Zimbabwe national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Warriors | ||
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| Association | Zimbabwe Football Association | ||
| Sub-confederation |
COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Kalisto Pasuwa | ||
| Captain | Willard Katsande | ||
| Most caps | John Phiri | ||
| Top scorer | Peter Ndlovu (at least 38) | ||
| Home stadium | National Sports Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | ZIM | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current |
131  23 (4 February 2016) | ||
| Highest | 40 (April 1995) | ||
| Lowest | 131 (October 2009, February 2016) | ||
| Elo ranking | |||
| Current | 113 | ||
| Highest | 54 (Sept 1993 or April 1995) | ||
| Lowest | 11 (May 2011) | ||
| First international | |||
 S. Rhodesia 0–4 England XI  (Salisbury, Rhodesia; 26 June 1939) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Botswana 0–7 Zimbabwe  (Gaborone, Botswana; 26 August 1990) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} South Africa 7–0 Rhodesia  (South Africa; 9 April 1977) | |||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2004) | ||
| Best result | Round 1; 2004, 2006 | ||
The Zimbabwe national football team is the national team of the Republic of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Southern Rhodesia national football team from 1939–1964, then the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and did not qualify for their first African Nations Cup until 2004.[1]
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe all-time record against all nations
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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 Algeria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 |
 Angola | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
 Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Botswana | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 |
 Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
 Burkina Faso | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
 Cameroon | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | −4 |
 Central African Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
 China PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
 Congo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 DR Congo/ Zaire | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 |
 Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
 Egypt | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 |
 Eritrea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
 Ethiopia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Gabon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Ghana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 |
 Guinea | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
 Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
 Kenya | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 |
 Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
 Lesotho | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | +24 |
 Libya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
 Madagascar | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 |
 Malawi | 53 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 53 | +13 |
 Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
 Mali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
 Mauritania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
 Mauritius | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
 Morocco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
 Mozambique | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 13 | +24 |
 Namibia | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
 Nigeria | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 |
 Oman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
 Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 Rwanda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
 Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
 Senegal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
 Seychelles | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
 Somalia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
 South Africa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
 Sudan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
 Swaziland | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | +19 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
 Tanzania | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
 Togo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
 Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
 Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Uganda | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
 Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
 Zambia | 32 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 28 | 38 | −10 |
| Total | 316 | 130 | 88 | 98 | 432 | 350 | +82 |
Achievements
- COSAFA Cup :
- CECAFA Cup :
Competition records
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1966 – Did not enter
- 1970 – Did not qualify from Asia/Oceania zone
- 1974 to 1978 – Did not enter
- 1982 to 2014 – Did not qualify from African zone
- 2018 - Expelled from qualifying competition[2]
Africa Cup of Nations record
- 1957 to 1980 – Did not enter
- 1982 to 2002 – Did not qualify
- 2004 to 2006 – Round 1
- 2008 to 2015 – Did not qualify
Recent results
| 13 June 2015 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Malawi |
1–2 | Zimbabwe |
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:30 UTC+2 | J. Banda  24' |
Report | Malajila 23' Billiat 83' |
Referee: Christopher Nde (Cameroon) |
Current squad
The following squad were called for the second leg of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Tanzania on 1 June 2014.[3]
Caps and goals updated as of 1 June 2014.
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Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Zimbabwe squad within the last twelve months.
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References
- ↑ Ian Hawkey. "When Peter Ndlovu and Bruce Grobbelaar made Zimbabwe dare to dream | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia". FIFA.com. 12 March 2015.
- ↑ "Afcon 2015: Injuries bite Zimbabwe squad". NewsDay. 27 May 2014.
External links
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- Zimbabwe Football Association official website
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