Zimbabwe women's national football team

The Zimbabwe Women's National Football Team is the national women's football team of Zimbabwe and is overseen by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA). As of August 2023, they are ranked 125th internationally. They have never qualified for the World Cup.

History
In 1991, the team withdrew from the tournament before playing a match. Their first competitive international match was played in the 2000 African Women's Championship, when they against Uganda 2–2 on 11 November 2000.

Zimbabwe were slated to appear at the 1991 African Women's Championship, but withdrew before their first round match with Zambia. In June 1997 the team played South Africa at FNB Stadium in a curtain raiser to the men's Nelson Mandela Challenge. In 2003 the team's star player Yesmore Mutero publicly accused the national coach Shacky Tauro of infecting her with HIV during extramarital sex. Tauro denied the claims but left his job right after. Mutero died in 2004, followed by Tauro in 2009.

In the COSAFA Women's Championship they finished second in 2002 and fourth in 2006. In 2011 they were crowned champions. In 2016 the team qualified for the Africa Women Cup of Nations. They also qualified for the 2016 Olympic football tournament, and finished last in their group (containing Canada, Germany, and Australia) after losing 6–1 to Germany, 3–1 to Canada and 6–1 to Australia.

Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.


 * Legend

Current coaching staff
As September 2023

Manager history

 * 🇿🇼 Shadreck Mlauzi (2015-2017)
 * 🇿🇼 Sithethelelwe Sibanda (2017–2023)
 * 🇿🇼 Shadreck Mlauzi (2023-)

Current squad

 * The following is the squad called up for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship named in September 2023.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 17 April 2021.

Recent call ups
The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

 * Olympic Games
 * 2016 Summer Olympics squad
 * Africa Women Cup of Nations
 * 2000 African Women's Championship squad
 * 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
 * COSAFA Women's Championship
 * 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
 * 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
 * 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship squad

Records
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 30 August 2021.

Continental

 * Africa Women Cup of Nations
 * Fourth place: 2000

FIFA Women's World Cup

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2016 Summer Olympics
Zimbabwe qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games after beating Zambia 2–2 on away goals, Côte d'Ivoire via a walkover, and Cameroon 2–2 on away goals. They qualified along with South Africa, who finished last in their group as well.

They were drawn into a group with Germany, Canada, and Australia, and were the only team in the women's tournament to lose all of their games.

COSAFA Women's Championship

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations
The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

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Record per opponent
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The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent: