Zambian Super League News Blog

  Zambia National Team midfielder Enock Mwepu has described the Africa Cup of Nations as a powerful force that unites the entire African continent. In an interview with Albion TV, Mwepu says the AFCON provides the chance to African players to showcase their talent at the biggest tournament, which is the every player’s tournament to play in. The Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder is confident the current crop of Chipolopolo players will make it to the Africa Cup of Nations in the near future but will need to work hard so that they can qualify and compete at the tournament. Mwepu says despite failing, the team must be lessons from the failure to qualify and remain united so that they can realize the dream of featuring at the Africa Cup.

  Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president says playing league games in the rainy season has presented an opportunity to clubs to work on their infrastructure. In his weekly president’s corner, Andrew Kamanga says it is regrettable that clubs have not been aggressively responsive in ensuring that infrastructure is upgraded to match up the level of exposure they have had playing on the continent. “Rather, than complain about playing our games in the rainy season we must take up the challenge as an opportunity to work on our infrastructure,” Kamanga said.  “It is regrettable that our clubs have not been aggressively responsive in ensuring that infrastructure is upgraded to match up the level of exposure they have had playing on the continent,” he added. Kamanga notes that with strict CAF standards for hosting continental matches, it would be good to be forward looking for clubs that have targeted CAF participation to work on the football infrastructure. “With str...

  ZESCO United head coach Numba Mumamba could not hide his disgust with the level of officiating which has continued to dominate the Zambian game. The gaffer has appealed to the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Referees Department to do introspection into the standard of refereeing in the country. In an interview after his side’s 3-nil defeat to Prison Leopards 3-0, Numba Mumamba urged the FAZ Referees manager and his people need to take a great look at how their officials are managing the games. Mumamba says the referees have been pathetic this season and suggests that there is need to do something so that the game of football is developed. “I think the FAZ Referees manager and his people need to take a great look at how their officials are managing the games. Referees this season have been pathetic. This is something we can’t lie about. They need to do something so that this game of football is developed,” Numba said. Mumamba further bemoaned the number of unexpecte...

  The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has secured two international friendly matches for the Copper Queens as part of intensified preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In a statement, the Association has revealed that Zambia will play South Africa on April 10, 2021 in Johannesburg at Milpark Stadium before hosting the Harambee Starlets of Kenya this month end. FAZ General Secretary Adrian Kashala says the two friendly matches will help the technical bench gauge the strength of the squad. Kashala says FAZ will continue building the success that women football has recorded so far which has seen the commencement of the National Women’s League. “We are working hard to ensure that we prepare the senior women national team for the Olympics and other tournaments. FAZ will continue building the success that women football has recorded so far,” he says. “We are happy the national league for women is already underway with three weeks played. The provincial leagues are...

  The "pride of Twapya' township as they call themselves, on Monday scooped the 2021 Ndola Youth League Open Tournament in the under 20 Category as they beat Young Indeni via a thrilling 13-12 penalty shoot out. This was after the match ended 1-1 in regulation time. It was Tripple M Stars who scored first in the 32' through the flexible Akba Ahmed before Young Indeni equalised through a beautiful header by intelligent Kafula Kaisi Midway in the second half. Kafula Kaisi was the darling of the crowd and exhibited a man of the match performance. Meanwhile Richard Kashiya of Tripple M scooped the top scorers award with 6 goals through out the tournament which began on 6th February, 2021. In the under 15 category, it was the ever hardworking RM Soccer Academy who became victorious after beating the surprising package of the tournament Chifubu Hotspurs by 2 goals to nil. RM striker Chileshe Mwamba went out with a top scorers award with 5 goals in the well organized tournament a...

  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...

Zambia National Women’s Team coach Bruce Mwape has summoned 27 players to report to camp today to begin preparations for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Copper Queens Coach Mwape has also summoned skipper Barbara Banda who leads a number of familiar names in the squad, with the majority of them that played a role in qualifying the country to the global showpiece for the first time in the country’s history, all making it. Mwape has kept faith in some experienced players who helped the team qualify with some notable figures being the Green Buffaloes trio of Anita Mulenga, Martha Tembo and Lushomo Mweemba. Other experienced senior Copper Queens regulars include Judith Zulu of Green Buffaloes, Mary Mulenga, Mary Wilombe both from Red Arrows and Indeni Roses midfielder Misozi Zulu. The Olympics will officially run between 24 July and 9 August 2021, but sporting action kicks off two days before the opening ceremony with preliminary women’s football matches set to light ...

  The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has suspended Forest Rangers Football Club goalkeeping coach Charles Chileshe for unsporting conduct during a FAZ/MTN Super Division Week 13 fixture between Prison Leopards and Forest Rangers at President Stadium in Kabwe on Saturday. According to a statement, FAZ deputy General Secretary Joseph Chimpapwe said in a letter dated 18th January 2021 addressed to the Forest Rangers that Chileshe’s action of sprinkling an unknown substance in goal and urinating or simulation of urinating against one of the goalposts acted in a manner that is not consistent with the values and integrity of football as espoused by FIFA, CAF and FAZ. “His actions have without doubt brought the name of the game into disrepute and therefore we have no option but to suspend Mr. Chileshe’s registration for the 2020/2021 season and his case shall be decided by the appropriate FAZ judicial body,” read Chimpampwe’s statement in part. Chipampwe said Chileshe will not...

  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...

  The Zambia Men’s Under-17 National Team will this afternoon begin its quest to defend the COSAFA Championship title with a Group B fixture against the Comoros Islands. Zambia coach George Chilufya says his technical bench has outlined straightforward objectives for the COSAFA outing which include starting off with a win. “The first game is always important in the tournament; we are not taking Comoros as a lightweight. We will give them the respect that they deserve, and will always take this game very serious,” Chilufya said. Chilufya said the boys did adjust to weather conditions and thanked the Football Association of Zambia for ensuring there was smooth preparations. “The boys did adjust to weather conditions; they are used except maybe for the coldness. Thank God the Association has done everything possible to make sure that we have the right uniform, so far so good, everyone looks sharp and ready for the tournament,” he said. He adds that so far everyone looks sharp an...

  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...

 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...

  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...