Football in Zimbabwe

[3] It was introduced to the country by the British colonialists by the end of the 19th century and quickly took hold.

[4] From 1890 onwards, white settlers played football in what was then Southern Rhodesia.

[6] In 1946 a men's national team played a first full international against Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).Liwena, Ridgeway (2006).

A team of players from the local league furthermore finished fourth at the 2014 African Nations Championship.

[16] Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Zimbabwe was Manchester United, with 28% of Zimbabwean Premier League fans following the club, followed by Chelsea (19%) and Arsenal (17%).