Zambian Super League News Blog

  Zambian striker Justin Shonga has signed a 2-year contract with South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) side Sekhukhune United. Shonga who is capped 33-times for the Zambia national team has been training with the club during the mid-season break. Shonga returns to the PSL  where he has previously feature for Orlando Pirates as he played a total of 46 matches before joining  Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila ( TTM) and Cape Town City and made a move to Egypt to join Ismaily Sports Club. At Sekhukhune, Shonga will link up with former Zesco United and Zambian international goalkeeper Toaster Nsabata. Sekhukhune have also signed international striker Elmo Kambindu of Namibia who will join fellow Namibians Peter Shalulile of Mamelodi Sundowns, Deon Hotto at Orlando Pirates and Ananias Gebhardt of Baroka United in the PSL. Sekhukhune will kick off the second half of the season on Sunday, 16 January with an away fixture against Stellenbosch FC in the Winelands.

  Chipolopolo and Red Bull Salzburg striker Patson Daka's goal scoring form has reportedly made him a subject of transfer interest from several European clubs. Goal.com reports that several European clubs including Tottenham Hotspur and Everton in the Premier League are closely monitoring Daka following his exploits in the Austrian Bundesliga were he has now scored 23 goals in just 19 League matches for Red Bull Salzburg. The 22-year-old continued his rich vein of form which took his tally to 23 goals after 19 league matches this campaign as he scored an eight-minute hat-trick in the first half when RB Salzburg beat Sturm Graz 3-1 in Sunday’s Austrian Bundesliga encounter. The 2017 CAF Young Player of the Year gave the hosts a three-goal lead in the opening minutes at the Red Bull Arena with goals in the third, fifth and 11th minutes. This comes after Daka scored two goals in each of Zambia's last two Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches, against Algeria and Zimbabwe.

  Zambia will begin their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification campaign with an away match to Mauritania in June and wind up their campaign on the road away to Tunisia. According to FAZ Media, Match Day 1 for Chipolopolo, who are in Group B, will see them travelling to Mauritania in the first weekend of June before hosting Tunisia a week later. Game three of six in the group will be a trip to face Equatorial Guinea between September 1-4 before a return fixture against the Nzalang Nacional between 5 th and 7 th September. According to the consolidated fixture, Chipolopolo’s penultimate match in Group B is set to be staged at home to Mauritania between October 6-9, while the final game of the campaign is against Tunisia between 10 and 12 October, 2021. The winners of each of the 10 qualifying groups will qualify to the final round of the World Cup qualifiers where they will face off in a two-legged knock-out contest, out of which five will book their tickets to the Qatar e...