Zimbabwe retains 14 slots on the Fifa Panel

Noel Munzabwa (Jnr)

ZIMBABWE match officials may have been omitted from the list of 65 to take charge at the forthcoming 2025 Total Energies Chan finals.

In a list released by Caf recently, it is the second consecutive year since the lifting of the Fifa imposed ban, that the country will be represented by 14 referees and assistant referees on Fifa Panel of Match Officials for 2025.

Zimbabwe retained 14 slots on the panel with Tichaona Mbire, who had joined the panel last year the major omission and Bulawayo’s Owen Manenda the notable new addition.

Castle Lager Premier Soccer League reigning Referee of the Year, Brighton Chimene headlines the list.

2025 List
CHIMENE Brighton (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Referee Panel since 2019
GIMO Grace (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Referee Panel since 2022
MANENDA Owen (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Referee Panel since 2025
MAYIMBO Mercy Chipo (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Referee Panel since 2018
NYAHUYE Thanks (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Referee Panel since 2015
RUZARIO Thabani (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Referee Panel since 2024
ZIMONDI Lawrence (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Referee Panel since 2016
CHATSAMWA Progress (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Assistant Referee Panel since 2024
KUSOSA Thomas (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Assistant Referee Panel since 2016
MELUSI Dominica (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Assistant Referee Panel since 2024
MHARA Luckson (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Assistant Referee Panel since 2016
NKALA Tafadzwa (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Assistant Referee Panel since 2018
RUMECK Edgar (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Assistant Referee Panel since 2012
SIMANGO Claris (CAF, Zimbabwe) – Assistant Referee Panel since 2014