Southern Rhodesia played their first official match against the England Amateur national football team as part of their tour of South Africa and Rhodesia in June 1929. Southern Rhodesia lost their first two matches against England 4–0 and 6–1 respectively.[3] In 1965, following Southern Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence as Rhodesia, FIFA requested that the Football Association of Rhodesia reform to be a multi-racial organisation. Prior to this only white Rhodesians were selected for the national football team but after 1965 the team became multi-racial.[4] In 1969, Rhodesia took part in the Oceanic 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament. This was their first attempt to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Contrary to the team being viewed as the representative team of white Rhodesians, the team was multi-racial including black players.[5] They were drawn against the Australia national football team. Both legs were held in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique as the Rhodesian team were unable to get Australian visas. Rhodesia drew the first leg 1–1 but lost the second leg 3–1 thus eliminating Rhodesia from qualification.[5]
In 1980, following the country's reconstitution as Zimbabwe, they played their first FIFA World Cup qualifying match for 11 years against the Cameroon national football team. However they lost 2–1 on aggregate after a 1–0 win in the first leg in Salisbury and a 2–0 loss in the second leg.[6][7] Following this, the country passed a law that people who held British passports would not be permitted to hold a Zimbabwean passport, which mean that players such as goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, who is considered to be Zimbabwe's greatest goalkeeper, [8]were not selected for the national team for 10 years.[9] Following a change in policy that allowed Grobbelaar to play for Zimbabwe, who entered the country on his British passport, Zimbabwe under manager Reinhard Fabisch were one match away from qualifying for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. However, they lost their final qualifying match to Cameroon.[9][10]
On 1 March 2022, Zimbabwe, along with Kenya, was suspended again from international sport due to the interference of the government. Earlier in November 2021, Harare and Nairobi dissolved their federations and were replaced with government-officials. On 31 March, the suspension was made indefinitely and was ratified by FIFA. Suspension is set until Zimbabwe and Kenya meet the demands given by FIFA.
The following players have been called up for Zimbabwe in the last 12 months.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
Latest call-up
DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Player has retired from international football. SUS Suspended from the national team, red or yellow cards.
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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Zimbabwe women s national football team The Zimbabwe national football team Nicknamed The Warriors represents Zimbabwe in men s international football and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association ZIFA formerly known as the Football Association of Rhodesia The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals but has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations five times Zimbabwe has also won the COSAFA Cup a record six times The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football CAF ZimbabweNickname s The WarriorsAssociationZimbabwe Football Association ZIFA ConfederationCAF Africa Sub confederationCOSAFA Southern Africa Head coachBaltemar BritoCaptainKnowledge MusonaMost capsPeter Ndlovu 81 Top scorerPeter Ndlovu 37 Home stadiumNational Sports StadiumFIFA codeZIMFirst coloursSecond coloursThird coloursFIFA rankingCurrent125 21 September 2023 1 Highest39 April 1994 Lowest131 October 2009 February March 2016 First international Southern Rhodesia 0 4 Northern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia 1946 Biggest win Botswana 0 7 Zimbabwe Gaborone Botswana 26 August 1990 Biggest defeat South Africa 7 0 Rhodesia South Africa 9 April 1977 Africa Cup of NationsAppearances5 first in 2004 Best resultGroup stage 2004 2006 2017 2019 2021 African Nations ChampionshipAppearances5 first in 2009 Best resultFourth place 2014 COSAFA CupAppearances20 first in 1997 Best resultChampions 2000 2003 2005 2009 2017 2018 Medal record COSAFA Cup2000 Southern