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Zanzibar Football Association
The Zanzibar Football Federation (ZFF) (previously known as Zanzibar Football Association) () is the governing football Federation for Zanzibar, Africa. The ZFA were an ''associate member'' of the African governing body, the Confederation of African Football. Following a rejection from FIFA in 2005, the ZFA were removed from CAF and after much lobbying were reinstated as an ''associate member''. This meant that the club sides associated with the ZFA can participate in the continental club competitions organised by CAF but the Zanzibar national team could not. The ZFA are not entitled to vote in CAF affairs due to their associate member status. Players from Zanzibar are eligible to play in international competition for the Tanzania team, the representative of the sovereign territory. As a nation state, it has competed in regional competitions since 1949. It currently competes in CECAFA organised tournaments. The ZFA was admitted as a full member of the CAF in March 2017 but lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of African Football
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan. At the FIFA Congress in 1954 held in Bern, Switzerland, it was voted to recognize Africa as a Confederation. Representing the African geography of association football, confederation of FIFA, CAF organizes runs and regulates national team and football team, club #CAF competitions, continental competitions annually or biennially such as the Africa Cup of Nations and Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which they control the prize money and broadcasting of sports events, broadcast rights to. CAF will be allocated 9 spots at the FIFA World Cup starting from 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2026 and could have an opportunity of 10 spots with the addition of an intercontinental play-off tournament involving 6 teams to decide the last 2 FIFA World Cup places (46+2). The main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miembeni SC
Miembeni Sport Club is a Zanzibari football club based in Unguja. Achievements *Zanzibar Premier League: 3 ::1987, 2007, 2008 * Nyerere Cup: 3 ::1985, 1986, 1987 *Mapinduzi Cup: 2 ::2008, 2009 * Kagame Cup: 0 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances ::2008 – Preliminary Round ::2009 – Preliminary Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::2010 – Preliminary Round *African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and w ...: 3 appearances ::1986 – Second Round ::1987 – Second Round ::1988 – First Round References Football clubs in Tanzania Zanzibari football clubs 1945 establishments in Zanzibar Association football clubs established in 1945 {{Zanzibar-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Members Of The Confederation Of African Football
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Zanzibar City
Zanzibar City or Mjini District, often simply referred to as Zanzibar (''Wilaya ya Zanzibar Mjini'' or ''Jiji la Zanzibar'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of two administrative districts of Mjini Magharibi Region in Tanzania. The district covers an area of . The district is comparable in size to the land area of Nauru. The district has a water border to the west by the Indian Ocean. The district is bordered to the east by Magharibi District. The district seat is in Stone Town, Stonetown. The city is the largest on the island of Zanzibar. It is located on the west coast of Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, north of the much larger city of Dar es Salaam across the Zanzibar Channel. The city also serves as the capital of the Mjini Magharibi Region, Zanzibar Urban/West Region. In 2022 its population was 219,007. Zanzibar City comprises two main parts, Stone Town and Ng'ambo (literally: "The Other Side"); the two areas were historically divided by a stream, cree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaan Stadium
Amaan Stadium (also spelled Amani) is a stadium in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The stadium holds 15,000 people. History The stadium was built with Chinese government aid and opened in 1970. This was China's first stadium project in Africa and it marked the beginning of its stadium diplomacy over the decades. The stadium was the location of a ceremony on 5 February 1977, uniting the Afro-Shirazi Party and the Tanganyika African National Union into the Chama cha Mapinduzi The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM, ) is the dominant, ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in the history of Africa, only after the True Whig Party of Liberia. It was formed in 1977, following the merger of the Tanganyika A .... The flags of the respective parties were raised and lowered for the last time with the flag of the Chama cha Mapinduzi then being raised. Amani Abeid Karume was sworn in as president of Zanzibar on 8 November 2000. The stadium underwent refurbishment again with Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafunzo FC
Mafunzo Football Club is a Tanzanian / Zanzibarian football club. The team competes in the Zanzibar Premier League. They competed in the CAF Champions League for the first time in 2010. Achievements *Zanzibar Premier League: 3 ::2009, 2011, 2015 * Zanzibar FA Cup: 2 ::2005, 2019 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances ::2010 – Preliminary Round ::2012 – Preliminary Round ::2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ... – Preliminary Round References Football clubs in Tanzania Zanzibari football clubs {{Tanzania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundu SC
Mundu SC is a Zanzibar football club based in Nungwi near Unguja in East Africa. The club is one of the three biggest football clubs in Unguja. Currently the team competes in the Zanzibar Premier League. The club competed in the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time in 2007.http://scoreshelf.com/rmgb/en/Mundu_SC/CAF_Confederation_Cup Profile Stadium Currently the team plays at the 5000 capacity Unguja Park. Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...: 2 appearances :2007,2009 References External linksScoreshelf Football clubs in Tanzania Zanzibari football clubs {{Zanzibar-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipukizi
Chipukizi F.C., or simply Chipukizi, is an association football club based in Zanzibar. The team currently plays in the Zanzibar Premier League Zanzibar Premier League, also known as PBZ Premier League, is the top division of the Zanzibar Football Association. It was firstly created in 1926 and became official in 1981. Champions *1981 : Ujamaa *1981–82 : Ujamaa *1982–83 : Small .... References Football clubs in Tanzania Zanzibari football clubs {{Tanzania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JKU SC
Jeshi la Kujenga Uchumi Sports Club, or simply JKU SC is a football club from Zanzibar. The team won the Nyerere Cup in 1974. Honours * Zanzibar Premier League Champions (3) ** Winners: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2024–25 * Nyerere Cup / Zanzibari Cup (2) ** Winners: 1974–75, 2023–24 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances :: 2018–19 – Preliminary Round :: 2024–25 – First Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances ::2006 – Preliminary Round ::2016 – First Round :: 2023–24 – First Round *African Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance ::1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ... – First Round References External links * * Football clubs in Tanzania Zanzibari football clubs {{Tanzania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polisi FC
Polisi Sports Club is a football club from Zanzibar. Achievements *Zanzibar Premier League : 2 :: 2005, 2006. * Nyerere Cup : 1 :: 2001. Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances ::2006 – First Round ::2007 – Preliminary Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ... – Preliminary Round References Football clubs in Tanzania Zanzibari football clubs Police association football clubs in Tanzania {{Tanzania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CECAFA
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (, , , ; officially abbreviated as CECAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in mostly East Africa and parts of Central Africa. An affiliate of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), CECAFA is the oldest sub-regional football organisation on the continent. History CECAFA was founded unofficially in 1927. The competition was sponsored by the major Nairobi-based soap-manufacturing firm Gossage, owned by the British Lever Brothers. Its formation is often misattributed to William Gossage, founder of the Gossage company. However, he died 50 years before the CECAFA was established. The tournament was known as the "Gossage Cup" until the mid-sixties, when it was redubbed the "East African Challenge Cup".its consisted of only 12 teams CECAFA's head offices are in Nairobi, Kenya. The first tournament was contested between Kenya national football team, Kenya and Uganda national football team, Uganda, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
