Men's national association football team representing Tanzania
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Tanzania women's national football team.
Tanzania
Nickname(s)
Taifa Stars
Association
Tanzania Football Federation (TFF)
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation
CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach
Hemed Morocco (interim)
Captain
Mbwana Samatta
Most caps
Erasto Nyoni (107)
Top scorer
Mrisho Ngasa (25)
Home stadium
National Stadium
FIFA code
TAN
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current
119 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest
65 (February 1995)
Lowest
175 (October–November 2005)
First international
Uganda 7–0 Tanganyika (Uganda; Date Unknown 1945) as Tanzania Tanzania 1–1 Kenya (Tanzania; 1 March 1969)
Biggest win
Tanzania 7–0 Somalia (Jinja, Uganda; 1 December 1995) Somalia 0–7 Tanzania (Kampala, Uganda; 1 December 2012)
Biggest defeat
Tanganyika 0–9 Kenya (Tanganyika; Date Unknown 1956) as Tanzania Saudi Arabia 8–0 Tanzania (Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 September 1998)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances
3 (first in 1980)
Best result
Group stage (1980, 2019, 2023)
The Tanzania national football team (Swahili: Timu ya Taifa ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania) represents Tanzania in men's international football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania, Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam and their head coach is Adel Amrouche from Algeria. They are colloquially known as the Taifa Stars. Tanzania has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Before uniting with Zanzibar, the team played as the Tanganyika national football team, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The island of Zanzibar, part of Tanzania (and once an independent nation), is also an associate member of CAF and has played matches with other nations, but is not eligible to enter the World Cup or Africa Cup of Nations. See Zanzibar national football team.
Tanzania is currently ranked 121st in the FIFA World Rankings.[3]
^"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^"FIFA". fifa.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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Global Information
(4 April 2024)[1]
Uganda 7–0 Tanganyika 
Tanzania 1–1 Kenya 
Tanzania 7–0 Somalia 
Saudi Arabia 8–0 Tanzania 