Africa2003 Southern Africa2005 Southern Africa2009 Zimbabwe2017 South Africa2018 South Africa1998 Southern Africa2001 Southern Africa2013 Zambia Team2019 South AfricaCECAFA Cup1985 Zimbabwe1983 Kenya1982 Uganda Contents 1 History 2 Kit provider 3 Results and fixtures 3 1 2023 4 Coaching history 5 Players 5 1 Current squad 5 2 Recent call ups 6 Records 7 Competitive record 7 1 FIFA World Cup 7 2 Africa Cup of Nations 7 3 African Nations Championship 7 4 African Games 7 5 COSAFA Cup 7 6 CECAFA Cup 8 Honours 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditSouthern Rhodesia played their first official match against the England Amateur national football team as part of their tour of South Africa and Rhodesia in June 1929 Southern Rhodesia lost their first two matches against England 4 0 and 6 1 respectively 3 In 1965 following Southern Rhodesia s Unilateral Declaration of Independence as Rhodesia FIFA requested that the Football Association of Rhodesia reform to be a multi racial organisation Prior to this only white Rhodesians were selected for the national football team but after 1965 the team became multi racial 4 In 1969 Rhodesia took part in the Oceanic 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament This was their first attempt to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Contrary to the team being viewed as the representative team of white Rhodesians the team was multi racial including black players 5 They were drawn against the Australia national football team Both legs were held in Lourenco Marques Portuguese Mozambique as the Rhodesian team were unable to get Australian visas Rhodesia drew the first leg 1 1 but lost the second leg 3 1 thus eliminating Rhodesia from qualification 5 In 1980 following the country s reconstitution as Zimbabwe they played their first FIFA World Cup qualifying match for 11 years against the Cameroon national football team However they lost 2 1 on aggregate after a 1 0 win in the first leg in Salisbury and a 2 0 loss in the second leg 6 7 Following this the country passed a law that people who held British passports would not be permitted to hold a Zimbabwean passport which mean that players such as goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar who is considered to be Zimbabwe s greatest goalkeeper 8 were not selected for the national team for 10 years 9 Following a change in policy that allowed Grobbelaar to play for Zimbabwe who entered the country on his British passport Zimbabwe under manager Reinhard Fabisch were one match away from qualifying for the 1994 FIFA World Cup However they lost their final qualifying match to Cameroon 9 10 In 2004 Zimbabwe qualified for their first Africa Cup of Nations During their first match against Egypt their former anthem Ishe Komborera Africa was accidentally played instead of Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe an act which Information Minister Jonathan Moyo called a cheap attempt by the organisers to demoralise our boys 11 In 2015 the Zimbabwe national football team were banned from participating in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying due to an unpaid debt to former coach Jose Claudinei 12 At the time the team was experiencing its strongest period for many years qualifying for both the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations On 1 March 2022 Zimbabwe along with Kenya was suspended again from international sport due to the interference of the government Earlier in November 2021 Harare and Nairobi dissolved their federations and were replaced with government officials On 31 March the suspension was made indefinitely and was ratified by FIFA Suspension is set until Zimbabwe and Kenya meet the demands given by FIFA Kit provider EditKit provider Period nbsp L Sporto 2004 2005 nbsp Legea 2006 2009 nbsp Umbro 2013 2014 nbsp Joma 2015 2016 nbsp Mafro 2017 2018 nbsp Umbro 2019 presentResults and fixtures EditMain article Zimbabwe national football team results 2020 present The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months as well as any future matches that have been scheduled Win Draw Loss Fixture 2023 Edit Zimbabwe nbsp v nbsp Namibia 4 September FriendlyZimbabwe nbsp 2 2 5 4 p nbsp NamibiaHarare ZimbabweMsebe nbsp 2 F Banda nbsp 36 Report Eliakim nbsp 30 Kambanda nbsp 68 Stadium National Sports Stadium Botswana nbsp v nbsp Zimbabwe 30 September FriendlyBotswana nbsp 1 1 nbsp Zimbabwe Rwanda nbsp v nbsp Zimbabwe November 2026 World Cup qualificationRwanda