Swaziland national football team

Swaziland

Nickname(s)	Sihlangu Semnikati (King's Shield)
Association	National Football Association of Swaziland
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Obed Mlotsa
Captain	Dennis Masina
Home stadium	Somhlolo National Stadium
FIFA code	SWZ
FIFA ranking	180
Highest FIFA ranking	92 (October 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	180 (December 2011)
Elo ranking	167
Home colours Away colours
First international
Swaziland 2–0 Malawi (Swaziland; 1 May 1968)
Biggest win
Botswana 0–3 Swaziland (Botswana; 25 August 1990) Swaziland 4–1 Lesotho (Mbabane, Swaziland; April 25, 1999) Lesotho 0–3 Swaziland (Maseru, Lesotho; 15 August 1999) Swaziland 3–0 Comoros (Bulawayo, Swaziland; 22 October 2009)
Biggest defeat
Zambia 9–1 Swaziland (Zambia; February 1, 1978)

The Swaziland national football team, nicknamed Sihlangu Semnikati (King's Shield), is the national team of Swaziland and is controlled by the National Football Association of Swaziland. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations finals. Swaziland's best performance in an international tournament is a semi-final finish in the COSAFA Cup.

However, on 8 June 2008 they achieved their first win in a World Cup qualifier since 1992, beating 2006 finalists Togo 2–1 on home soil.

Competition record

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

• 1957 to 1982 – Did not enter
• 1984 – Withdrew
• 1986 – Did not qualify
• 1988 – Did not enter
• 1990 to 1992 – Did not qualify
• 1994 – Did not enter
• 1996 – Withdrew
• 1998 – Did not enter
• 2000 to 2012 – Did not qualify
• 2013 – Withdrew

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers for Swaziland	Competition
August 11, 2010	Maputo, Mozambique	Mozambique	1 – 2	Siza Dlamini 47'	Friendly
September 5, 2010	Lobamba, Swaziland	Ghana	0 – 3	N/A	2012 CAF Qualifying
October 8, 2010	TBA, Republic of the Congo	Congo	1 – 3	Darren Christie	2012 CAF Qualifying
March 25, 2011	TBA, Sudan	Sudan	0 – 3	N/A	2012 CAF Qualifying
June 5, 2011	TBA, Swaziland	Sudan	1 - 2	Manqoba Kunene 80'	2012 CAF Qualifying
September 2, 2011	Accra, Ghana	Ghana			2012 CAF Qualifying
November 11, 2011	TBA, Swaziland	Congo DR			2014 World Cup Qualification
November 15, 2011	TBA, Congo DR	Congo DR			2014 World Cup Qualification

Current squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Njabuliso Simelane 22 November 1979 (1979-11-22) 2 0 Green Mamba DF Eugene Dlamini 29 April 1986 (1986-04-29) 16 0 Green Mamba DF Sifiso Dlamini 19 March 1987 (1987-03-19) 1 0 DF Dennis Fakudze 21 September 1987 (1987-09-21) 14 0 DF Thabiso Gumbi 1 0 DF Zakhele Manyatsi 7 September 1980 (1980-09-07) 12 0 DF Lwazi Maziya 20 April 1983 (1983-04-20) 1 0 Mbabane Swallows DF Siyabonga Mdluli 28 August 1986 (1986-08-28) 1 0 DF Mxolisi Mthethwa 18 September 1978 (1978-09-18) 39 1 Royal Leopards DF Goodman Mfanasibili Thwala 29 May 1980 (1980-05-29) 1 0 Young Buffaloes MF Manqoba Mduduzi Kunene 22 October 1982 (1982-10-22) 1 0 Young Buffaloes MF Dennis Masina 29 May 1982 (1982-05-29) 10 0 Mpumalanga Black Aces MF Nkosingiphile Tsabedze 4 April 1985 (1985-04-04) 2 0 Young Buffaloes MF Tony Thulani Tsabedze 29 October 1984 (1984-10-29) 2 0 Santos FC FW Darren Christie 21 November 1984 (1984-11-21) 2 1 FW Phinda Dlamini 11 April 1991 (1991-04-11) 10 1 Green Mamba FW Siza Dlamini 2 April 1974 (1974-04-02) 1 0 Jomo Cosmos FW Bhembe Mfanafuthi 29 May 1982 (1982-05-29) 1 0 FW Mzwandile Ndzimandze 2 October 1985 (1985-10-02) 9 0 Pretoria University F.C. FW Sidumo Shongwe 1 1 Manzini Wanderers

Coaches

• Francis Banda
• Jan Van Winckel (2006)
• Ayman El Yamani (2006–2007)
• Martin Chabangu (2007) - caretaker coach
• Raoul Savoy (2007–2008)
• Ephraim Mashaba (2008–2010)
• Musa Zwane (2010–2011)
• Obed Mlotsa (2011–)

References

• http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/CAN2012qulifiers/day2canI.pdf