Tanzania national football team
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The Tanzania national football team (Swahili: Timu ya Taifa ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania) represents Tanzania in men's international 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 Adel Amrouche from Algeria. They are colloquially known as the Taifa Stars. Tanzania has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Before uniting with Zanzibar, the team played as the Tanganyika national football team, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Nickname(s) | Taifa Stars | |||
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Association | Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | |||
Head coach | Hemed Morocco (interim) | |||
Captain | Mbwana Samatta | |||
Most caps | Erasto Nyoni (107) | |||
Top scorer | Mrisho Ngasa (25) | |||
Home stadium | National Stadium | |||
FIFA code | TAN | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 119 (4 April 2024)[1] | |||
Highest | 65 (February 1995) | |||
Lowest | 175 (October–November 2005) | |||
First international | ||||
Uganda 7–0 Tanganyika (Uganda; Date Unknown 1945) as Tanzania Tanzania 1–1 Kenya (Tanzania; 1 March 1969) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Tanzania 7–0 Somalia (Jinja, Uganda; 1 December 1995) Somalia 0–7 Tanzania (Kampala, Uganda; 1 December 2012) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Tanganyika 0–9 Kenya (Tanganyika; Date Unknown 1956) as Tanzania Saudi Arabia 8–0 Tanzania (Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 September 1998) | ||||
Africa Cup of Nations | ||||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1980) | |||
Best result | Group stage (1980, 2019, 2023) |
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.
Tanzania is currently ranked 121st in the FIFA World Rankings.[2]