nbsp v nbsp Zimbabwe Zimbabwe nbsp v nbsp Nigeria November 2026 World Cup qualificationZimbabwe nbsp v nbsp NigeriaCoaching history EditCaretaker managers are listed in italics nbsp Danny McLennan 1965 1969 nbsp Bill Asprey 1975 1977 nbsp John Rugg 1980 1981 nbsp Shepherd Murape 1981 1983 nbsp Mick Poole 1985 nbsp Ben Koufie 1988 1992 nbsp Reinhard Fabisch 1992 1995 nbsp Rudi Gutendorf 1995 1996 nbsp Bruce Grobbelaar 1996 nbsp Ian Porterfield 1996 1997 nbsp Sunday Chidzambwa 1997 nbsp Bruce Grobbelaar 1997 nbsp Roy Barreto 1997 1998 nbsp Bruce Grobbelaar 1998 nbsp Clemens Westerhof 1998 2000 nbsp Misheck Chidzambwa 2000 nbsp Sunday Chidzambwa 2000 2002 nbsp Wieslaw Grabowski 2002 nbsp Sunday Chidzambwa 2003 2004 nbsp Rahman Gumbo 2004 nbsp Charles Mhlauri 2004 2007 nbsp Sunday Chidzambwa 2007 nbsp Norman Mapeza 2007 nbsp Luke Masomore 2007 2008 nbsp Jose Claudinei 2008 nbsp Sunday Chidzambwa 2008 2009 nbsp Norman Mapeza 2009 2010 nbsp Tom Saintfiet 2010 nbsp Madinda Ndlovu 2010 2011 nbsp Norman Mapeza 2011 2012 nbsp Rahman Gumbo 2012 nbsp Klaus Dieter Pagels 2012 2013 nbsp Ian Gorowa 2013 2014 nbsp Callisto Pasuwa 2015 2017 nbsp Wilson Mutekede 2017 nbsp Sunday Chidzambwa 2017 2019 nbsp Joey Antipas 2019 2020 nbsp Zdravko Logarusic 2020 2021 nbsp Norman Mapeza 2021 2022 nbsp Wilson Mutekede 2022 nbsp Shepherd Murape 2022 2023 nbsp Sunday Chidzambwa 2023 Players EditCurrent squad Edit The following players were selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations 13 Caps and goals are correct as of 18 January 2022 after the match against Guinea No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 1 GK Petros Mhari 1989 04 15 15 April 1989 age 34 4 0 nbsp Platinum21 1 GK Talbert Shumba 1990 05 12 12 May 1990 age 33 11 0 nbsp Casric Stars23 1 GK Martin Mapisa 1998 05 25 25 May 1998 age 25 2 0 nbsp Zamora2 2 DF Godknows Murwira 1993 07 04 4 July 1993 age 30 3 0 nbsp CAPS United3 2 DF Jordan Zemura 1999 11 14 14 November 1999 age 23 6 0 nbsp Udinese6 2 DF Alec Mudimu 1995 04 08 8 April 1995 age 28 26 0 nbsp Olympique Beja12 2 DF Bruce Kangwa 1988 02 24 24 February 1988 age 35 19 0 nbsp Azam14 2 DF Onismor Bhasera 1986 01 07 7 January 1986 age 37 44 0 nbsp SuperSport United15 2 DF Teenage Hadebe 1995 09 17 17 September 1995 age 28 35 4 nbsp Houston Dynamo20 2 DF Peter Muduhwa 1993 08 11 11 August 1993 age 30 12 0 nbsp Highlanders22 2 DF Takudzwa Chimwemwe 1992 10 26 26 October 1992 age 30 12 0 nbsp Mazembe4 3 MF Kelvin Madzongwe 1990 05 01 1 May 1990 age 33 9 0 nbsp CAPS United5 3 MF Gerald Takwara 1994 10 29 29 October 1994 age 28 14 0 nbsp Ohod7 3 MF Ishmael Wadi 1992 12 19 19 December 1992 age 30 6 1 nbsp JDR Stars8 3 MF Kundai Benyu 1997 12 12 12 December 1997 age 25 5 0 Free agent11 3 MF Never Tigere 1990 12 16 16 December 1990 age 32 6 1 nbsp Azam13 3 MF Thabani Kamusoko 1988 03 02 2 March 1988 age 35 20 0 nbsp Nkana16 3 MF Kudakwashe Mahachi 1993 09 29 29 September 1993 age 30 44 5 Free agent9 4 FW David Moyo 1994 12 17 17 December 1994 age 28 5 0 nbsp Chorley10 4 FW Tino Kadewere 1996 01 05 5 January 1996 age 27 22 3 nbsp Lyon17 4 FW Knowledge Musona 1990 06 21 21 June 1990 age 33 52 25 nbsp Al Tai18 4 FW Prince Dube 1997 02 17 17 February 1997 age 26 14 7 nbsp Azam19 4 FW Admiral Muskwe 1998 08 21 21 August 1998 age 25 6 1 nbsp Luton TownRecent call ups Edit The following players have been called up for Zimbabwe in the last 12 months Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club Latest call upDEC Player refused to join the team after the call up INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury PRE Preliminary squad RET Player has retired from international football SUS Suspended from the national team red or yellow cards Records EditAs of 18 January 2022 Players in bold are still active with Zimbabwe Most appearances Rank Player Caps Goals Career1 Peter Ndlovu 81 37 1991 20072 John Phiri U 62 1 1983 19973 Adam Ndlovu 57 34 1990 20044 Esrom Nyandoro 56 4 2001 20125 Dumisani Mpofu 52 0 1996 2006Knowledge Musona 25 2010 present7 Khama Billiat 51 17 2011 present8 Ovidy Karuru 50 7 2007 present9 Ronald Sibanda 49 3 1997 200710 Onismor Bhasera 44 0 2006 presentTapuwa Kapini 0 2001 2013Kudakwashe Mahachi 5 2013 present Top goalscorers Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career1 Peter Ndlovu 37 81 0 46 1991 20072 Adam Ndlovu 34 57 0 6 2010 20123 Knowledge Musona 25 52 0 44 2010 present4 Agent Sawu 18 57 0 32 1990 20045 Khama Billiat 17 48 0 35 2011 20216 Vitalis Takawira 12 30 0 4 1992 19987 