Tanzania national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Taifa Stars | ||
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| Association | Tanzania Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Marcio Maximo |
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| Home stadium | National Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | TAN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 97 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 89 (December 2007) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 175 (October 2005) | ||
| Elo ranking | 128 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Uganda 7 - 0 Tanganyika  (Uganda; Date Unknown, 1945) |
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| Biggest win | |||
 Tanzania 7 - 0 Somalia  (Jinja, Uganda; December 1, 1995) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Ethiopia 7 - 0 Tanzania (Ethiopia; October 8, 1969) |
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| African Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 1980) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 1980 | ||
The Tanzania national football team, nicknamed the Taifa Stars, is the national team of Tanzania and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals. Before uniting with Zanzibar, the team played as the Tanganyika national football team.
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 African Cup of Nations. See Zanzibar national football team.
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[edit] Tanzania Recent History
Recently Tanzania has invested more money in the team in hope of improvement. Tanzania has beaten Burkina Faso in the African Nations cup qualifiers and lost 4-0 to Senegal's national football team. The most recent result was a 2-1 win against Oceania Champions New Zealand in a friendly International match held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
[edit] Tanzania Football Achievements
- CECAFA Cup :
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- 2 Times Champion (1974, 1994)
- 5 Times Runners-up
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Withdrew
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
- 1968 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
- 1980 - Round 1
- 1982 - Withdrew
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 1988 to 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 1996 to 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 2006 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] Current Squad
The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Cape Verde on October 11, 2008.
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[edit] Recent Call-ups 2008
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