Tanzanian women's national soccer team
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| Nickname (s) | Twiga Stars | ||
| Association | Tanzania Football Federation | ||
| confederacy | CAF | ||
| Head coach | Charles Mkwasa | ||
| captain | Rose Chipa | ||
| Home stadium | Karume Memorial Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | TAN | ||
| FIFA rank | 139th (978 points) (as of August 14, 2020) |
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| Balance sheet | |||
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| 40 games 12 wins 9 draws 19 losses |
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First international match Eritrea 2: 3 Tanzania Asmara , Eritrea ; August 10, 2002  |
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Biggest win Tanzania 8: 1 Eritrea Dar es Salaam , Tanzania ; May 23, 2010 |
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Biggest defeat South Africa 6-0 Tanzania Johannesburg , South Africa ; July 24, 2010 |
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| Successes in tournaments | |||
| African Championship | |||
| Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2010 ) | ||
| Best results | Preliminary round 2010 | ||
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The Tanzanian national soccer team represents Tanzania in international women's soccer . The national team belongs to the Tanzania Women Football Association (TWFA), which was founded in 2006, and reports to the Tanzanian Football Association .
The team played their first competitive games in 2002 in the qualifications for the 2002 African Cup and the 2003 World Cup , but failed in both qualifications. Since then, they have tried unsuccessfully in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifications in 2004, 2006 and 2008 as well as in the qualification for the 2007 World Cup and have therefore not yet participated in any international finals.
According to the FIFA world rankings , the team is one of the weakest teams in the world. So far she has only been able to win against Eritrea, Ethiopia and Botswana. In 2010 Tanzania was able to qualify for the women's African Championship for the first time , but was eliminated after the preliminary round.
Tournament balance sheet
World Championship
African Championship
Olympic games
Africa Games
- 2003: did not participate
- 2007: did not participate
- 2011: preliminary round
- 2015: preliminary round
See also
Web links
- Information about Tanzanian football on fifa.com
- Article on the Tanzanian women's football on afrol.com (Engl.)
- ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months).