Zanzibar national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Zanzibar
Badge = Zanzibar FA.png Nickname =
Association = Zanzibar Football Association
Coach =
Confederation = NF Board & CAF
Home Stadium = Amaan Stadium
Most caps =
Top scorer =
FIFA Trigramme = ZAN
FIFA Rank =
Elo Rank = 139

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First game = ; Date Unknown, May 1949)
Largest win = flagicon|Tanzania Zanzibar 3 - 0 Tanzania flagicon|Tanzania
(Kenya; October 10, 1967)
Largest loss = )

World cup apps =
World cup first = -
World cup best = -
Regional name = African Nations Cup
Regional cup apps =
Regional cup first = -
Regional cup best = -The Zanzibar national football team is the national team of Zanzibar, and is controlled by the Zanzibar Football Association. Zanzibar is not a member of FIFA and is only an associate member of CAF, and is therefore not eligible to enter either the World Cup or the African Nations Cup. FIFA claims that Zanzibar comes under the auspices of Tanzania, and is therefore represented at international level. However till 1964, Zanzibar was a full CAF member, but was never able to qualify to African Cup Of Nations.

Zanzibar is a provisional member of the NF-Board. The team placed 2nd in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup tournament, losing 4-1 on penalties to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the final. For that tournament, they were coached by the German comedian Oliver Pocher. Their u-20 team also played in the 2006 ELF Cup, finishing fourth of eight, winning one game (1-0 against Kyrgyzstan's national futsal team) and drawing twice (against Gagauzia and Greenland) before losing 5-0 against Northern Cyprus in the semifinal. They regularly play in the CECAFA Cup, which includes national teams from Central and East Africa, and in 1995 edition they became champions, winning the final match 1-0 against the host nation, Uganda.

Zanzibar football achievements

:CECAFA Cup :::*1 Time Champion (1995)::*6 Times Semifinalist (two times third)

:ELF Cup :::*2006 - Fourth Place

:FIFI Wild Cup :::*2006 - Second Place

:African Cup of Nations :::*1962 - Did Not Qualify::"All the other editions did not enter."

Current squad

Goalkeepers:


*Mbarouk Suleiman Seif
*Muhammed Aboud KiroboOutfield players:


*Malale Hamsin Keya (Defender)
*Twahir Ahmada Mzee
*Rajab Khamis Shaban (Defender)
*Hussein Raashid
*Salum Mohammed
*Mwinyi Ally Salum
*Kasim Abukadir (Midfielder)
*Khamis Mcua (Midfielder)
*Khamis Sufiani
*Salum Ussi Hamad
*Masoud Ali Mohamed
*Nassor Massoud
*Abdalla Seif Ali
*Thomas Mauris (Striker)
*Ali Suleiman (Striker)
*Musa Omar (Striker)
*Abdalla Juma (Striker)
*Awsu Maulid (Striker)

See also

*2006 ELF Cup Squads#Zanzibar U-20