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Nickname(s) | Zanzibar Queens |
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Association | Zanzibar Football Association |
Confederation | CAF (associate member) Zone 5, CECAFA |
FIFA code | ZAN |
First international | |
![]() ![]() (Jinja, Uganda; 11 September 2016) | |
Biggest win | |
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Biggest defeat | |
![]() ![]() (Njeru, Uganda; 6 June 2022) |
The Zanzibar women's national football team, nicknamed the "Zanzibar Queens", is the women's representative team from Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania. Founded in 1988, the team has limited recognition as the regional governing body, the Zanzibar Football Association, is a full member of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) and Confederation of African Football (CAF), but Zanzibar Football Association is not recognised by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) as an independent national association. The national team was supposed to have its first international matches in the CECAFA Women's Challenge Cup in October 2007, but the event was cancelled. The team plays domestically against men's sides in Zanzibar. The development of women's football in Zanzibar faces several challenges specific to Africa and their own islands, including efforts to politicize the game.