Zanzibari national soccer team

Zanzibar
Zanzibar

Association

Zanzibar Football Association

confederacy

CAF

Technical sponsor

adidas

Head coach

Hemed Suleiman

Home stadium

Amaan Stadium

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match Kenya 2-3 Zanzibar ( Zanzibar ; May 1949)

Biggest win Pemba 4-0 Burundi ( Kenya ; October 10, 1967)

Biggest defeat Kenya 10-0 Zanzibar (Kenya; 1961)

(As of April 25, 2008)

The Zanzibari national soccer team is the national soccer team of Zanzibar , a semi-autonomous state of the East African country Tanzania . The Zanzibar Football Association has been an independent member of the African Football Confederation since January 2004 . She also wants to get admission to FIFA .

history

As part of the CECAFA Cup (Central and East African regional tournament ), which is usually held annually , the Zanzibar national soccer team has played numerous games since 1949.

Winning this tournament in 1995 is the greatest international success to date.

On May 14, 2005, a game against a Germany team took place in the AWD Arena in Hanover in front of around 25,000 spectators following the Bundesliga match between Hanover 96 and Hamburger SV (2-1). Former football professionals such as Jörg Sievers , Uli Stein , Bernd Hollerbach and Frank Mill as well as several celebrities, including Guido Cantz , Mundstuhl and Nicolas Kiefer , played in the selection . Udo Lattek and the entertainer Elton were the trainers of the Germany selection . Former FIFA referee Walter Eschweiler was in charge . The game ended 3-1 for Zanzibar, with team boss Oliver Pocher , who came on in the second half, scoring the third goal himself.

At the FIFI Wild Cup 2006, Zanzibar reached the final and was only defeated by the North Cypriot team on penalties .

In Germany, the team received increased media attention through the commitment of the German TV presenter and comedian Oliver Pocher , who was appointed team boss in 2006. In June 2008 it was announced that former Bundesliga professional Souleyman Sané (Wattenscheid, Nuremberg) would be the team's European coach. His contract ran until 2011 and only included looking after the team during visits to Europe.