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{{Short description|Governing body of association football in Zimbabwe}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox football association
| Logo                  = Zimbabwe Football Association.png
| Founded               = {{plainlist|
* 1892 ([[Southern Rhodesia]])
* 1965 ([[Rhodesia]])
* 1979 ([[Zimbabwe]])<ref>CAF and FIFA, ''50 years of African football - the DVD'', 2009</ref> }}
| Headquarters          = Harare
| FIFA affiliation      = 1965
| Region                = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] 
| Region affiliation    = 1980
| Subregion             = [[COSAFA]]
| Subregion affiliation = 1997
| President     = [[Lincoln Mutasa]] 
| Website               = {{URL|http://www.zifa.org.zw/}}
}}
The '''Zimbabwe Football Association''' ('''ZIFA''') is the governing body of [[association football|football]] in [[Zimbabwe]]. It is responsible for organising national football competitions in Zimbabwe and managing the [[Zimbabwe national football team]]s.

The current ZIFA was founded in 1979. It has been affiliated with [[FIFA]] since 1965 and has been a member of the [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] since 1980.

In October 2015, Zimbabwe Football Association President, Cuthbert Dube, stepped down after five years in charge. During his tenure, the organisation's debt rose to $6 million and national teams struggled repeatedly to fulfil away assignments due to lack of funds. Dube faced a vote of no confidence at a meeting prior to his resignation.<ref>{{cite web|title= Zimbabwe FA president Cuthbert Dube steps down|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34433617|website=BBC|date=3 October 2015}}</ref>

==ZIFA regions==
'''ZIFA has four Regions''' made up of '''ten''' '''Provinces:'''
*'''ZIFA Central Region''' (Provinces: ''Matebeleland South, Midlands'')
*'''ZIFA Eastern Region''' (Provinces: ''Manicaland, Masvingo, Mashonaland East'')
*'''ZIFA Northern Region''' (Provinces: ''Harare, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland West'')
*'''ZIFA Southern Region''' (Provinces: ''Bulawayo, Matebeleland North'')

==Unauthorised matches allegation==
In October 2010, Henrietta Rushwaya, the Chief Executive of the ZIFA, was sacked after being found guilty by the Association's disciplinary body on charges of "conduct inconsistent with her duties, mismanagement and insubordination".<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news | title = Zimbabwe FA chief executive sacked over unauthorised matches | date = 26 October 2010 | work = The Guardian }}</ref>

Rushwaya was found guilty of sending the national team to play unauthorised matches in Asia in 2009. Her sacking followed her suspension in July 2010 on suspicion of fixing matches in a Malaysian tournament.<ref name="The Guardian"/> She was also found guilty of requesting a loan of $103,000 from Zimbabwe's sports commission, an amount that is now unaccounted for.<ref name="The Guardian"/>

The national team's matches against Thailand, Syria and a Malaysian club were accepted without the permission of ZIFA's Board or Zimbabwe's Sports Commission, which must authorise foreign trips taken by Zimbabwe teams. Rushwaya also allowed the former Zimbabwe champions Monomotapa to go to Malaysia in 2009 masquerading as the national team of Zimbabwe.<ref name="The Guardian"/>

Both tours are suspected of being set up by betting syndicates, a report by the Forum for African Investigative Reporters stated in September 2010.

Rushwaya was acquitted after a fully contested trial and also due to lack of incriminating evidence. Some theorists allege that her prosecution was a conspiracy linked to ZIFA President Cuthbert Dube<ref name="The Guardian" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{twitter|id = online_zifa}}
* {{facebook|id= footballzim }}
* [https://www.cafonline.com/member-associations/zim/ Zimbabwe] at [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
* [https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/ZIM Zimbabwe] at [[FIFA]]

{{Sports governing bodies in Zimbabwe}}
{{Football in Zimbabwe}}
{{International football}}
{{National Members of the Confederation of African Football}}
{{COSAFA Football}}

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