Tanzania national football team explained

Tanzania
Nickname:Taifa Stars
Association:Tanzania Football Federation (TFF)
Sub-Confederation:CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Confederation:CAF (Africa)
Coach:Hemed Morocco (interim)
Most Caps:Erasto Nyoni (107)
Top Scorer:Mrisho Ngasa (25)
Home Stadium:National Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:TAN
Fifa Max:65
Fifa Max Date:February 1995
Fifa Min:175
Fifa Min Date:October–November 2005
Elo Max:75
Elo Max Date:11 November 1979
Elo Min:168
Elo Min Date:19 December 2004
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First Game: 7–0
(Uganda; Date Unknown 1945)
as Tanzania
1–1
(Tanzania; 1 March 1969)
Largest Win: 7–0
(Jinja, Uganda; 1 December 1995)
0–7
(Kampala, Uganda; 1 December 2012)
Largest Loss: 0–9
(Tanganyika; Date Unknown 1956)
as Tanzania
8–0
(Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 September 1998)
Regional Name:Africa Cup of Nations
Regional Cup Apps:3
Regional Cup First:1980
Regional Cup Best:Group stage (1980, 2019, 2023)
Captain:Mbwana Samatta
2Ndregional Cup Apps:2
2Ndregional Name:African Nations Championship
2Ndregional Cup First:2009
2Ndregional Cup Best:Group stage (2009, 2020)
3Rdregional Cup Apps:3
3Rdregional Name:COSAFA Cup
3Rdregional Cup First:1997
3Rdregional Cup Best:Third place (2017)
4Thregional Cup Apps:63
4Thregional Name:CECAFA Cup
4Thregional Cup First:1945
4Thregional Cup Best:Champions (1949, 1950, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1974, 1994, 2010)

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).

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.[1]

History

Since qualifying for the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations, Tanzania endured nearly 40 years without major success, struggling in both African and World Cup qualifiers. Their best effort was in 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, where the Taifa Stars defeated Burkina Faso twice and only finished three points behind group winners Senegal. In 2010 Tanzania won the CECAFA Cup for the third time.

A recent achievement was a 1–0 win against South Africa in the 2017 COSAFA Cup Quarter-finals. But afterwards, Tanzania lost the Semi-finals 2–4 to Zambia. Then, in the Third-place playoff, Tanzania managed to win the match against Lesotho 4–2 in a penalty shootout after the extra time ended in a goalless draw. This Third place was considered Tanzania's biggest football achievement in many years.

On 24 March 2019, Tanzania beat East African rivals Uganda 3–0 to reach the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 39 years. At the Finals the Taifa Stars, being the weakest team in the group, lost all three Group C matches, as predicted. A few months later, Tanzania qualified for the African Nations Championship for only the second time, as well as defeating Burundi in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Coaching staff

Head coach
Assistant coach
Assistant coach Hemed Morocco
Assistant coach Dr. Carolin Braun
Goalkeeper coach Osama Al-Hamdan
Physical coach Mikael Mayoyo
Sports therapist Joris De Vos
Head of medical Lisobine Kisongo
Team manager Reinhard

Results and fixtures

See main article: Tanzania national football team results. The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

Coaches

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

Players

Current squad

The following 27 players were called up for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

Caps and goals correct as of 7 January 2024, after the match against DR Congo.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Tanzania in the last 12 months.DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Suspended from the national team.

Player records

[8]

Players in bold are still active with Tanzania.

