List of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean football champions

The association football champions of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

are the winners of the highest league in Zimbabwean football

Football in Zimbabwe

The sport of football in the country of Zimbabwe is run by the Zimbabwe Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Premier League....

, which is presently the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, also known as Castle Lager Premier Soccer League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top professional division of the Zimbabwe Football Association, it was created in 1980, as a successor to the 1962 formed Rhodesia National Football League.The League consists of 16...

(ZPSL). The ZPSL was founded in 1980, after Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

's internationally-recognised independence, as a successor to the Rhodesia National Football League, which started in 1962. Originally governed by the Zimbabwe Football Association

Zimbabwe Football Association

The Zimbabwe Football Association is a governing body of football in Zimbabwe. It is responsible for organising the national football competitions in Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe national football team.The ZFA was founded in 1965...

– the renamed Rhodesia Football Association, created in 1965 – the ZPSL has run itself since 1993.

The first edition of the Rhodesia National Football League took place in 1962, when Bulawayo Rovers won both the inaugural league championship and Cup of Rhodesia to claim the Double

The Double

The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

in the first season of nationally organised competition in Rhodesia. Since then, the championship has been largely dominated by teams from the country's capital, Harare

Harare

Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...

(Salisbury until 1982), and second-largest city, Bulawayo

Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...

: all but two of the 48 championships contested in the country have been won by a team based in one of these two cities. The incumbent champions of the Premier Soccer League are Gunners

Gunners F.C.

Gunners Football Club is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare.-External links:Logo: http://img109.imageshack.us/i/logopq.png/...

, from Harare, who won their first title during the 2009 season.

The most successful team in terms of titles won is the Harare club Dynamos, who have won 19 titles. This is more than twice as many as the number won by the second-most decorated, Bulawayo's Highlanders, who have won seven. Dynamos and Highlanders share the record for most consecutive championships won, having both won four titles in succession. Harare-based CAPS United are the most successful team in cup competition, with nine cup-final victories to their name, one more than Dynamos. Unlike the league, the cup has been won numerous times by clubs from outside the traditional centres of Harare and Bulawayo; provincial sides such as Hwange, Mhangura and Masvingo United have claimed the cup on multiple occasions. The Double has been achieved 10 times in Zimbabwean football; since Bulawayo Rovers won both the league and cup in 1962, the Double has been repeated by Dynamos (five times), Zimbabwe Saints

Zimbabwe Saints F.C.

Zimbabwe Saints FC is a Premier League football club based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is one of the top clubs in the country.-History:One of the oldest clubs in Zimbabwe, it was formed in 1931 out of several teams which had their origins from Shona speaking areas but based in Bulawayo...

, Black Rhinos

Black Rhinos F.C.

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...

, Highlanders and CAPS United.

Champions

Key

	Club won the Double The Double The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season... (both league and cup) during that season
(number of titles)	A running tally of the total number of championships won by each club is kept in brackets.
(number of cups)	A running tally of the total number of cups won by each club is kept in brackets.

Rhodesia National Football League (1962–79)

Season	League champions (number of titles)	League runners-up	Cup winners (number of cups)
1962	Bulawayo Rovers (1)	Salisbury City	Bulawayo Rovers (1)
1963		Salisbury Callies	Salisbury Callies (1)
1964	Bulawayo Rovers (2)
1965			Salisbury City Wanderers (1)
1966

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|Bulawayo Rovers
|Mangula (1)
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|align=center|1967
|State House Tornados (1)
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|Salisbury Callies (2)
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|align=center|1968
|Bulawayo Sables (1)
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|Arcadia United (1)
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|align=center|1969
|Bulawayo Sables (2)
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|Arcadia United (2)
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|align=center|1970
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|Wankie (1)
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|align=center|1971
|Arcadia United (1)
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|Chibuku Shumba (1)
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|align=center|1972
|Salisbury Sables (1)
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|Mangula (2)
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|align=center|1973
|Metal Box (1)
|Highlanders
|Wankie (2)
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|align=center|1974
|Salisbury Sables (2)
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|Chibuku Shumba (2)
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|align=center|1975
|Chibuku Shumba (2)
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|Salisbury Callies (3)
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|align=center|1976
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|bgcolor=#FFDDFF|Dynamos (1)
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|align=center|1977
|bgcolor=#FFDDFF|Zimbabwe Saints

Zimbabwe Saints F.C.

(1)
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|bgcolor=#FFDDFF|Zimbabwe Saints (1)
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|align=center|1978
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|Risco Steel (1)
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|align=center|1979
|CAPS United (1)
|Zimbabwe Saints

Zimbabwe Saints F.C.

|Zimbabwe Saints (2)
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Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (1980–present)

Season	League champions (number of titles)	League runners-up	Cup winners (number of cups)
1980

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|CAPS United (1)
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|align=center|1981
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|Rio Tinto
|CAPS United (2)
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|align=center|1982
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|CAPS United (3)
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|align=center|1983
|Dynamos (10)
|Rio Tinto
|CAPS United (4)
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|align=center|1984
|bgcolor=#FFDDFF|Black Rhinos

Black Rhinos F.C.

Black Rhinos F.C.

(2)
|Dynamos
|Zimbabwe Saints

Zimbabwe Saints F.C.

(3)
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|align=center|1988
|Zimbabwe Saints

Zimbabwe Saints F.C.

Zimbabwe Saints F.C.

Black Rhinos F.C.

Motor Action F.C.

Motor Action Football Club is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare. They play in the top division in Zimbabwean football. In early 2000 the idea of owning a Premier League side by the current owners became reality...

Black Rhinos F.C.

Motor Action F.C.

|Mwana Africa

Mwana Africa F.C.

Mwana Africa FC is a Zimbabwean football club based in Bindura. Their home stadium is Trojan Mine Stadium.-Achievements:* FA Cup with Cuthbert Mutandwa and Milton Nyamadzawo being the men behind the success: 1*: 2006...

Monomotapa United F.C.

Monomotapa United is a football club based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The club plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.-Squad:...

(1)
|Dynamos
|CAPS United (9)
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|align=center|2009
|Gunners

Gunners F.C.

Gunners Football Club is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare.-External links:Logo: http://img109.imageshack.us/i/logopq.png/...

(1)
|Dynamos
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|align=center|2010
|Motor Action

Motor Action F.C.

FC Platinum

FC Platinum is a Zimbabwean football club based in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, and playing in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League.In 2010 the club was Mimosa Football Club...

|bgcolor=#FFDDFF|Dynamos (9)
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