Eswatini women's national football team

The Eswatini women's national football team, nicknamed Sitsebe Samhlekazi, represents Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, in international football and is controlled by the Eswatini Football Association.

History Eswatini made their competitive debut in the qualification for the 1998 African Championships, where they lost to their neighbours, South Africa. The team has yet to advance out of the group stages of the COSAFA Women's Championship.

Team image Nicknames The Eswatini women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Sitsebe Samhlekazi".

Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2025

2026

Coaching staff Current coaching staff

As of October 2024

Position Name Ref. Head coach Bongani Makhukhula

Manager history

Christian Thwala (????–2022) Simephi Mamba(2022–2024) Bongani Makhukhula(2024–)

Players

Current squad The following is the squad called up for the 2025 COSAFA Women's Championship 22-player squad on 17 February 2026.

Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to an Eswatini squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads COSAFA Women's Championship 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship squad 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship squad 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship squad

Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD 1991Did Not Enter------- 1995Did Not Enter------- 1999Did not qualify------- 2003Did Not Enter------- 2007Did Not Enter------- 2011Did Not Enter------- 2015Did Not Enter------- 2019Did not qualify------- 2023Did not qualify-------Total0/9------- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 1996Did Not Enter 2000 2004 2008Did not qualify 2012 2016 2021Total0/7000000

Africa Women Cup of Nations Africa Women Cup of Nations recordYearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD1991Did not enter1995 1998Did not qualify 2000Did not enter 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018Did not qualify 2020Cancelled 2022Did not qualify 2024Did not qualifyTotal0/12------- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games African Games recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 2003Did Not Enter 2007Did not qualify 2011 2015Did Not Enter 2019Did not qualify 2023To Be DeterminedTotal0/6000000

COSAFA Women's Championship COSAFA Women's Championship recordYearRound* 2002Group stage 2006 Group stage 2008 - 2011 did not enter 2017 Group stage1 1 1 1 5 3 +2 2018 Group stage 30 0 3 4 11 −7 2019 Group stage 32 0 17 8 −1 2020 Group stage3102711−4 2021 Group stage3003111−10 2023Group stage3102212-10TotalGroup stage16 5 1 1226 56 −30 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Eswatini women's national football team

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