Dynamos F.C.

Dynamos Harare
Full nameDynamos Football Club
Nickname(s)DeMbare, The Glamour Boys
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)[1][2]
GroundRufaro Stadium, National Sports Stadium
Harare, Zimbabwe
Capacity60,000[3]
CoachGenesis Mangombe (interim)
LeagueZimbabwe Premier Soccer League
20233rd

Dynamos F.C. (also referred to as both The Glamour Boys, and De-Mbare) is a Zimbabwean professional football club based since 1963 at Rufaro Stadium, Mbare, Harare. The team currently participates in Zimbabwe's top-tier, the Premier Soccer League. Founded in 1963 after a merger between two lesser teams in Mbare, Harare Township, Rhodesia, Dynamos quickly became one of the strongest sides in the Rhodesian league, and by the attainment of the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980 had become the country's most successful football team, having won six national championships. Dynamos have since won 22 league championships – a national record – and at least 16 trophy/cup honours.

In 1998, Dynamos contested the final of the CAF African Champions League against Ivorian side ASEC MIMOSAS, and lost the two-legged match under highly controversial circumstances.

Historically, Dynamos has been considered one of the great African teams.

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  3. ^ "Rufaro Stadium". Dynamos F.C. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2010.