Tanzania women's national football team
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The Tanzania national women's football team, is the national team of Tanzania
and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation. They are nicknamed the Twiga Stars.
The Twiga Stars qualified for their first CAF Women's Championship
finals on 5 June 2010, after defeating Eritrea 11–4 on aggregate.
. The first leg was played in Addis Ababa
, Ethiopia
on March 8, 2010. Tanzania won the match 3-1, with goals by Ester Chabruma, Mwanahamis Omary and Asha Rashid. The return leg played at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam
, Tanzania on March 29, 2010, ended in a 1-1 draw.
After the Twiga Stars' success in qualifying for the CAF Women's Championship
a Tanzanian businesswoman Rahma Al-Kharoosi stepped in to sponsor them. She is sponsoring them to train in the USA for 2 weeks in August 2010. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete
has also promised 53 million Tanzanian shillings (approximately $30,000 USD) to facilitate the teams training camp before the women's championship in October.
They are the subject of 2010 documentary film Twiga Stars: Tanzania's Soccer Sisters by Nisha Ligon.
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation. They are nicknamed the Twiga Stars.
The Twiga Stars qualified for their first CAF Women's Championship
CAF Women's Championship
The African Women's Championship is a biennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Confederation of African Football . Nine tournaments have been held, with the current champions being Nigeria...
finals on 5 June 2010, after defeating Eritrea 11–4 on aggregate.
Fixtures and Results, 2010
The Twiga Stars played Ethiopia in the preliminary round of the 2010 African Women's Football Championship2010 African Women's Football Championship
The 2010 Women's African Football Championship was held in South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. Seven national teams joined the host nation following a series of knock-out home and away ties...
. The first leg was played in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...
, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
on March 8, 2010. Tanzania won the match 3-1, with goals by Ester Chabruma, Mwanahamis Omary and Asha Rashid. The return leg played at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...
, Tanzania on March 29, 2010, ended in a 1-1 draw.
After the Twiga Stars' success in qualifying for the CAF Women's Championship
CAF Women's Championship
The African Women's Championship is a biennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Confederation of African Football . Nine tournaments have been held, with the current champions being Nigeria...
a Tanzanian businesswoman Rahma Al-Kharoosi stepped in to sponsor them. She is sponsoring them to train in the USA for 2 weeks in August 2010. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete
Jakaya Kikwete
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is the 4th and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Kikwete was born in Msoga, Bagamoyo District, Tanganyika in present day Tanzania...
has also promised 53 million Tanzanian shillings (approximately $30,000 USD) to facilitate the teams training camp before the women's championship in October.
They are the subject of 2010 documentary film Twiga Stars: Tanzania's Soccer Sisters by Nisha Ligon.
Staff
- Head Coach: Charles Boniface Mkwasa
- Assistant Coach: Mohammed Adolf Rishard
- Manager: Furaha Francis
World Cup record
| World Cup Finals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 |
Did Not Enter | ||||||||
 1995 |
Did Not Enter | ||||||||
 1999 |
Did Not Enter | ||||||||
| 2003 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
| 2007 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 2011 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 20152015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament... |
To Be Determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/6 | ||||||||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicksPenalty shootout (football)A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
.