Hwange Colliery F.C.
Hwange Colliery F.C. (formerly known as Wankie Colliery F.C.) is a football club from Hwange, Zimbabwe, currently playing in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Full name | Hwange Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Chipangano | |
Founded | 1940 | |
Ground | Colliery Stadium Hwange, Zimbabwe | |
Capacity | 15,000 | |
Chairman | Butholezwe Dube | |
Manager | Mebelo Njekwa | |
League | Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (ZPSL) | |
2016 | 12th | |
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The club has won its fair share of honours along its history, beating a star-studded Callies 6–1 to lift the Castle Cup in 1972. in 1973 Dynamos were beaten 1–0. In 1991 Chipangano lifted the Zifa Cup beating Cranborne Bullets 3–1.[1]
Hwange were most recently promoted to the Zimbabwe top flight in 2018 after spending one year in the second division after a 2016 relegation.[2]
Honours
- Zimbabwean Cup: 3
- 1970, 1973, 1991
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References
- "Zimbabwe Cup History". RSSSF.
- "Wankie Chipolopolo back in the big league". 28 October 2018.
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