Dynamos (Zimbabwe)
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| Full name | Dynamos Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | DeMbare, Glamour Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Rufaro Stadium, Harare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 45,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | George Shaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | David Mandigora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (ZPSL) |
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Dynamos Football Club is a soccer club based in the Harare township of Mbare thus the nickname "DeMbare", Zimbabwe. they are also known as DeMbare. It remains the highest supported club in the country dispite all the ownership wrangles that had threatened to tear the team apart. The club suffered bankruptcy and was near collapse in administration Morrison Sifelani who himself was declared insolvency because he couldn't administer his own personal affairs.
Highlanders FC remains the greatest rival
The club reached the final of the 1998 African Champions League,they lost to Asec Mimosas of Ivory Coast(4-2)the only club to achieve this feat in the country, and only the second in southern Africa since Orlando Pirates of South Africa in 1995.It is probably one of the biggest& most supported teams Southern Africa has ever seen.
Dynamos has produced some of the biggest names in the game since 1963 some of which include Kuda Muchemei, Oliver Kateya, Jimmy "Daddy" Finch, Watson"Guard" Muhoni, George "Mastermind" Shaya , Earnst Kamba, Gift "Ghetto" Mupariwa, Elvis "Chuchu" Chiweshe, David "Yogi" Mandigora, Makwinji Soma-Phiri, Freddy Mkwesha, Vitalis "Digital" Takawira, Claudius "Hokoyo" Zviripayi, Tauya "Flying Doctor" Murehwa, Moses "Bambo/Razor Man" Chunga, Sunday "Mhofu" Marimo, Mishek Marimo, Desmond "Gazza" Maringwa, Tonderayi "Stanza" Ndiraya, Samson "Grade One" Choruwa, Sandras "Chopper" Kumwenda, Lloyd "Samaita" Mutasa, Lovemore "Magents" Ncube and most recently Evans "Earthquake/Maromo" Gwekwerere. Imboma yechikwata.
Mismanagement and Management squabbles have seen the club failing to win any major silverware since last winning the league in 1997.
Formed in the high density suburb of Mbare in Harare(1963),where it derives its nickname DeMbare,the idea being muted by Sam Dauya.Of late the club has seen its fortunes nosedive.Being a community club-perennial disagreements in the club's executive has affected the performances on the field.
Some of the most notable persons to coach Dynamos FC are Clemens Westerhof{helped Nigeria's cause at the 1994 world cup finals},
Sunday "Mhofu" Marimo - he won 5 league championiships,the team came second in 1998 African Champions league{took Zimbabwe to her maiden appearance at AFCON 2004 in Tunisia}.
Moses Chunga Shepherd Murape Zoran Pesic Luke Masomere Keegan Mumba
[edit] Achievements
- Zimbabwean Independence Trophy: 5
- Zimbabwean Charity Shield: 1
- OK Woza Bhora: 1
[edit] Sources
- Translated from French wikipedia article, version dated 11 December 2005 [1]
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| Black Rhinos | CAPS FC | CAPS United | Chapungu United | Dynamos FC | Eastern Lions | Hwange FC | Lancashire Steel | Lengthens | Masvingo United | Monomotapa United | Motor Action | Mwana Africa | Njube Sundowns | Shooting Stars | Zimbabwe Highlanders | |
currently the team is spoonsored by savanna tobacco(pacific storm) and innscor(bakers inn). this has beena major boost towards the operations of the team as well as players' welfare seeing the team recovering from a terrible collapse after boardroom squables.
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