Botswana women's national football team

Botswana

Nickname(s)	The Mares[1] The Zebras[2]
Association	Botswana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang
Captain	Kefilwe Tholakele
Home stadium	Botswana National Stadium
FIFA code	BOT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	153 (16 August 2024)[3]
Highest	102 (July 2003)
Lowest	154 (December 2021 – March 2022)
First international
South Africa 14–0 Botswana  (Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002)
Biggest win
Botswana 7–0 Mauritius  (Lobatse, Botswana; March 5, 2016)  Botswana 7–0 South Sudan  (Port Elizabeth, South Africa; September 29, 2021)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 14–0 Botswana  (Harare, Zimbabwe; April 19, 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	0
Olympic Games
Appearances	0
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2022)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2022)

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 held in Morocco in July 2022.^[4]

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.