Mercenaries is a basketball club based in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Since 2006, the team has competed in the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA), winning a league championship in each season.
History Mercenaries was founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Mutare, led by Innocent Sithole, who hoped to make money playing together in basketball tournaments. In 2006, the club joined the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA). Since then, it has won 13 consecutive league titles without losing a single game.
In 2019, Mercenaries won its first National Basketball Club Championship, becoming the first team from outside Harare and Bulawayo to do so.
Honours Zimbabwe National Championship Champions (1): 2019 Manicaland Basketball Association Champions (13): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 In African competitions BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance) 2020 – First Round
Personnel Current roster The following is the Mercenaries roster for the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments:Mercenaries at FIBA.com
Notable players
Tatenda Maturure
References
External links Mercenaries Basketball Club on Twitter