Tanzania national football team
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Nickname(s) | Taifa Stars | ||
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Association | Tanzania Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Emmanuel Amunike | ||
Most caps | Mrisho Ngasa (100) | ||
Top scorer | Mrisho Ngasa (25) | ||
Home stadium | National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | TAN | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
140 | ||
Highest | 65 (February 1995) | ||
Lowest | 175 (October–November 2005) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current |
127 | ||
Highest | 75 (11 November 1979) | ||
Lowest | 168 (19 December 2004) | ||
First international | |||
(Uganda; 1945) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Jinja, Uganda; December 1, 1995) (Kampala, Uganda; December 1, 2012) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Tanganyika; 1956) | |||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1980) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1980 |
The Tanzania national football team (Swahili: Timu ya Taifa ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania) represents Tanzania in association football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania. Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam and their head coach is Mart Nooij from the Netherlands. Tanzania has never qualified for the World Cup finals. Before uniting with Zanzibar, the team played as the Tanganyika national football team.
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 Africa Cup of Nations. See Zanzibar national football team.
History
Recently, Tanzania has invested more money in the team in hope of improvement. Tanzania has beaten Burkina Faso twice in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers and beat Cameroon 1–0 in a friendly match. The most recent achievement was a 1−0 win against South Africa in the 2017 COSAFA Cup Quarter-finals. But afterwards, Tanzania lost the Semi-finals 2−4 to Zambia. Then, in the Third-place playoff, Tanzania managed to win the match against Lesotho 4−2 in a penalty shootout after the extra time ended in a goalless draw. This win was considered Tanzania's major football achievement in recent history.
Honours
Competition records
World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
Withdrew during qualifying | Withdrew during qualifying | ||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||
To be decided | |||||||||||||||
Total | 0/21 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 50 |
Africa Cup of Nations record
African Games
- Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.
African Games Record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1991–present | See Tanzania national under-23 football team | |||||||
Total | 4/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recent results
25 June 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup GS | Tanzania | 2–0 | Moruleng, South Africa | |
15:00 SAST |
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Report | Stadium: Moruleng Stadium Referee: Hélder Martins De Carvalho (Angola) |
27 June 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup GS | Angola | 0–0 | Phokeng, South Africa | |
19:30 SAST | Report | Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) |
29 June 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup GS | Tanzania | 1–1 | Moruleng, South Africa | |
17:00 SAST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Moruleng Stadium Referee: Hélder Martins De Carvalho (Angola) |
2 July 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup QF | South Africa | 0–1 | Phokeng, South Africa | |
17:00 SAST | Report |
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Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe) |
5 July 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup SF | Zambia | 4–2 | Moruleng, South Africa | |
17:00 SAST | Report |
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Stadium: Moruleng Stadium Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) |
7 July 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup 3rd place match | Tanzania | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Moruleng, South Africa | |
19:30 SAST | Report | Stadium: Moruleng Stadium Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia) | ||
Penalties | ||||
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15 July 2017 2018 CHANQ | Tanzania | 1–1 | Mwanza, Tanzania | |
16:00 EAT |
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Report |
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Stadium: CCM Kirumba Stadium Referee: Alier Michael James (South Sudan) |
22 July 2017 2018 CHANQ | Rwanda | 0–0 (1–1 agg.) | Kigali, Rwanda | |
15:30 CAT | Report | Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda) |
7 October 2017 Friendly | Tanzania | 1–1 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | |
15:00 CAT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Uhuru Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania) |
12 November 2017 Friendly | Benin | 1–1 | Cotonou, Benin | |
17:00 CAT | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Adissa Ligali (Benin) |
22 March 2018 Friendly | Algeria | 4–1 | Algiers, Algeria | |
19:00 (CET) | Report |
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Stadium: 5 July 1962 Stadium Attendance: 8,000 |
8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Uganda | 0–0 | Kira, Uganda | |
16:00 (EAT) | Report | Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) |
12 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Cape Verde | 3–0 | Praia, Cape Verde | |
16:00 CVT | Report | Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali) |
16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Tanzania | v | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | |
Report | Stadium: National Stadium |
16 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Lesotho | v | Lesotho | |
Report |
22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ | Tanzania | v | Tanzania | |
Report |
Current squad
Current squad
The following 25 players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Uganda on 8 September 2018.
Caps and goals as of 8 September 2018 after the game against Uganda.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Aishi Manula | 13 September 1995 | 23 | 0 | ||
GK | Mohammed Abdulrahman | 2 December 1985 | 1 | 0 | ||
GK | Beno Kakolanya | 27 June 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Kelvin Yondani | 9 October 1984 | 65 | 0 | ||
DF | Shomari Kapombe | 28 January 1992 | 60 | 1 | ||
DF | Aggrey Morris | 12 March 1984 | 41 | 1 | ||
DF | Gadiel Kamagi | 12 September 1996 | 16 | 0 | ||
DF | Abdi Banda | 20 May 1995 | 16 | 0 | ||
DF | Hassan Ramadhan | 25 December 1994 | 5 | 0 | ||
DF | Andrew Vincent | 22 April 1993 | 2 | 0 | ||
MF | Erasto Nyoni | 7 May 1988 | 76 | 4 | ||
MF | Himid Mao | 15 November 1992 | 41 | 1 | ||
MF | Shiza Kichuya | 5 August 1996 | 20 | 4 | ||
MF | Jonas Mkude | 3 December 1991 | 17 | 0 | ||
MF | Mudathir Yahya | 6 May 1995 | 9 | 0 | ||
MF | Feisal Salum | 11 January 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | John Bocco | 5 August 1989 | 56 | 14 | ||
FW | Mbwana Samatta | 7 January 1992 | 43 | 16 | ||
FW | Simon Msuva | 2 October 1993 | 43 | 6 | ||
FW | Thomas Ulimwengu | 14 June 1993 | 42 | 7 | ||
FW | Faridi Mussa | 21 June 1995 | 16 | 0 | ||
FW | Rashid Mandawa | 5 May 1994 | 4 | 0 | ||
FW | Yahya Zaydi | 29 September 1998 | 4 | 0 | ||
FW | Shaaban Idd Chilunda | 20 July 1998 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Hassan Dailunga | 10 October 1993 | 0 | 0 |
Coaches
Geoff Hudson (1977–1979) Mahammed Msomali (1980–1981) Rudi Gutendorf (1981) Clóvis de Oliveira (1995–1997) Burkhard Pape (2000–02) James Siang'a (2002) Mshindo Msolla (2002–03) Badru Hafidh (2003–06) Júlio César Leal (2006) Márcio Máximo (2006–10) Jan Poulsen (2010–12) Kim Poulsen (2012–14) Salum Madadi (2014, caretaker) Mart Nooij (2014–2015) Charles Boniface Mkwasa (2015–2017) Salum Mayanga (2017–2018) Emmanuel Amunike (2018–)[1]
References
External links
- Tanzania at FIFA.com