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Botswana v South Africa
Botswana and South Africa have met 17 times since 1993: South Africa lead 13–3.
3Botswana wins
1draw
13South Africa wins
Goals: Botswana 10, South Africa 28 · 17 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Sunday, 10 January 1993: Botswana 0–2 South Africa in Gaborone.
- The most recent was on Saturday, 8 July 2023: South Africa 2–1 Botswana (COSAFA Cup).
- South Africa's biggest win: South Africa 4–1 Botswana, 2013.
- 14 of the 17 meetings were competitive matches and 3 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2023 | ||
| 8 Jul | South Africa 2–1 Botswana COSAFA Cup · Durban, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2022 | ||
| 27 Sept | South Africa 1–0 Botswana Friendly · Johannesburg, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 17 Jul | South Africa 2–1 Botswana COSAFA Cup · Clermont, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2021 | ||
| 6 Jul | South Africa 1–0 Botswana COSAFA Cup · Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2019 | ||
| 2 Jun | South Africa 2–2 Botswana (pens) COSAFA Cup · Durban, South Africa |
Botswana |
| 2018 | ||
| 8 Jun | South Africa 3–0 Botswana COSAFA Cup · Polokwane, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2017 | ||
| 4 Jul | South Africa 2–0 Botswana COSAFA Cup · Saulspoort, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2016 | ||
| 25 Jun | South Africa 3–2 Botswana COSAFA Cup · Windhoek, Namibia (neutral) |
South Africa |
| 2015 | ||
| 24 May | South Africa 0–0 Botswana (pens) COSAFA Cup · Saulspoort, South Africa |
Botswana |
| 2013 | ||
| 7 Sept | South Africa 4–1 Botswana FIFA World Cup qualification · Durban, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2012 | ||
| 9 Jun | Botswana 1–1 South Africa FIFA World Cup qualification · Gaborone, Botswana |
Draw |
| 2008 | ||
| 16 Jan | South Africa 2–1 Botswana Friendly · Umlazi, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2007 | ||
| 29 Sept | South Africa 1–0 Botswana COSAFA Cup · Atteridgeville, South Africa |
South Africa |
| 2006 | ||
| 21 May | Botswana 0–0 South Africa (pens) COSAFA Cup · Gaborone, Botswana |
Botswana |
| 2002 | ||
| 30 Mar | Botswana 0–0 South Africa (pens) COSAFA Cup · Gaborone, Botswana |
South Africa |
| 1999 | ||
| 20 Feb | Botswana 1–2 South Africa COSAFA Cup qualification · Gaborone, Botswana |
South Africa |
| 1993 | ||
| 10 Jan | Botswana 0–2 South Africa Friendly · Gaborone, Botswana |
South Africa |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.