Hwange Colliery F.C. (original) (raw)
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Hwange Football Club
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| Full name | Hwange Football Club |
| 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) |
| 2023 | 9th |
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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
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]
1970, 1973, 1991
- ^ "Zimbabwe Cup History". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Wankie Chipolopolo back in the big league". 28 October 2018. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.