Hwange Colliery F.C.
Zimbabwean football club
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Hwange Colliery F.C. (formerly known as Wankie Colliery F.C.) is a football club from Hwange, Zimbabwe, previously playing in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
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| Full name | Hwange Football Club | |
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| Nickname | Chipangano | |
| Founded | 1940 | |
| Ground | Colliery Stadium Hwange, Zimbabwe | |
| Capacity | 15,000 | |
| Chairman | Butholezwe Dube | |
| Manager | Mebelo Njekwa | |
| League | Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (ZPSL) | |
| 2024 | 16th (relegated) | |
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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]
They were relegated from the 2024 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.[3]
Honours
- 1970, 1973, 1991
