Black Rhinos F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Black Rhinos F.C.


fullname = Black Rhinos Football Club
nickname = Chipembere, Chadya Mukonde
founded = 1984
ground = Rufaro Stadium
Harare, Zimbabwe
capacity = 30,000
chairman = Incumbent Defence Forces Chief since it is an armed forces team.
manager = flagicon|ZIM Droment Chirova
league = Zimbabwe Division 1 North
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Black Rhinos FC is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare. They currently play in Division 1 North, the second level of Zimbabwean Football, having been relegated from the Premier Soccer League in the 2007 season. Their home stadium is the 1 Commando Battalion Football Field.

"Chipembere" burst on to the scene in 1984 boasting an array of what is arguably the best footballers in Zimbabwean football history; Stanford "Stix" Mtizwa, Japhet "Shortcat" Mparutsa, Stanley "Sinyo" Ndunduma, Maronga "The Bomber" Nyangela, Jerry "Dzungu" Chidawa, Simon "AK-47" Mugabe and Hamid "Muzukuru" Dhana. They won the Premier League title in the year of conception; 1984, such was the strength of their assembled talent.

Mixed fortunes have, since the retirement of its best footballers, seen Black Rhinos yoyo-ing between the Premier League and Division 1, latest being when Black Rhinos were promoted to the top level of Zimbabwean football, the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, after they were champions of the Northern Division of the Second Level during the 1997 season, they were then relegated in 2007 and are currently poised for promotion back to the Premier League having opened a substantial point gap in Division 1. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zimb97.html Zimbabwe 1997 ] ]

Achievements

*Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League: 1:: 1984

Performance in CAF Competitions

* African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2 appearances::1985: Quarter-Final::1988: First Round

*CAF Cup: 1 appearance::2003 - Quarter-Final

References

External links

* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200707230088.html "All Africa Stories]