Dynamos F.C.

Dynamos Football Club was founded in 1963.[1] The team's founder, Sam Dauya, was inspired to form a club for local black players in Salisbury (now Harare) by the establishment of an exclusively white club the previous year and the recent disbanding of two local black teams, Salisbury City and Salisbury United.[2][4] To this end, Dauya prepared an emblem and wrote a club constitution.[2] Former City and United players were then organised by Dauya into Dynamos, a combined team that, during its first year in existence, won the national championship ahead of white-dominated Salisbury Callies.[1] Dynamos became the first black team to consistently challenge the predominantly white Rhodesia National Football League, winning successive championships in 1965 and 1966.[1] A key player of the original Dynamos team was Patrick Dzvene, who became the first black Rhodesian to play outside his homeland in 1964 when he joined Zambian club Ndola United.[5] Known as "Amato the Devil" or the "midfield magician",[5] he was subsequently targeted by two English clubs, Arsenal and Aston Villa; however, Ndola refused to sell him.[4]

The original first team poses with the Austin Cup in 1963

Dynamos acquired their nickname, the Glamour Boys, through their early style of playing: Dynamos played "carpet soccer" – football based around passes along the ground – and based their game around "entertainment and winning, attacking football".[4] The club won three more domestic titles before the replacement of the Rhodesia National Football League with the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League in 1980, and, during that year, became the first champions of Zimbabwe. Because of the recognition of Zimbabwe's independence following the end of Rhodesia (latterly Zimbabwe Rhodesia), Zimbabwean clubs were, from 1981, allowed to contest continental competitions for the first time. As Zimbabwean champions, the side therefore entered the African Cup of Champions Clubs for the first time in 1981. Dynamos won their first match in the Cup of Champions Clubs 5–0, and, as of 2010, have never lost a first-round match in continental competition. The team reached the quarter-finals during their first season in the tournament, an achievement that was matched twice more during the 1980s – in 1984 and 1987. Meanwhile, the team dominated the Zimbabwean league, winning six out of the first seven editions of the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, including the first four. Dynamos also clinched the Cup of Zimbabwe in 1985, 1986 and 1989 as well as the 1983 Zimbabwean Independence Trophy.

The team claimed four more Zimbabwean titles during the 1990s, as well as a further Cup of Zimbabwe and three more Independence Trophies. Following the 1997 league win – the club's 17th overall – Dynamos embarked on a run in the 1998 CAF Champions League that was ended only in the final by a 4–2 aggregate defeat by ASEC Mimosas, champions of the Côte d'Ivoire. After a barren start to the 2000s during which the side did not win a single title or Cup of Zimbabwe, Dynamos won their sixth Double in 2007, and, as a result of winning the Zimbabwean title, qualified once more for the Champions League. Despite defeating ASEC earlier in the tournament, Dynamos were overcome by Coton Sport of Cameroon in the semi-finals.This was the teams best Champions League run in their history. Much of this success was achieved when the much admired Patson Moyo was the chairman of the football club.

Dynamos are known primarily by their nicknames: DeMbare, Chazunguza, 7 million or the Glamour Boys. DeMbare refers to the club's location and origins. Some sources have linked this to Charles Mabika while the Glamour Boys label has its roots in the elaborate and entertaining "carpet soccer" style of play exhibited by the team during its early years.[4]

The club's colours are blue and white.[3]

Dynamos FC have no Stadium of their own. The club relies on rented City Harare Council stadiums.

As of 18 July 2016[1][4]

• African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League: 17 appearances

