Zanzibar national football team
The Zanzibari national football team is the national football team of Zanzibar, a semi -autonomous part of State of the East African country of Tanzania. The Zanzibar Football Association is an independent member of the African Football Confederation 2004 since January. She wants to reach the admission to FIFA.
History
In the context of the generally discharged annually CECAFA Cup ( Central and East African regional tournament ), the National Soccer Team of Zanzibar has held since 1949 numerous games.
Winning this tournament in 1995 is the biggest international success.
Took place on 14 May 2005 in AWD - Arena in Hanover around 25,000 spectators after the Bundesliga match Hannover 96 Hamburger SV (2-1) one game against a Germany - selection instead. In the selection played former professional football players such as Jörg Sievers, Uli Stein, Bernd Hollerbach and Frank Mill, and several celebrities, including Guido Cantz, Mundstuhl and Nicolas Kiefer. Coach of the Germany - selection were Udo Lattek and Elton. Ladder was the former FIFA referee Walter Eschweiler. The game ended 3-1 for Zanzibar with team manager Oliver Pocher, the einwechselte in the second half, scored the third goal itself.
When FIFI Wild Cup 2006 Zanzibar reached the final and was defeated there by penalty shots of Northern Cyprus national football team.
In Germany, the team increased media attention was given by the commitment of the German television presenter Oliver Pocher, who was appointed in 2006 to the team manager. In June 2008 it was announced that the former Bundesliga player Souleymane Sane ( Wattenscheid, Nuremberg) to be Europe - coach of the team. His contract ran until 2011 and included only the care of the team in Europe stays.
African Nations Cup
- 2009: did not participate
- 2011: did not participate
- 2014: did not participate