Manica Diamonds F.C. are a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

team from

Mutare Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban area, urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

, currently playing in the

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the top professional division of the Zimbabwe Football Association. It was founded in 1980, as a successor to the 1962 formed ''Rhodesia National Football League.'' It is currently sponsored by Delta Beverages ...

. Diamonds were founded in late 2017 after Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamonds Company decided to form the club to help the community. Luke Masomere was named the club's first technical director. They started out in the 2018 Eastern Division zone, Zimbabwe's regional second division. The Gem Boys were promoted after winning the 2018 Eastern Division zone with an undefeated record of 26–4–0. They announced their signings ahead of the Premier Soccer League season on 8 January 2019, including their highlight signing of Partson Jaure, a former captain for the Warriors. On 3 Oct 2022, Manica Diamonds sacked Manager, Johanisi Nhumwa after a poor run of results.

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