations

competition cut off
1957 to 1974 not participated as not a CAF member
1976 to 1992 not participated
1994 to 2010 not qualified
2012 Preliminary round
2013 to 2019 not qualified

African Nations Championship

  • 2009 : not qualified
  • 2011 : not qualified
  • 2014 : not qualified
  • 2016 : not qualified

Soccer South African Championship

competition cut off
1997 to 2002 not qualified
2003 Quarter finals
2004 Quarter finals
2005 not qualified
2006 Semifinals
2007 Semifinals
2008 Quarter finals
2009 Quarter finals
2013 Preliminary round
2015 Fourth
2016 Second

Record player

As of November 18, 2019

Players marked in bold are still active.
# Surname Period Games Gates
1. Joel Mogorosi 2005-0000 92 16
2. Mompati Thuma 2004-2013 86 01
3. Modiri Marumo 1997-2015 85 00
4th Ndiapo letsholathebe 2003-2013 78 00
5. Tshepo Motlhabankwe 2003-2013 76 02
6th Mogogi Gabonamong 1999-2015 74 04th
7th Dipsy 1998-2012 68 18th
8th. Lemponye Tshireletso 2009-0000 64 11
9. Ofentse NATO 2009-2017 62 04th
10. Jay-Jay 2006-2018 61 24
11. Kabelo Dambe 2011-0000 60 00

Record goal scorers

As of November 18, 2019

Players marked in bold are still active.
# Surname Period Gates Games
1. Jay-Jay 2006-2018 24 61
2. Dipsy 1998-2012 18th 68
3. Joel Mogorosi 2005-0000 16 92
4th Lemponye Tshireletso 2009-0000 11 64
5. Oncabetse Makgantai 2014-0000 10 27
6th Jomo 2004-2013 09 51
7th Sox 1998-2006 08th 45
8th. Piro 2004-2012 07th 51

Trainer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ FIFA News , accessed July 27, 2010
  3. ↑ rsssf.com: Botswana - Record International Players