Luke Jukulile 10 15 0 67 2000 2001Benjani Mwaruwari 42 0 24 1999 20109 Cuthbert Malajila 9 32 0 28 2008 201710 Gilbert Mushangazhike 8 26 0 31 1997 2008Benjamin Nkonjera 28 0 29 1993 1998 Note U indicates that a player s statistics are unverified Competitive record EditFIFA World Cup Edit FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1930 Part of nbsp United Kingdom Part of nbsp United Kingdom nbsp 1934 nbsp 1938 nbsp 1950 nbsp 1954 nbsp 1958 nbsp 1962 nbsp 1966 nbsp 1970 Did not qualify from Asia Oceania zone 3 0 2 1 2 4 nbsp 1974 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1978 nbsp 1982 Did not qualify from African zone 2 1 0 1 1 2 nbsp 1986 2 0 1 1 1 2 nbsp 1990 4 0 1 3 1 10 nbsp 1994 10 6 2 2 11 10 nbsp 1998 8 2 2 4 10 10 nbsp nbsp 2002 8 6 0 2 11 6 nbsp 2006 12 5 3 4 17 16 nbsp 2010 6 1 3 2 4 6 nbsp 2014 6 0 2 4 4 9 nbsp 2018 Expelled from qualifying competition 14 Expelled from qualifying competition nbsp 2022 Did not qualify from African zone 8 1 2 5 5 9 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2026 To be determined To be determinedTotal 0 22 69 22 18 29 67 84Africa Cup of Nations Edit Africa Cup of Nations recordAppearances 5Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1957 to nbsp 1980 Not affiliated to CAF nbsp 1982 to nbsp 2002 Did not qualify nbsp 2004 Group stage 14th 3 1 0 2 6 8 nbsp 2006 13th 3 1 0 2 2 5 nbsp 2008 to nbsp 2015 Did not qualify nbsp 2017 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 8 nbsp 2019 21st 3 0 1 2 1 6 nbsp 2021 17th 3 1 0 2 3 4 nbsp 2023 Disqualified due to FIFA suspension nbsp 2025 To be determinedTotal Group stage 5 34 15 3 2 10 16 31African Nations Championship Edit African Nations Championship recordAppearances 5Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 2009 Group stage 6th 3 0 3 0 3 3 nbsp 2011 11th 3 1 0 2 2 3 nbsp 2014 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 3 2 nbsp 2016 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 3 nbsp 2018 Did not qualify nbsp 2020 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 1 5 nbsp 2022 Did not qualifyTotal Fourth place 5 7 18 3 7 8 10 16African Games Edit African GamesYear Result M W D L GF GA1965 1987 DNE1991 present See Zimbabwe national under 23 football teamTotal 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0COSAFA Cup Edit 1997 Qualifying round 1998 Second place 1999 Quarter finals 2000 Winners 2001 Second place 2002 Quarter finals 2003 Winners 2004 Semi finals 2005 Winners 2006 Semi finals 2007 First round 2008 Quarter finals 2009 Winners 2010 Cancelled 2013 Second place 2015 Group stage 2016 Group stage 2017 Winners 2018 Winners 2019 Third place 2020 Cancelled 2021 Group stage CECAFA Cup Edit 1981 Group stage 1982 Third place 1983 Second place 1984 Group stage 1985 Winners 1987 Second place 1988 Fourth place 1989 Group stage 1990 Group stage 2009 Quarter finals 2011 Quarter finalsHonours EditCOSAFA Cup Champions 6 2000 2003 2005 2009 2017 2018 Runners up 3 1998 2001 2013 CECAFA Cup Champions 1 1985 Runners up 2 1983 1987 Afro Asian Games Bronze Medal 1 2003 15 References Edit The FIFA Coca Cola World Ranking FIFA 21 September 2023 Retrieved 21 September 2023 Elo rankings change compared to one year ago World Football Elo Ratings eloratings net 15 October 2023 Retrieved 15 October 2023 England Matches Unofficial Englandfootballonline com Archived from the original on 11 May 2018 Retrieved 6 September 2016 Gilchrist Paul 2013 The Politics of Sport Community Mobility Identity Routledge p 51 ISBN 978 1317990994 a b When Rhodesia flirted with the World Cup FIFA com 29 August 2016 Archived from the original on 4 September 2016 Retrieved 6 September 2016 Cameroon national football team record v Zimbabwe 11v11 com AFS Enterprises Limited Archived from 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2021 Archived from the original on 4 January 2022 Retrieved 4 January 2022 Zimbabwe expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia FIFA com 12 March 2015 Archived from the original on 17 March 2015 Chaudhuri Arunava Stokkermans Karel 2001 Afro Asian Games 2003 RSSSF Archived from the original on 28 September 2022 Retrieved 20 August 2020 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zimbabwe national football team Zimbabwe Football Association at CAF online Zimbabwe Football Association at FIFA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zimbabwe national football team amp oldid 1180436875, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
