The Botswana national football team represents Botswana in international football under the control of the Botswana Football Association. Following the independence of Botswana in 1966,[1] the football federation was founded in 1970. It later joined the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 1976 and FIFA in 1982.[2]
The following list contains all results of Botswana's official matches since the year 2020.
Key[edit]
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of the match:
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Official Results[edit]
2020[edit]
| 12 November 2020 2021 AFCON qualification | Zambia  | 2–1 |  Botswana | Lusaka, Zambia |
| 18:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: National Heroes Stadium Referee: Jean-Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo) |
| 16 November 2020 2021 AFCON qualification | Botswana | 1–0 | Zambia | Francistown, Botswana |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi) |
2021[edit]
| 25 March 2021 2021 AFCON qualification | Botswana | 0–1 |  Zimbabwe | Francistown, Botswana |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi) |
| 29 March 2021 2021 AFCON qualification | Algeria  | 5–0 | Botswana | Blida, Algeria |
| 20:00 UTC+1 |
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Report | Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso) |
| 6 July 2021 2021 COSAFA Cup | South Africa  | 1–0 | Botswana | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe) |
| 10 July 2021 2021 COSAFA Cup | Lesotho  | 0–4 | Botswana | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| 12:00 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Wolfson Stadium Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini) |
| 13 July 2021 2021 COSAFA Cup | Zambia | 2–1 | Botswana | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Wolfson Stadium Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini) |
| 14 July 2021 2021 COSAFA Cup | Eswatini  | 1–1 | Botswana | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Wolfson Stadium Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia) |
2022[edit]
| 1 June 2022 2023 AFCON qualification | Libya  | 1–0 | Botswana | Benghazi, Libya |
| 18:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Benina Martyrs Stadium Referee: Sekou Ahmed Toure (Guinea) |
| 5 June 2022 2023 AFCON qualification | Botswana | 0–0 |  Tunisia | Francistown, Botswana |
| 15:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros) |
| 5 July 2022 2022 COSAFA Cup | Seychelles  | 0–1 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
| Report |
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Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium |
| 7 July 2022 2022 COSAFA Cup | Comoros  | 0–1 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
| Report | Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium |
| 10 July 2022 2022 COSAFA Cup | Angola  | 0–1 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
| Report |
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Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium |
| 12 July 2022 2022 COSAFA Cup | Zambia | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Botswana | KwaMashu, South Africa |
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Report |
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Stadium: Princess Magogo Stadium | |
| Penalties | ||||
| 15 July 2022 2022 COSAFA Cup | Eswatini | 0–2 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
| Report |
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Stadium: Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium |
| 17 July 2022 2022 COSAFA Cup | South Africa | 2–1 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium |
| 23 July 2022 2022 CHAN qualification | Botswana | 0–0 | Eswatini | Francistown, Botswana |
| Report | Stadium: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium |
| 31 July 2022 2022 CHAN qualification | Eswatini | 2–2 | Botswana | Soweto, South Africa |
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Report | Stadium: Orlando Stadium |
| 27 August 2022 2022 CHAN qualification | Botswana | 0–1 |  Madagascar | Francistown, Botswana |
| Report | Stadium: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium |
| 2 September 2022 2022 CHAN qualification | Madagascar | 1–1 | Botswana | Antananarivo, Madagascar |
| Report |
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Stadium: Mahamasina Municipal Stadium |
| 27 September 2022 Friendly | South Africa | 1–0 | Botswana | Nasrec, South Africa |
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Report | Stadium: FNB Stadium |
| 17 November 2022 Friendly | Angola | 1–0 | Botswana | Soweto, South Africa |
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Report | Stadium: Dobsonville Stadium |
2023[edit]
| 24 March 2023 2023 AFCON qualification | Equatorial Guinea  | 2–0 | Botswana | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |
| 20:00 UTC+1 |
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Report | Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal) |
| 28 March 2023 2023 AFCON qualification | Botswana | 2–3 | Equatorial Guinea | Francistown, Botswana |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti) |
| 17 June 2023 2023 AFCON qualification | Botswana | 1–0 | Libya | Francistown, Botswana |
| 18:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda) |
| 5 July 2023 2023 COSAFA Cup | Eswatini | 0–1 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
| 15:00 |
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Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium |
| 8 July 2023 2023 COSAFA Cup | South Africa | 2-1 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
| 15:00 |
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Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium |
| 11 July 2023 2023 COSAFA Cup | Namibia  | 0-0 | Botswana | Durban, South Africa |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Chatsworth Stadium |
| 7 September 2023 2023 AFCON qualification | Tunisia | 3-0 | Botswana | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 20:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi |
| 16 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Botswana | 2–3 |  Mozambique | Francistown, Botswana |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya) |
| 21 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Botswana | 1–0 |  Guinea | Francistown, Botswana |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium Referee: Patrice Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon) |
2024[edit]
| 8 January Friendly | Botswana | 1–1 | Mozambique | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Johannesburg Stadium |
All-time record[edit]
- Key
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As of 20 December 2022[3]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
| Opponent |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 |
| Angola |
13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -6 |
 Burkina Faso |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 |
 Burundi |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
 Cameroon |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Central African Republic |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
 Chad |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 China |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| Comoros |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
 DR Congo |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
 Egypt |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Eritrea |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Eswatini |
24 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 13 |
 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 |
 Liberia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Libya |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| Lesotho |
32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| Madagascar |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
 Malawi |
25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 50 | -31 |
 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 |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Mozambique |
20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 33 | -19 |
| Namibia |
19 | 9 | 8 | 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 |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| South Africa |
18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 29 | -20 |
 South Sudan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Sweden |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
 Tanzania |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Togo |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tunisia |
7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 |
 Uganda |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
| Zambia |
29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 45 | -31 |
| Zimbabwe |
18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | -14 |
| Total | 319 | 92 | 83 | 144 | 222 | 399 | -177 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Botswana". South African History. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Member Associations-Botswana". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Botswana". ELO. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
Notes[edit]
External links[edit]
- RSSSF List of Matches
- ELO List of Matches
- National Football Teams List of Matches
- Soccerway List of Matches
- FIFA List of Matches
See also[edit]
- Botswana national football team results (1968 to 1999)
- Botswana national football team results (2000 to 2019)
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