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Botswana
Nickname(s)	The Zebras
Association	Botswana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Stanley Tshosane
Most caps	Dipsy Selolwane
Top scorer	Dipsy Selolwane
Home stadium	Botswana National Stadium
FIFA code	BOT
FIFA ranking	125
Highest FIFA ranking	95 (September 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	165 (November 1999)
Elo ranking	T117
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Malawi 8 - 1 Botswana ; (Malawi; July 13, 1968)
Biggest win
	Botswana 6 - 2 Swaziland ; (Gaborone, Botswana; March 2, 2002) )
Biggest defeat
	Malawi 8 - 1 Botswana ; (Malawi; July 13, 1968); Botswana 0 - 7 Zimbabwe ; (Gaborone, Botswana; August 26, 1990)

The Botswana national football team, nicknamed The Zebras, or EZIMBIZI is the national team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. They have never qualified for the finals of the World Cup nor the African Nations Cup.

[edit] History

Even though Botswana have thrice entered the FIFA World Cup preliminary stages, it took them nearly 11 years after playing their first match to register their first victory, a 4-1 victory in the African pre-preliminary qualifying rounds for Germany 2006 against Lesotho.

The southern African nation took part in their first preliminary competition for the 1994 finals in the USA, where they faced Niger and Cote d'Ivoire. 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 Korea/Japan 2002, where they faced Zambia in a two-legged tie to decide which team would advance to the group stages. Zambia won both matches to qualify, while Botswana were knocked out.

Recently Botswana had 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 Gabarone. This led to some supporters getting frustrated. In the first match in the world cup 2008 and African cup of nations 2008 qualifiers Botswana drew at home with a Madagascar side who are ranked 146th in the world. This led to the Botswana fa sacking manager Colwyn Rowe despite him being the man to lead Botswana to their highest ever ranking of 95th. They claimed this was 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 srong position in their qualifying group. Then on their next fixture they took everyone by surprise by holding Ivory Coast to a one all draw.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not enter
2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1992 - Did not enter
1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Former Managers

Peter Cormack (1986-87)
Rudi Gutendorf
Colwyn Rowe
Stanley Tshosane

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Mozambique on October 11, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Noah Maposa	June 3, 1985	Mochudi Centre Chiefs
2	DF	Gobonyeone Selefa		Mochudi Centre Chiefs
3	DF	Paul Hanson		Township Rollers
4	DF	Khutsafalo Seboloko		Botswana Defence Force XI
5	DF	Mompati Thuma	April 5, 1980	Botswana Defence Force XI
6	MF	Nelson Gabolwelwe	September 3, 1977	Botswana Defence Force XI
7	FW	Pontsho Moloi	November 28, 1981	Mochudi Centre Chiefs
8	MF	Tshepo Motlhabankwe	March 17, 1980	Mochudi Centre Chiefs
9	FW	Jerome Ramatlhokwane		Santos
10	MF	Boitumelo Mafoko	February 11, 1982	Township Rollers
11	FW	Diphetogo Selolwane	January 27, 1978	Ajax Cape Town
12	MF	Vincent Phiri		Flamengo Santos
13	FW	Malepa Boleleng	February 25, 1982	ECCO City Green
14	MF	Abednico Powell		Extension Gunners
15	MF	Dirang Moloi	July 15, 1986	Notwane FC
16	GK	Modiri Marumo	July 6, 1976	Haras El Hodood
17	MF	Joel Mogorosi	August 2, 1984	APOP
18	MF	Mogogi Gabonamong	September 10, 1982	Santos

[edit] Recent call-ups 2008

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
2		Momipi Ofentse (WCQ v. Madagascar, 7 September)
3		Ramoshibidu Mosimanegape (WCQ v. Madagascar, 7 September)		Botswana Meat Commissions
4	MF	Michael Mogaladi (WCQ v. Madagascar, 7 September)	July 7, 1982	Maritzburg United
10	FW	Mpho Mabogo (WCQ v. Madagascar, 7 September)	July 28, 1980	Mochudi Centre Chiefs
2	DF	Ndiapo Letsholathebe (WCQ v. Cote d'Ivoire, 22 June)	February 25, 1983	Police XI
3	MF	Keoagetse Radipotsane (WCQ v. Cote d'Ivoire, 22 June)	September 16, 1982	Notwane FC
9	DF	Khumo Motlhabane (WCQ v. Cote d'Ivoire, 22 June)	February 17, 1981	Flamengo Santos
10	FW	Moemedi Moatlhaping (WCQ v. Cote d'Ivoire, 22 June)	July 14, 1985	Township Rollers
14	DF	Ernest Amos (WCQ v. Cote d'Ivoire, 22 June)	September 12, 1975	TASC FC
16	GK	Raphael Nthwane (WCQ v. Madagascar, 31 May)		Mochudi Centre Chiefs

[edit] External links

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