Dynamos F.C.

Dynamos F.C.

Dynamos Football Club (also referred to simply as Dynamos, or, outside of Zimbabwe, as Dynamos Harare or Zimbabwe Dynamos) is a Zimbabwean professional football club based since 1963 at Rufaro Stadium, Mbare, Harare. The team is contesting Zimbabwe's top-tier Premier Soccer League during the 2012 season. Originally founded in 1963 after a merger between two lesser teams in Mbare, Harare Township, Rhodesia, the side quickly became one of the strongest in the Rhodesian league, and by the recognition of the country's independence as Zimbabwe in 1980 had become the country's most successful team, having won six national titles.

Following Zimbabwe's independence, Dynamos began to compete in the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1981 as Zimbabwean champions. Dynamos reached the quarter-finals at the first attempt. This was matched in 1984 and 1987, then topped in 1998: Dynamos reached the final before losing 4–2 on aggregate to Ivorian champions ASEC Mimosas. Dynamos also reached the semi-finals in 2008, but despite defeating ASEC earlier in the tournament, were overcome by Coton Sport of Cameroon. Dynamos have won a record 18 league titles and six cup titles, also a record. Known as DeMbare or the Glamour Boys, the side is also Zimbabwe's most popular, boasting "seven million" supporters.