Lesotho National Football Team: National association football team
The Lesotho national football team is the national football team of Lesotho.
They are nicknamed the Likuena (Crocodiles).
| Nickname(s) | Likuena (Crocodiles) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Lesothaanse Voetbal-assosiasie | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Adam Siddorn | ||
| Most caps | Bushi Moletsane (53) | ||
| Top scorer | Refiloe Potse (9) | ||
| Home stadium | Setsoto Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | LES | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 147  (22 December 2022) | ||
| Highest | 105 (August 2014) | ||
| Lowest | 185 (August 2011) | ||
| First international | |||
 Lesotho 2–1 Malawi  (Malawi; August 8, 1970) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Lesotho 5–0 Swaziland  (Maseru, Lesotho; April 14, 2006) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Zambia 9–0 Lesotho (August 8, 1988) | |||
The country has never qualified for the final stages of the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations.
Lesotho Football Achievements
- COSAFA Cup :
- Runners-up: 2000
World Cup record
African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1972 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Withdrew
- 1978 - Did not enter
- 1980 to 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Withdrew
- 1986 - Did not enter
- 1988 - Withdrew
- 1990 to 1992 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 1998 - Banned for withdrawing in 1996
- 2000 to 2010 - Did not qualify
- 2012 - Did not enter
- 2013 - Did not qualify
References
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