Tanzania national football team

Tanzania
Nickname(s)	Taifa Stars
Association	Tanzania Football Federation
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Jan Børge Poulsen
Home stadium	National Stadium
FIFA code	TAN
FIFA ranking	137
Highest FIFA ranking	89 (December 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	175 (October 2005)
Elo ranking	128
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Uganda 7–0 Tanganyika ; (Uganda; Date unknown, 1945)
Biggest win
	Tanzania 7–0 Somalia ; (Jinja, Uganda; December 1, 1995)
Biggest defeat
	Tanganyika 0–9 Kenya ; (Tanganyika; Date unknown 1956)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (First in 1980)
Best result	Round 1, 1980

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The Tanzania national football team (Swahili: Tanzania timu ya soka ya taifa) represents Tanzania in association 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 Jan Børge Poulsen. Tanzania 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 Africa Cup of Nations. See Zanzibar national football team.

[edit] 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. 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 :

3 Times Champion (1974, 1994, 2010)
5 Times Runners-up

[edit] Competition records

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1970 – Did not enter
1974 – Did not qualify
1978 – Withdrew
1982 to 1986 – Did not qualify
1990 – Did not enter
1994 – Withdrew during qualifying
1998 to 2010 – Did not qualify

[edit] Africa Cup of Nations record

1957 to 1965 – Did not enter
1968 – Withdrew during qualifying
1970 to 1978 – Did not qualify
1980 – First Round
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] Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers for Tanzania	Competition
07/06/2010	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Brazil	1 – 5	Jabir Aziz 86'	Friendly
11/08/2010	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Kenya	1 – 1	Mrisho Ngassa 55’	Friendly
03/09/2010	Blida, Algeria	Algeria	1 – 1^[1]	Abdi Kassim 32'	2012 AFCON Qualifier
09/10/2010	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Morocco	0 – 1		2012 AFCON Qualifier
26/03/2011	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Central African Republic	2 – 1	Shaban Nditi 70', Mbwana Samata 90'	2012 AFCON Qualifier

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called-up for the 2010 East African Cup (CECAFA Tusker Cup).

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Shaaban Kado			Young Africans Sports Club
16	1GK	Juma Kaseja			Simba SC
22	1GK	Said Mohamed			Young Africans Sports Club

2	2DF	Erasto Nyoni	7 May 1988 (1988-05-07) (age 23)		Azzam United
3	2DF	Shadrack Nsajigwa (c)	10 February 1984 (1984-02-10) (age 27)		Millonarios
4	2DF	Haruna Shamte			Simba SC
6	2DF	Stephano Mwasika			Young Africans Sports Club
15	2DF	Juma Nyoso			Simba SC

5	3MF	Jabir Aziz			Simba SC
8	3MF	Nurdin Bakari	6 July 1988 (1988-07-06) (age 23)		Young Africans
13	3MF	Henry Shindika	3 November 1985 (1985-11-03) (age 26)		Kongsvinger
14	3MF	Shaban Nditi	5 March 1983 (1983-03-05) (age 28)		Mtibwa Sugar
17	3MF	Nizar Khalfan	21 June 1988 (1988-06-21) (age 23)		Philadelphia Union
19	3MF	Idrissa Rajab			Sofapaka
20	3MF	Kiggi Makasi			Young Africans
24	3MF	Abu Jaffary	16 October 1994 (1994-10-16) (age 17)	7	Chelsea FC
25	3MF	Salum Machaku			Mtibwa Sugar

7	4FW	Mrisho Ngassa	5 May 1989 (1989-05-05) (age 22)		Young Africans
9	4FW	John Bocco	5 August 1989 (1989-08-05) (age 22)		Azzam United
10	4FW	Thomas Ulimwengu			TP Mazembe
11	4FW	Danny Mrwanda			Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.
12	4FW	Mohamed Banka			Simba SC
18	4FW	Adi Yussuf	3 October 1992 (1992-10-03) (age 19)	0	Burton Albion
23	4FW	Mashiku			SC United FC