Women's football in Zimbabwe

Women's football in Zimbabwe
Country	Zimbabwe
Governing body	Zimbabwe Football Association
National team(s)	Women's national team

Women's football in Zimbabwe is popular but women who play the game face stigmatisation.^[1]^[2]

In 2012, the Zimbabwe Women’s Football Super League was created to improve the Zimbabwe women's national football team.^[3] Audience attendances were large for a debut season.^[4]

However, the second season of the league did not follow until 2014, after a full year's break.^[5] The women's national team qualified for their first Olympic Games in 2016.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ "ZIMBABWE: Positive women's football beats stigma". IRIN. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "Please save women's football". 10 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ "Women's Football Super League set for kick off". The Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "Women's league comes alive". The Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "Women's Super League kicks off". NewsDay. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^ "No riches, but respect for Zimbabwe women's football team at Rio 2016 Olympics". 9 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ "Rio 2016: Zimbabwe women's arduous journey to Brazil". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ "Zimbabwe and South Africa qualify for women's Olympic football". BBC Sport. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ Davidson, Neil (5 August 2016). "Zimbabwe's women's soccer players are Mighty Warriors indeed". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 February 2017.