Chicken Inn is a Zimbabwean football club based in

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; Ndebele: ''Bulawayo'') is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council ...

. They play in the top division of Zimbabwean football, the

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the top professional division of the Zimbabwe Football Association. It was founded in 1980, as a successor to the 1962 formed ''Rhodesia National Football League.'' It is currently sponsored by Delta Beverages ...

. The team's unusual name comes from its major sponsor, a large Zimbabwean fast food retailer.

History

Having only been formed in 1997, Chicken Inn are a relatively young side in the Zimbabwean Premier Soccer League, and their league title in 2015 was the first in their history following promotion to the top-flight in 2011. Head coach,

Joey Antipas Joey Antipas is a Zimbabwean football coach. Career Antipas won the Zimbabwean domestic league with Motor Action in 2010 and Chicken Inn in 2015. In May 2016, he became the manager of South African club AmaZulu Zulu people (; zu, amaZ ...

, joined the club in 2013, and has now successfully guided them into the CAF Champions League for the first time in their history after a league campaign that saw them lose just five out of 30 matches.

Honours

* Independence trophy 2016 *

: Champions:: 2015 *NetOne Charity Shield 2013

Current squad

References

External links

* Association football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Zimbabwe Sport in Bulawayo Football clubs in Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-footyclub-stub