| advertise add site services publishers database health videos | ![]() | about toolbar stats live show health store more stuff JOIN/LOGIN |
Dental Implants Zimbabwe | Implant Dentist Zimbabwe | Affordable Dental... scientificdentalclinic.co... | - Posession Indicator, set of 7 team foul indicators - Olympia... shapeupshop.com | Touch football, National Football League, Conditioning, Soreness,... sportsinjuryhandbook.com |
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 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. They were Unofficial Football World Champions between their 2-0 win over Angola on 27th March 2005 and their 5-1 defeat to Nigeria on 8th October 2005.
[edit] Rhodesia/Zimbabwe all time record against all nations
[edit] Zimbabwe Football Achievements
[edit] World Cup record[edit] 1930 to 1966Rhodesia did not enter the competition. [edit] 1970 Qualifiers[edit] Preliminary roundRhodesia failed to qualify after losing out to Australia. 23 November 1969, Lourenço Marques, Mozambique - 27 November 1969, Lourenço Marques, Mozambique -
Rhodesia lost the play-off and failed to advance to the Final Round. 29 November 1969, Lourenço Marques, Mozambique - [edit] 1974 to 1978Rhodesia did not enter the competition. [edit] 1982 Qualifiers[edit] Preliminary roundZimbabwe received a bye in the first round but were knocked out by Cameroon in the following round. They lost 2-1 on aggregate to Cameroon national football team. 12 October 1980, Douala, Cameroon - 16 November 1980, Harare, Zimbabwe - [edit] 1986 Qualifiers[edit] Preliminary roundZimbabwe failed to qualify for the next round, losing 2-1 on aggregate against Egypt. 28 August 1984, Cairo, Egypt - 30 September 1984, Harare, Zimbabwe - [edit] 1990 Qualifiers[edit] Preliminary roundZimbabwe advanced to the group stages automatically, following the withrawal of Lesotho. [edit] Group stagesZimbabwe failed to qualify for the 1990 World Cup finishing behind Algeria and the Ivory Coast.
[edit] 1994 Qualifiers[edit] Preliminary roundZimbabwe finished top of their preliminary group to advance ahead of Egypt, Angola and Togo.
[edit] Group stagesHowever Zimbabwe narrowly missed out on their maiden World Cup finals, finishing second behind Cameroon.
[edit] 1998 Qualifiers[edit] Preliminary roundZimbabwe beat Madagascar in first round of a two legged tie. The aggregate score was 4-3 and Zimbabwe advanced to the group stages. 2 June 1996, Antananarivo, Madagascar - 15 June 1996, Dakar, Senegal - [edit] Group stagesZimbabwe failed to qualify for the 1998 World Cup held in France , finishing third behind Cameroon and Angola.
[edit] 2002 Qualifiers[edit] Preliminary roundZimbabwe beat the Central African Republic in the first round of a two legged tie. The aggregate score was 4-1 and Zimbabwe advanced to the group stages. 9 April 2000, Bangui, Central African Republic - 23 April 2000, Harare, Zimbabwe - [edit] Group stagesHowever Zimbabwe finished second to neighbours and rivals South Africa in the group stage, thus failing to qualify for the 2002 World Cup.
[edit] 2006 QualifiersZimbabwe were drawn in the same group as Nigeria and Algeria. They failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup held in Germany, finishing third behind Nigeria and Angola.
[edit] 2010 QualifiersZimbabwe were drawn in the same group as Namibia, Guinea and Kenya with the 12 group winners and 8 best runners-up progressing to second round of qualification. The Warriors started qualification under manager Valinhos with a 0-0 draw away to Guinea on 1 June. Namibia were then defeated 2-0 on 8 June at the Rufaro Stadium, Harare to send Zimbabwe to the top of their 2010 World Cup & Africa Cup of Nations qualification group. Eventually they finished third in the group, eliminating them from the tournament. [edit] African Nations Cup record
Current Zimbabwe Squad No. Pos. Player (Age) ClubBold text Country of clubs 1 GK Tapuwa Kapini (age 25) Platinum Stars Zim 16 GK Energy Murambadoro (age 27) Bidvest Wits SA 33 GK Washington Arubi (age 24) Highlanders Bulawayo Zim 14 DF Onismor Bhasera (age 22) Portsmouth ENG 5 DF Dickson Choto (age 26) Legia Warsaw POLAND 13 DF Cephas Chimedza (age 24) Sint-Truiden Sweden 2 DF Sam Mutenheri (age 29) Dynamos Zim 18 DF Harlington Shereni (age 34) Nantes France 4 DF Method Mwanjali (age 26) CAPS United Zim26) 44 DF David Kutyauripo (age 30) CAPS United Harare Zim 5 DF Peter Obert Moyo (age 24) Hwange Zim 6 DF Zvenyika Makonese (age 32) Santos Cape Town SA 10 MF Vuza Nyoni (age 25) Cercle Brugge BELGIUM 18 MF Honour Gombani (age 26) Cercle Brugge BELGIUM 9 MF Ovidy Karuru (age 20) US Boulogne FRANCE 3 MF Esrom Nyandoro (age 29) Mamelodi Sundowns SA SA 8 MF Tinashe Nengomasha (age 27) Kaizer Chiefs SA 7 MF Joel Lupahla (age 32) Platinum Stars SA 45 MF Elvis Meleka (age 24) Shooting Stars ZIM 23 MF Charles Chiutsa (age 21 Monomotapa United Zim 32 MF Filip Volceski (age 19) CAPS United Harare Zim 17 FW Takesure Chinyama (age 27) Legia Warsaw POLAND 9 FW Benjani Mwaruwari (age 31) Manchester City ENGLAND 18 FW Joseph Ngwenya (age 28) Antalyaspor 10 FW Quincy Antipas (age 25) Blokhus FC DANISH 11 FW Gilbert Mushangazhike (age 34) Orlando Pirates SA 13 FW Cuthbert Malajila (age 24) Dynamos Harare Zim [edit] External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ↑ top of page ↑ | about thumbshots |