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

Matches

Results list Dynamos' goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	First match	Second match	Aggregate
1981	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	Linare	5–0	1–1	6–1
		R2	Shooting Stars	2–1	3–0	5–1
		QF	JE Tizi-Ouzou	0–3	2–2	2–5
1982	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	Botswana Defence Force XI	2–2	2–1	4–3
		R2	Saint-Éloi Lupopo	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
1983	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	AFC Leopards	5–1	0–3	5–4
		R2	Al Ahly	1–4	1–2	2–6
1984	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	HTMF Mahajanga	3–0	2–0[n 1]	5–0
		R2	Kampala City Council	0–0	2–1	2–1
		QF	JE Tizi-Ouzou	2–0	0–2	2–2
1986	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	Maji Maji	5–1	2–0[n 2]	7–1
		R2	Zamalek	1–2	0–2	1–4
1987	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	Mbabane Highlanders	6–1	2–1	8–2
		R2	Lupopo	3–1	1–1	4–2
		QF	Canon Yaoundé	1–2	1–1	2–3
1989	African Cup Winners' Cup	R1	BFV	1–1	0–1	1–2
1990	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	Petro Atlético	1–1	1–1	1–1 (5–4 p)
		R2	Al-Hilal	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1991	African Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Maxaquene	5–1	2–0	7–1
		R2	Diables Noirs	2–0	1–1	3–1
		QF	BCC Lions	1–1	0–3	1–4
1995	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	Al-Hilal	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R2	Chaouia	1–1	3–2	4–3
		QF	Express	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
1996	African Cup of Champions Clubs	R1	Gor Mahia	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R2	Shooting Stars	1–5	3–1	4–6
1997	African Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Sigara	0–1	3–0	3–1
		R1	Bata Bullets	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R2	Jomo Cosmos	2–1	0–2	2–3
1998	CAF Champions League	R1	Telecom Wanderers	2–1	2–1	4–2
		R2	Ferroviário Maputo	1–1	1–0	2–1
		GS, GA	Eagle Cement	3–0	1–0	N/A
		GS, GA	Accra Hearts of Oak	1–1	0–1	N/A
		GS, GA	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	0–1	N/A
		F	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	2–4	2–4
1999	CAF Champions League	R1	Lesotho Defence Force	3–0	1–0	4–0
		R2	Vital'O	2–0	1–0	3–0
		GS, GB	Saint-Louisienne	0–1	7–2	N/A
		GS, GB	Espérance	0–2	0–1	N/A
		GS, GB	ASEC Mimosas	0–2	2–1	N/A
2004	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Savanne	0–0	3–0	3–0
		R32	King Faisal Babes	0–1	0–4	0–5
2008	CAF Champions League	PR	Royal Leopards	1–0	2–0	3–0
		R1	Costa do Sol	3–0	1–2	4–2
		R2	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	1–0	2–0
		GS, GA	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	2–1	N/A
		GS, GA	Zamalek	0–1	1–0	N/A
		GS, GA	Al Ahly	1–2	0–1	N/A
		SF	Coton Sport	0–1	0–4	0–5
2010	CAF Champions League	R1	Saint-Éloi Lupopo	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R2	Gaborone United	4–1	0–1	4–2
		GS, GA	TP Mazembe	0–2	1–2	N/A
		GS, GA	Espérance	0–1	0–1	N/A
		GS, GA	ES Sétif	1–0	0–3	N/A
2011	CAF Champions League	R1	MC Alger	4–1	0–3	4–4 (a)
2012	CAF Champions League	R1	Liga Muçulmana	2–2	1–0	3–2
		R2	Espérance	0–6	1–1	1–7
2012	CAF Confederation Cup	PO	Interclube	0–0	0–1	0–1
2013	CAF Champions League	PR	Lesotho Correctional Services	3–0	0–1	3–1
		R1	Bizertin	0–3	1–0	1–3
2014	CAF Champions League	PR	Mochudi Centre Chiefs	3–0	0–1	3–1
		R1	Vita Club	0–0	0–1	0–1

1. HTMF Mahajanga withdrew after the first leg, Dynamos were awarded a 2–0 win.[7]
2. Maji Maji withdrew after the first leg, Dynamos were awarded a 2–0 win.[8]

As of 24 April 2019.

Managerial history

Dates[9]	Name	Notes
1976–1981	Shepherd Murape
	Moses "Bambo"/"Razor Man" Chunga
	Peter Fanuel
	Luke Masomere
1984–??	Sunday "Mhofu" Chidzambwa
2001	Clemens Westerhof
2003, 2005–2008	Malcom Fourie
2006–2008	David Mandigora
2008–2010	Elvis "Chuchu" Chiweshe
2010–2011	Lloyd Mutasa
2011–2014	Callisto Pasuwa
2015	David "Yogi" Mandigora
2015–2016	Paulo Jorge Silva
2016–2018	Lloyd Mutasa
2019–2022	Tonderayi Ndiraya
Dec 2022-Aug 2023	Herbert Maruwa
Aug 2023-Present	Genesis Mangombe (interim)

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