{"id":41108,"date":"2025-11-08T23:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41108"},"modified":"2025-11-08T23:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:20:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncentral-region-soccer-league-division-one-champions-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/08\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncentral-region-soccer-league-division-one-champions-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Region Soccer League Division One champions confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138558\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"432\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Central-Region-Soccer-League-Division-One-champions-confirmed.jpeg?resize=432%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?resize=1024%2C626&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?resize=768%2C469&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?resize=1536%2C938&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?resize=432%2C264&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2588.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Hard Rock FC have been crowned the 2025 ZIFA Central Region Division One League champions, earning promotion to the 2026 Premier Soccer League (PSL) season.<\/p>\n<p>The title was confirmed following a 2-0 victory over MSU FC in a match played at Baghdad Stadium, Kwekwe.<\/p>\n<p>Benedict Sithole opened the scoring sheet in the seventh minute before veteran player Donald Ngoma\u2019s 42nd strike that sealed the victory for the Kwekwe based outfit.<\/p>\n<p>In a post match interview, veteran midfielder Devon Chafa said it wasn\u2019t an easy road but it was worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Chafa joined the team at the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came here because, you know, the boss (Shepherd Chahwanda), he sold the good idea that he had and the project that he wanted to bring to Kwekwe. So I just said, let me just take up the challenge and see how it goes. But it was really a tough journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hard Rock became the third team to be promoted into the elite league after FC Hunters and Bulawayo Chiefs where confirmed Eastern Region and Northern Region champions respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Central #Region #Soccer #League #Division #champions #confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard Rock FC have been crowned the 2025 ZIFA Central Region Division One League champions, earning promotion to the 2026&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[652,1238,4371,7176,300,1192,1035],"class_list":["post-41108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-central","tag-champions","tag-confirmed","tag-division","tag-league","tag-region","tag-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41110,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41108\/revisions\/41110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}