Tanzanian national soccer team

This article is about the Tanzanian men's national soccer team . For the women's team, see Tanzanian Women's National Football Team ; for the mainland team, see Tanzanian mainland soccer team (men)

Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania

Nickname (s)	Taifa Stars
Association	Tanzania Football Federation
confederacy	CAF
Head coach	Etienne Ndayiragije (interim)
Record player	Mrisho Ngasa (100)
Home stadium	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
FIFA code	TAN
FIFA rank	134th (1086 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey Third jersey
statistics
First international match Uganda 7-0 Tanganyika ( Uganda ; 1945)
Biggest wins Tanzania 7-0 Somalia ( Jinja , Uganda; December 1, 1995) Tanzania 7-0 Somalia ( Kampala , Uganda; December 1, 2012)
Biggest defeats Uganda 7-0 Tanganyika (Uganda; 1945) Ethiopia 7-0 Tanzania ( Ethiopia ; October 8, 1969) Algeria 7-0 Tanzania ( Algeria ; October 17, 2015)
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 1980 )
Best results	Preliminary round 1980, 2019
(As of July 1, 2019)

The national soccer team of the East African state of Tanzania , the selection of the Tanzania Football Federation . The country has not yet qualified for a soccer world championship . The team qualified for the Africa Cup in 1980 and 2019 . In contrast to the mainland national team, it is a team made up of players from the Tanzanian mainland and Zanzibar .

As early as 1945, the team from the British crown colony Tanganyika played a game against Uganda . There followed in the 1940s and 1950s several games as part of the Gossage Cup against Kenya, Zanzibar and Uganda, as well as 2 games against Egypt as part of the qualification for the 1960 Olympic Games. All of these games are not recognized by FIFA. The first FIFA- recognized games against Madagascar are dated December 1, 1964.

As with many African national teams, significant successes are few and far between in Tanzania. The country took part in the Africa Cup twice, but was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Tanzania has only played against African teams and once each against Brazil, Indonesia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Tournaments

World Championship

• 1930 to 1970 - did not participate
• 1974 - did not qualify
• 1978 - withdrawn
• 1982 - did not qualify
• 1986 - did not qualify
• 1990 - did not participate
• 1994 - withdrawn during qualification
• 1998 - did not qualify
• 2006 - did not qualify
• 2010 - did not qualify
• 2014 - did not qualify
• 2018 - did not qualify

African Championship

• 1957 to 1965 - did not participate
• 1968 - withdrawn while qualifying
• 1970 to 1978 - not qualified
• 1980 - preliminary round
• 1982 - withdrawn
• 1984 - did not qualify
• 1986 - withdrawn during qualification
• 1988 to 1992 - not qualified
• 1994 - withdrawn during qualification
• 1996 to 2002 - not qualified
• 2004 - withdrawn during qualification
• 2006 to 2017 - not qualified
• 2019 - preliminary round

African Nations Championship

• 2009 : preliminary round
• 2011 : not qualified
• 2014 : not qualified
• 2016 : not qualified
• 2018 : not qualified
• 2020 : qualified

East and Central African Championship ( CECAFA Cup )

Tanzania was able to win the championship five times: 1964, 1965, 1974, 1994, 2010. There were also two titles as Tanganyika (1949 and 1951).

South African Championship

Tanzania is not a member of COSAFA and only took part in the first tournament in 1997 and as a guest in 2015 and 2017.

• 1997 - fourth
• 2015 - preliminary round
• 2017 - third

Trainer

• Rudi Gutendorf (1981)
• Sunday Kayuni (1993)
• Clóvis de Oliveira (1995–1997)
• Badru Hafidh (1998)
• Sylersaid Mziray (1998)
• Burkhard Pape (2000-2002)
• James Siang'a (2002)
• Mshindo Msolla (2002-2003)
• Badru Hafidh (2003-2006)
• Júlio César Leal (2006)
• Márcio Máximo (2006-2010)
• Jan B. Poulsen (2010–2012)
• Kim Poulsen (2012-2014)
• Salum Madadi (2014) interim
• Mart Nooij (2014-2015)
• Charles Boniface Mkwasa (2015-2017)
• Salum Mayanga (2017-2018)
• Emmanuel Amuneke (2018-2019)
• Etienne Ndayiragije (since 2019) interim

Web links

• Information on the FIFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Incl. of four games against Zanzibar that are not counted by FIFA ( rsssf.com: Mrisho Khalfani Ngasa - Century of International Appearances )
2. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/tanz-intres.html
4. ↑ According to rsssf.com data, the 1st game between Madagascar and Tanzania took place on December 27, 1964 in Madagascar, but two different results are given (4: 2 and 5: 1, according to FIFA it ended 5: 1) and the second leg on April 14, 1965 in Tanzania