Zimbabwe National Team: Warriors Football Squad, Next Match and Fixtures

The Zimbabwe national team, nicknamed the Warriors, is the senior men's football side run by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA). Zimbabwe made their Africa Cup of Nations debut in 2004 and appeared at six finals between 2004 and 2025. In South Africa, readers searching for the Zimbabwe soccer team can use the same fixtures and squad information.

Warriors fixture details bring together the opposition, match venue and kick off across WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT. The squad list, results and AFCON qualifying table provide the changing details, while Zimbabwe's tournament history gives readers in Lagos, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Accra and Kampala the background to those numbers.

Who Are the Warriors of Zimbabwe?

The Warriors are the national football team of Zimbabwe, governed by ZIFA, and have played home matches at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. Their COSAFA Cup titles connect their international history with Southern African football, while their AFCON appearances place that history in a continental setting.

For readers in Johannesburg, Lagos or Accra, Zimbabwe's regional honours and continental appearances offer two ways into the Warriors story. You can compare them with every other side we cover through our national teams hub, which lists each country's squad, fixtures and ranking in the same layout.

Warriors Next Match: What Time Is Kick Off Where You Live?

For a Warriors fixture, read the competition and venue alongside the opponent before checking the four kick off columns. Harare keeps the same clock as Johannesburg, so a Warriors match that kicks off at 15:00 in Harare starts at 15:00 SAST, 14:00 WAT in Lagos, 13:00 GMT in Accra and 16:00 EAT in Nairobi and Kampala. When a home match is staged at a neutral venue in another time zone, the module recalculates every column for you.

Zimbabwe's fixture entries distinguish qualifiers from friendlies and tournament matches. Broadcast information belongs with the individual fixture because coverage can differ between Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. For a completed match, the results entry provides the score alongside the competition and date.

Who Is in the Zimbabwe Squad?

Zimbabwe's call ups appear with positions, clubs and leagues in the squad module. Its leadership details identify the captain and coach for the selected group. Consult that selection before a qualifying window; the club column identifies each selected player's club and league.

South African readers can use the league filter to find Zimbabwe internationals selected from PSL clubs. Readers elsewhere can follow the same club and league details to connect the Warriors selection with domestic football across Africa and beyond.

Read the squad by units as well as individual names. The balance of goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards helps frame questions about selection, but a position label alone does not establish a player's exact role. Compare the selected group with the match line up when available: that shows who starts, who offers an option from the bench and how the listed positions fit together.

Who Coaches the Warriors, and How Have They Played?

Zimbabwe's coaching appointment appears with the squad details; Reinhard Fabisch belongs to a notable chapter in the Warriors' history. Under Fabisch, in the qualifying campaign for the 1994 World Cup, Zimbabwe reached the final qualifier needing a result against Cameroon and fell one match short of the finals. Bruce Grobbelaar, the goalkeeper who played for Liverpool, later took charge in short interim spells in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Those campaigns provide historical context, while the selected players and their positions help readers assess the options available for each fixture.

To assess an approach, look beyond the formation graphic. Watch where Zimbabwe begin their pressure, whether the full backs advance together and how the midfield supports the striker. These are useful questions for any Warriors selection without assigning a permanent style to the team. The space between defence and midfield also helps explain whether possession can become a controlled attack or needs an earlier forward pass.

How Do You Read the AFCON Qualifying Table?

Zimbabwe's AFCON qualifying table orders the group by points: a victory earns three and a draw earns one. Read the qualification shading alongside matches played, wins, draws, defeats, goals for, goals against and goal difference. When teams share a points total, consult the competition's tie breaking rules to understand their order.

The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations runs from 19 June to 17 July 2027, hosted jointly by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. To assess Zimbabwe's route through a qualifying group, compare their place with the qualification shading, then check the points gap and remaining fixtures.

Matches played gives the points column its context. If teams have completed different numbers of fixtures, their totals alone cannot describe the same amount of opportunity. Read the remaining schedule before drawing a conclusion about Zimbabwe's route. Goal difference offers another comparison, but it should be read alongside the stated tie breaking rules rather than assumed to decide every level points situation.

What Have the Warriors Won?

Zimbabwe won six COSAFA Cup titles between 2000 and 2018, lifting the regional trophy in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017 and 2018, and they also won gold at the CECAFA Cup in 1985. That is a strong record in Southern Africa, and it explains why the Warriors are treated as a serious side whenever the region's teams meet. Their best finish at the African Nations Championship between its inaugural edition in 2009 and the 2024 edition was fourth place in 2014, which showed the depth of talent in the Zimbabwean game at the time.

At continental level, Zimbabwe played at six Africa Cup of Nations finals between 2004 and 2025: 2004, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2025. The group stage was their best result during that period. In the 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign under Fabisch, they finished one match short of qualification. Reaching an AFCON knockout round would build on that continental history.

Who Holds the Warriors Records?

Peter Ndlovu held Zimbabwe's scoring record with 37 international goals as recorded in November 2026. The records module provides appearance totals alongside their attribution. Zimbabwe reached 39th in the FIFA ranking in April 1994; the ranking module carries the changing position and historical comparisons. Keep the date beside each record when comparing different generations of Warriors players.

Separate a tournament achievement from a career record when reading those entries. A finish belongs to a particular edition, while an international goals total brings together appearances across a player's career. The year and attribution help establish what is being compared. Zimbabwe's April 1994 ranking and fourth place at the 2014 African Nations Championship describe different kinds of achievement, so neither should substitute for the other.

Where Do the Warriors Play, and Why Are Home Games Sometimes Abroad?

The National Sports Stadium in Harare has hosted Zimbabwe internationals, but the venue attached to an individual fixture is the place to check where the Warriors will play. A Zimbabwe home designation identifies the home side and does not by itself establish that the match takes place in Harare. Read the stadium and country together before using the kick off columns.

For supporters planning a trip, the fixture's venue and ticket details are more useful than an assumed home ground. Tickets, where they are sold, are listed on the fixture card when the federation releases them, so check the card closer to the date rather than buying from anyone you do not know.

Keep the stadium's local time separate from the time where you will watch. A supporter travelling from Accra needs the venue's clock for arrival planning, while someone watching in Kampala needs EAT. The four time columns make those different plans easier to compare. Check the date as well as the hour when arranging travel or a shared viewing session across countries.

Why Do the Warriors Matter in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda?

For South African readers, Zimbabwe's squad offers a way to follow any selected PSL players into international football. A meeting with Bafana Bafana also brings two Southern African national sides together. Kenya and Uganda have their own reason to watch, as joint hosts of AFCON 2027 alongside Tanzania, with qualifying determining which visiting teams reach the tournament.

Readers in Nigeria and Ghana can compare Zimbabwe's qualifying route with those of the Super Eagles and Black Stars. The Warriors' six AFCON appearances between 2004 and 2025 provide historical context for that comparison, while the group table and fixtures explain the route to another tournament.

For a direct meeting, start with the competition, venue and selected players before comparing historical results. A friendly and a qualifier answer different questions, and a past score does not establish how another selection will play. Following Zimbabwe's players from their clubs into the national side gives supporters across all five countries a concrete connection between domestic football and the continental calendar.

Is It Zimbabwe, Zim or the Warriors?

Zimbabwe and the Warriors refer here to the senior men's national football team; Zim is a shortened form of the country name. Whether you search for Zimbabwe fixtures or a Warriors squad, check the team category so that you reach the senior men's selection. The women's national side and Zimbabwe's age group teams have separate squads and schedules.