Kwekwe United F.C.

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Kwekwe United
GroundTorwood Stadium [1]
ChairmanPhil Makekera [2]
League Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
(ZPSL)
2024 (Central Region)1st (champions)

Kwekwe United is a professional football club from Kwekwe that competes in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.

The club gained promotion to the top tier under manager Prince Matore [3] by winning the Central Region in 2024, becoming the first team from Kwekwe in the top tier since Lancashire Steel in 2008. [4]

In their first season back in the PSL, the club experienced financial difficulties, failing to meet a fixture against Herentals after the players went on strike due to unpaid salaries. [2] [5] The club forfeited the game 3-0 and was fined US$3500. As of May 2025, owner Phil Makekera admitted that the club still owed signing on fees for many of the thirty new players signed for the new season. [6]

Honours

References

  1. Mirror, Masvingo (5 December 2024). "Kwekwe Utd to use Torwood Stadium »" . Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 ZimLive (25 April 2025). "Kwekwe United apologise over missed fixture as cost of running club revealed". Nehanda Radio. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  3. admin (28 February 2024). "Matore lands Kwekwe United job - The Echo News" . Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  4. Madyauta, Terry. "Kwekwe United on brink of PSL promotion". NewsDay. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  5. Chigandiwa, Tafadzwa (22 April 2025). "Embarrassment as struggling Kwekwe United fail to fulfil PSL fixture against Herentals". Nehanda Radio. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  6. "PSL drop Hammer on Kwekwe United". The Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2025.