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Zimbabwe national football team

 

Zimbabwe national football team

{{National football team |
Name = Zimbabwe |
Badge = Zimbabwe_FA.gif |
Nickname = The Warriors |
Association = Zimbabwe Football Association |
Coach = Charles Mhlauri |
Most caps = ? |
Top scorer = Peter Ndlovu (32) |

pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFF00|body1=FFFF00|rightarm1=FFFF00|shorts1=008000|socks1=FFFF00| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=008000|body2=008000|rightarm2=008000|shorts2=008000|socks2=008000| First game = Rhodesia 0 - 5 Australia
(Salisbury, Rhodesia; 14 June, 1950) Zimbabwe 6 - 0 Mozambique
(Salisbury, Zimbabwe; 20 April, 1980) | Largest win = Botswana 0 - 7 Zimbabwe
(Gaborone, Botswana; 26 August, 1990) | Largest loss = Rhodesia 0 - 5 Australia
(Salisbury, Rhodesia; 14 June, 1950) Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 0 Zimbabwe
(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 13 August, 1989) Zaire 5 - 0 Zimbabwe
(Kinshasa, Zaire; 4 June, 1995) | World cup apps = none | World cup first = - | World cup best = - | Regional name = African Nations Cup | Regional cup apps = 1 | Regional cup first = 2004 | Regional cup best = Round 1, 2004 }} The Zimbabwe national football team, nicknamed The Warriors, is the national team of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. They have never made the World Cup, and, surprisingly, only made their first African Nations Cup in 2004.

World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1966 - Did not enter
  • 1970 - Did not qualify
  • 1974 - Did not enter
  • 1978 - Did not enter
  • 1982 to 2002 - Did not qualify

    African Nations Cup record

  • 1957 to 1980 - Did not enter
  • 1982 to 2002 - Did not qualify
  • 2004 - Round 1

    Notable Players

  • Peter Ndlovu
  • Joseph Ngwenya
  • Digital Takawira



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