Dynamos F.C.
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| Full name | Dynamos Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | DeMbare, Glamour Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Rufaro Stadium Harare, Zimbabwe (Capacity 45,000) |
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| Chairman | George Shaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | David Mandigora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | ZPSL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dynamos Football Club is a Zimbabwean football club based in Mbare, Harare which was founded in 1963 by Sam Dauya. [1] It is also known as DeMbare. The team currently plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.
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[edit] History
Dynamos F.C. founder Sam Dauya initially wanted to found his own football club for black Zimbabweans (then called Rhodesia) in the early 1960s, after a Rhodesian club was established exlusively for white players in 1962.[1] Dauya approached several players from two defunct black Zimbabwean football teams, Salisbury City and Salisbury United, about starting a new team.[1] Dynamos F.C. was officially founded in 1963. Dauya personally drafted the club's first constitution and designed the teams first logo.[1]
Dynamos Football Club's highest achievement is reaching the final of the 1998 African Champions League, where they lost to ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast by a score of 4-2.
The team is arguably the most popular team in Zimbabwe with 'over 7 million followers'.(The phrase 7 million supporters was coined by stauch supporters around 1982 when the population of the country stood at a staggering 8 million) Dynamos started rebuilding their club after in-house problems rocked them following their CAF success in 1998. Currently they are the defending champions in the domestic premier soccer league and they are contesting in the CAF Champions League. In May 2008, they beat defending African Champions Etoile du Sahel 1-0 in Tunisia to qualify for the lucrative mini league phase of the Champions League. Dynamos also beat the North African giants by the same margin in the first leg played in Harare.
Dynamos has been the most successful team in Zimbabwe and has brought up some of the best talents to grace the game in Zimbabwe; Moses Chunga is considered by many to be the nation's greatest player of the modern age, whilst George Shaya was the best of the pre-Independence Rhodesia. Elvis "Chuchu" Chiweshe (Eagles (Mazhiya) product) also remains as one of Zimbabwe's greatest ever dead ball specialists.
Due to its large support base, the club has had board problems which have in the past cost the team valuable players to rival clubs. Despite constant player unrest, Dynamos have recently risen above adversity and achieved the double, first winning the CBZ FA Cup and (with two games to spare) the CBZ Premier Soccer League, both wins over traditional rivals Highlanders FC(muzhanje).
Also nicknamed 'DeMbare' after the location of their home ground in Harare's Mbare township, the 'Glamour Boys' are geared once again for a run in Africa following their recent success.
[edit] Honours
- Zimbabwean Cup: 5
- Zimbabwean Charity Shield: 1
- OK Woza Bhora: 1
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 8 appearance
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
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- 2004 - First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances
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- 1989 - FirstRound
- 1991 - Quarter-Final
- 1997 - Second Round
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Staff
[edit] Current staff
- Chairman -
Richard Chiminya - Manager - David Mandigora
[edit] Former managers
- Luke Masomere
- Keegan Mumba
- Moses "Bambo" Chunga
- Sunday "Mhofu" (Marimo) Chidzambwa
Clemens Westerhof- Peter Fanuel
[edit] See also
[edit] External Links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Chingoma, Grace. "Zimbabwe: Dynamos Founding Father Dauya Dies", The Herald (Zimbabwe), AllAfrica.com, 2008-05-14. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
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