Zambian Super League News Blog

  Lucky Mwewa Chama | 03-04-22 TNM Super League side Silver Strikers coach Dan Kabwe has noted that the team has been creating many chances which they have not been converting. Reacting to Sunday’s 2-1 win over Mighty Wanderers, Kabwe says the Bankers are good to go after collecting three points following a loss to Blue Eagles in their previous encounter. Kabwe described Sunday’s match as tactical game but was pleased that the team managed to prevail. He said: “We are coming from a loss and the one today was a very tactical game, but we prevailed. We are good to go after collecting three points. We created so many chances, but our problem is scoring. But we won and that’s good going forward.” Silver Strikers revived their TNM Super League campaign with a crucial 2-1 win against Mighty Wanderers at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe. Duncan Nyoni had put the hosts ahead in the 60th minute with a fine goal, but Wanderers equalised in the 77th minute through Muhammad Sulumba. Then ...

  Napsa Stars FC Head Coach Muhamad Fathi has said the team must remain focused ahead of three other Group games remaining in the CAF Confederations Cup. Fathi says the team has to keep focus as there are still three more games to go in the group and that everything is possible in football. “We have to keep focus; we still have three games to go and everything is possible in football.” Fathi attributed his side’s 1-nil loss to Coton Sport of Cameroon on Sunday to a lapse in defence and a series of missed chances. “ We are not regretting, it’s just the name of the game but it’s painful when we have a lot of chances but at the end of the day, we lost the game, ” said Fathi. NAPSA Stars lost 1-0 to Coton Sport via a 16th minute close range goal by Daman Abdouraman to remain bottom of Group B with a point, five behind leaders Coton Sport Second and third positions are currently being occupied by JS Kabylie and RS Berkane respectively who could not be separated at the Stade Muni...

  Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) President  Andrew Kamanga  has urged the team die a little for the nation. According to FAZ Media Kamanga who is also part of the CAF organizing committee for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) has urged the players to look beyond the tournament and seek to earn places in forthcoming Africa Cup and World Cup qualifiers. Kamanga said the level of preparation the squad was accorded put them in good stead to do better at the tournament in Cameroon. “ So those who will do well have an opportunity to go into professional football. But most importantly also as an executive we have made sure that the team which is participating here is critical because we have other engagements beyond this tournament. In March we are back with the AFCON qualifiers we play Algeria and Zimbabwe away and after that in June we have World Cup qualifiers. So, for the players it is an opportunity that they should be part of this team, be part of the AFCON...

  GREEN Eagles coach Aggrey Chiyangi is confident of a good result in Saturday’s Confederation Cup first round, first leg tie against Burundian club Musongati at Intwari Stadium in Bujumbura. After a morning work out, Chiyangi said the players are upbeat and at ease despite having been subjected to a COVID-19 test upon arrival at Bujumbura Airport on Monday evening. Chiyangi, who said he had gone through a lot in African football, said the players were relaxed as they awaited to be swabbed. He said the mood in camp is positive although they have been training under quarantine since Tuesday. Chiyangi is also positive that his players, who are used to playing on natural grass in Zambia, will get used to the synthetic turf at Intwari Stadium by Saturday. He also spoke about the need to break the need to qualify for the group stage of the Confederation Cup in which they are participating for the second time. Eagles are making their third successive continental appearance. Chiyangi than...

  Chipolopolo coach Milutin Sredojevic has called on his players not to be carried away by the 2-1 win first leg victory over Botswana in the Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Thursday evening. Speaking in a post-match conference, Micho said there is no need to be over-confident but is full of belief in the work his technical bench and the players are doing to ensure Zambia gets another important win in the qualification process. “We are fully aware where we have been. We were rock bottom now we have three points but now, we simply have no time and space to celebrate,” the Serb said. “We need to go back to the drawing board to prepare well for Monday  because this match will not mean anything if we do not put a stamp on the final leg on Monday.” Micho said he believes in the players and with good planning and good tactical approach, the team can outfight, out play and out run the opponents in order to fight for three points. “I believe in the players we ha...

  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 ...