Zambian Super League News Blog

 Lucky Mwewa Chama | 23 September, 2020 Zambia Under-17 Women National team Coach Kangwa Kaluba says his technical bench has summoned 45 players to camp. The team which commenced preparations for the 2020 Cosafa tournament slated for South Africa next was taken through the paces by Coach Kaluba at Barca Academy. Kaluba said he has roped in half of the players from the 2019 inaugural Cosafa tournament while the other half comprised first timers. He noted that most of the players were not in good shape arising from the Covid-19 induced break from all football activities. “The majority of the players are not in good shape. We all know the reason, the league has not been active due to the Covid challenge.  We could see that the majority of our girls are struggling,” he said. “From the list we have, we have half the team from last year and the other team is new. The under-17 has a four year project and one of the goals is to produce quality players that will graduate to the...

  Lucky Mwewa Chama | 23 September, 2020 FIFA has lifted a transfer ban imposed on thirteen times Super League champions Nkana Football Club following a dispute with Ghanaian goalkeeper Stephen Adams. In a letter to Nkana FC dated 23 September 2020, FIFA Head of Players’ Status, Erika Montemor Ferreira acknowledged receipt of the communication of the legal representative of the player confirming that the parties involved in the matter have settled the matter. “In this respect, we acknowledge receipt of the communication of the legal representative of the player, by means of which he confirmed that the parties settled the matter. Consequently, we will now proceed to the closure of the present matter. Furthermore, we kindly inform your club that the ban imposed on it in line with the aforementioned decision is now lifted,” read the letter in part. In a statement, Nkana Football Club President Joseph Silwamba has pledged to uphold good governance at the Club and thanked among ot...

  The calendar for the 2020/21 Interclubs season has been finalized. Engagement window: 1 September – 20 October 2020 Member Associations (MA) are requested to register their representatives on the CAF Content Management System (CMS) guided by the following scenarios; - For MA’s that completed the 2019/20 season, the engaged teams shall be the teams qualified from their national competitions for 2019/20 in accordance with the criteria of engagement as stated in Articles 2 and 3 Chapter 4 of the regulations. - For MAs that did not complete the 2019/20 season but set a criteria to classify the teams or homologate the standings in the national competitions for 2019/20, the engaged teams shall be the teams qualified from the national competitions 2019/20 in accordance with the criteria of engagement as stated in Articles 2 and 3 Chapter 4 of the regulations. - For MAs that could not complete the 2019/20 season and considered the season canceled, the engaged teams will be the ...

  The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has announced that the scheduled meeting with FIFA and the aggrieved parties has been postponed to a later date. In a statement obtained by ZSL News Blog, FAZ said all the parties including Minister of Sports Emmanuel Mulenga, National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ) chairperson Patrick Mutimushi and FAZ president Andrew Kamanga were set for the meeting but the aggrieved parties were not available for the engagement. The Association has disclosed that following the absence of the aggrieved parties, FIFA Chief Member Veron Mosengo-Omba Associations announced that the meeting had been deferred to a later date. FIFA had set Tuesday, September 1, 2020 as the date for the resolution of the FAZ wrangles surrounding the electoral process with notice of the virtual meeting sent to all parties on Friday, August 28, 2020 to enable them provide credentials for the access to the meeting. However, the aggrieved parties demanded for more time before the...

  Seven times Super League champions Zanaco Football Club has announced the promotion of striker George Nyimbili and midfielder Mike Zozi from Young Zanaco to the senior team. The Club’s media team says both players started training with the senior team in February this year with the coaches were keeping a close eye on them and have decided to elevate them to the senior team. Zanaco Football Club General Manager Marlon Kananda says Zozi and Nyimbili are a good example to the rest of the players at Young Zanaco and encouraged other players to work extra hard so that they can break into the senior team too. “We are happy that Young Zanaco can feed us with good young players and the two that have been moved to the senior team are a good example to the rest of the players for it will be an encouragement to them to work extra harder so that they can break into the senior team too.” Said Kananda Nyimbili has made twenty appearances in the 2019/20 in the FAZ Lusaka province division one ...