Lesotho national football team

Lesotho

Nickname(s)	Likuena (Crocodiles)
Association	Lesothaanse Voetbal-assosiasie
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Adam Siddorn (retired from playing 17/10/24)
Most caps	Bushi Moletsane (53)
Top scorer	Refiloe Potse (9)
Home stadium	Setsoto Stadium
FIFA code	LES
First colours Second colours
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 Lesotho national football team is the national football team of Lesotho. They are nicknamed the Likuena (Crocodiles).

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

• 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 to 1990 - Withdrew
• 1994 to 1998 - Did not enter
• 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

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