Zimbabwe national football team - Definition and Overview

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	The Warriors
Association	Zimbabwe Football Association
Coach	Charles Mhlauri
Most caps	?
Top scorer	Peter Ndlovu (32)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Rhodesia 0 - 5 Australia (Salisbury, Rhodesia; 14 June, 1950) Zimbabwe 6 - 0 Mozambique (Salisbury, Zimbabwe; 20 April, 1980)
Largest win Botswana 0 - 7 Zimbabwe (Gaborone, Botswana; 26 August, 1990)
Worst defeat Rhodesia 0 - 5 Australia (Salisbury, Rhodesia; 14 June, 1950) Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 0 Zimbabwe (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 13 August, 1989) Zaire 5 - 0 Zimbabwe (Kinshasa, Zaire; 4 June, 1995)
World Cup
Appearances	none (First in -)
Best result	-
African Nations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2004)
Best result	Round 1, 2004

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 Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. They have never made the World Cup, and, surprisingly, only made their first African Nations Cup in 2004.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1966 - Did not enter
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Did not enter
• 1982 to 2002 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1980 - Did not enter
• 1982 to 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2004 - Round 1

Notable Players

• Peter Ndlovu
• Joseph Ngwenya
• Digital Takawira