Tanzania national football team

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Tanzania

Nickname(s)

Taifa Stars

Association

Tanzania Football Federation

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Marcio Maximo

Home stadium

Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium

FIFA code

TAN

FIFA ranking

102

Highest FIFA ranking

89 (December 2007)

Lowest FIFA ranking

175 (October 2005)

Elo ranking

128





First kit





Second kit

First international

Uganda 7 - 0 Tanganyika

(Uganda; Date Unknown, 1945)

Tanzania 0 - 1 Zambia

(Malawi; July 3, 1964)

Biggest win

Tanzania 7 - 0 Somalia

(Jinja, Uganda; December 1, 1995)

Biggest defeat

Ethiopia 7 - 0 Tanzania

(Ethiopia; October 8, 1969)

African Nations Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1980)

Best result

Round 1, 1980

The Tanzania national football team, nicknamed the Taifa Stars, is the national team of Tanzania and is controlled by the Football Association of Tanzania. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals.

The island of Zanzibar, part of Tanzania (and once an independent nation), is also an associate member of CAF and has played matches with other nations, but is not eligible to enter the World Cup or African Cup of Nations. See Zanzibar national football team.

1 Tanzania Recent History
2 Tanzania Football Achievements
3 World Cup record
4 African Nations Cup record
5 Current Squad

[edit] Tanzania Recent History

Recently Tanzania has invested more money in the team in hope or improvement. Tanzania has beaten Burkina Faso in the African Nations cup qualifiers and lost 4-0 to Senegal's national football team. The most recent result was a 1-1 draw against Mauritius in a 2010 World Cup qualification match held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

[edit] Tanzania Football Achievements

CECAFA Cup :

2 Times Champion (1974, 1994)
5 Times Runners-up

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Withdrew
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Did not enter
1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
1968 - Withdrew during qualifying
1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
1980 - Round 1
1982 - Withdrew
1984 - Did not qualify
1986 - Withdrew during qualifying
1988 to 1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
1996 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2004 - Withdrew during qualifying
2006 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current Squad

Tanzania's squad for 2010 African Cup of Nations (qualification)

[edit] Goalkeepers

Name	Club
Ivo Mapunda	Young Africans FC
Farouk Ramadhan	[[]]
Shaaban Dihile	JKT Ruvu

[edit] Defenders

Name	Club
Shadrack Nsajigwa	Young Africans FC
Amiri Maftah	Mtibwa Sugar
Salum Swedi"Kusi"	Mtibwa Sugar FC
Fred Mbuna	Young Africans FC
Nadir Haroub "Cannavarro"	Young Africans FC
Erasto Nyoni	Vital'O