Most appearances

width=30pxRankNamewidth=50pxCapswidth=50pxGoalsCareer
1Erasto Nyoni10772006–2021
2Mrisho Ngassa100252006–2015
3Kelvin Yondani9702008–2021
4Simon Msuva92222012–present
5Raphael Bocco84162009–present
6Shomari Kapombe8212011–present
7Juma Kaseja7902002–2021
8Mbwana Samatta79222011–present
9Himid Mao7722013–present
10Aishi Manula6402015–present

Top goalscorers

width=30pxRankNamewidth=50pxGoalswidth=50pxCapswidth=50pxRatioCareer
1Mrisho Ngassa251002006–2015
2Mbwana Samatta22792011–present
Simon Msuva22922012–present
4Raphael Bocco16842009–present
5John Nteze Lungu12221992–2002
6Jerson Tegete8282006–2011
Danny Mrwanda8342005–2011
8Mohamed Rajab7202002–2011
Thomas Ulimwengu7512010–2021
Erasto Nyoni71072006–2021

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup recordQualification record
YearRoundPosition
1930 to 1962Colspan=8Not a FIFA memberColspan=6Not a FIFA member
1966 and 1970Colspan=8Did not enterColspan=6Did not enter
1974Colspan=8Did not qualify302114
1978Colspan=8WithdrewColspan=6Withdrew
1982Did not qualify411276
1986202011
1990Did not enterDid not enter
1994Withdrew during qualifyingWithdrew during qualifying
1998Did not qualify201112
2002200224
2006201103
2010622296
201483051014
20184112410
20228242810
2026To be determined320122
To be determined
Total441312194562

Africa Cup of Nations

See main article: Tanzania at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Africa Cup of Nations recordwidth=1% rowspan=42Qualification record
Appearances: 3Appearances: 24
YearRoundPosition
as as
1957Not affiliated to CAFNot affiliated to CAF
1959
1962
1963
as as
1965Not affiliated to CAFNot affiliated to CAF
1968Withdrew during qualifyingWithdrew during qualifying
1970Did not qualify4112310
1972201126
1974412153
1976201136
1978Withdrew during qualifyingWithdrew during qualifying
1980Group stage 7th301236421184
1982WithdrewWithdrew
1984Did not qualify201134
1986Withdrew during qualifyingWithdrew during qualifying
1988Did not qualify301236
1990202022
1992612347
1994Withdrew during qualifyingWithdrew during qualifying
1996Did not qualify104061415
1998612357
2000200202
2002200224
2004Withdrew during qualifyingWithdrew during qualifying
2006Did not qualify201103
2008622247
20106222296
2012612369
2013202022
2015412166
2017401306
2019Group stage24th300328622265
2021Did not qualify621356
2023Group stage22nd302114622234
2025To be determinedTo be determined
2027Qualified as co-hostsQualified as co-hosts
TotalGroup stage4/3690366189322314095130

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship recordwidth=1% rowspan=13Qualification record
Appearances: 2Appearances: 7
YearRoundPosition
2009Group stage5th3111226411104
2011Did not qualify311172
2014200214
2016201114
2018202011
2020Group stage10th311134412122
2022Did not qualify420235
2024Qualified as hostsQualified as hosts
TotalGroup stage2/7622256238782522

African Games

African Games record
YearResultPldWDLGFGA
19737th300337
Total1/4300337

Gossage Cup / CECAFA Cup

See main article: CECAFA Cup.

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA . 2024-01-18 . fifa.com . en.
  2. Web site: Brother Danny: Taifa Stars Ilivyofuzu Kwenda Lagos 1980 . brotherdanny5b.blogspot.com . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210143627/http://brotherdanny5b.blogspot.com/2013/10/taifa-stars-ilivyofuzu-kwenda-lagos-1980.html . 10 December 2017 . dead.
  3. Web site: International Matches 1987 - Africa. RSSSF. 2 February 2023. 7 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221207044052/https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1987af.html. live.
  4. Web site: International Matches 1992 - Africa. RSSSF. 2 February 2023. 28 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128110031/https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1992af.html. live.
  5. Web site: International Matches 1993 - Africa. RSSSF. 2 February 2023. 3 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221203024528/https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1993af.html. live.
  6. Web site: International Matches 1998 - Africa. RSSSF. 2 February 2023. 7 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221207032356/https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1998af.html. live.
  7. Web site: Final Squad . Twitter . TFF Tanzania.
  8. Web site: Tanzania . National Football Teams.

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