Lesotho national football team
Nickname (s) | Likuena | ||
Association | Lesotho Football Association | ||
confederacy | CAF | ||
Head coach | Thabo Senong (since 2019) | ||
Assistant coach | Seephephe Matete (since 2014) | ||
Home stadium | Setsoto Stadium | ||
FIFA code | LES | ||
FIFA rank | 139th (1074 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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First international match Lesotho 1: 2 Madagascar ( Maseru , Lesotho ; March 7, 1971)
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Biggest win Botswana 0-4 Lesotho ( Gaborone , Botswana ; 7 July 1976)
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Biggest defeats Zaire 7-0 Lesotho ( Kinshasa , Zaire ; July 25, 1993) Ghana 7-0 Lesotho ( Kumasi , Ghana ; June 1, 2012)
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(As of June 1, 2012) |
The Lesotho national soccer team , called Likuena (Sesotho for: crocodiles) by its fans , is the national soccer team of the country Lesotho , which is located in southern Africa . The team has never played in a World Cup or African Championship finals since it was founded in 1932 and when it entered FIFA in 1964 . The greatest success was a second place in the COSAFA Cup 2000 .
Tournaments
World Championship
1930 to 1970 | not participated |
1974 in Germany | not qualified |
1978 in Argentina | withdrawn |
1982 in Spain | not qualified |
1986 in Mexico | withdrawn |
1990 in Italy | withdrawn |
1994 in the USA | not participated |
1998 in France | not participated |
2002 in South Korea / Japan | not qualified |
2006 in Germany | not qualified |
2010 in South Africa | not qualified |
2014 in Brazil | not qualified |
2018 in Russia | not qualified |
2022 in Qatar | not qualified |
African Championship
1957 to 1972 | not participated |
1974 in Egypt | not qualified |
1976 in Ethiopia | withdrawn |
1978 in Ghana | not participated |
1980 in Nigeria | not qualified |
1982 in Libya | not qualified |
1984 in Ivory Coast | withdrawn |
1986 in Egypt | not participated |
1988 in Morocco | withdrawn |
1990 in Algeria | not participated |
1992 in Senegal | not participated |
1994 in Tunisia | not qualified |
1996 in South Africa | withdrawn during qualification |
1998 in Burkina Faso | excluded due to withdrawal in 1996 |
2000 in Ghana and Nigeria | not qualified |
2002 in Mali | not qualified |
2004 in Tunisia | not qualified |
2006 in Egypt | not qualified |
2008 in Ghana | not qualified |
2010 in Angola | not qualified |
2012 in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon | not participated |
2013 in South Africa | not qualified |
2015 in Equatorial Guinea | not qualified |
2017 in Gabon | not qualified |
2019 in Egypt | not qualified |
African Nations Championship
Southern Africa Football Championship
1997 : | not qualified |
1998 : | not qualified |
1999: | Quarter finals |
2000: | Second |
2001: | Quarter finals |
2002: | not qualified |
2003: | not qualified |
2004: | not qualified |
2005: | not qualified |
2006: | not qualified |
2007: | not qualified |
2008: | not qualified |
2009: | Preliminary round |
2013: | Fourth |
2015: | Preliminary round |
2016: | Quarter finals |
2017 : | Quarter finals |
2018 : | Quarter finals |
2019 : | Quarter finals |
Trainer
- Antoine Hey (2004-2006)
- Zaviša Milosavljević (2007-2009)
- Leslie Notsi (2009-2014)
- Seephephe Matete (2014-2016)
- Moses Maliehe (since 2016)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .