Zambian Super League News Blog

Defending Super League champions Nkana Football Club has appointed former Kansanshi Dynamos Football Club Coach Beston Chambeshi as its new Head Coach with immediate effect. According to a media statement, the 2017 AFCON U-20 winning coach returns to the Kitwe Outfit as head coach for the fourth time, the last time was from June 2017 to December 2019. Speaking shortly after taking up his ne w role, Chambeshi says is not an easy decision to make to go back but that he believes he belong to Nkana.   He adds that Nkana is in his blood thus decision to go back and help the team. Club Acting Chief Executive Officer Kapwepwe Mutale explained that the development was aimed at improving the team’s performance and repositioning the club towards finishing in a respectable position at the end of the 2020/2021 MTN Super League. Mutale urged all stakeholders to give Chambeshi maximum support in this crusade to once again bring the glory days back to the City of Kitwe and in particular Nkana Sta...

  Forest Rangers have extended their dominance over Nkana Football Club to six wins on the run with a 2-1 win over the defending champions this afternoon. In a match played at the Nkana stadium in Kitwe, Forest Rangers opened the scores through Yan Daily Echabe in the 14 th minute before Nkana forward Emmanuel Mwiinde restored parity for Nkana four minutes later. Newly signed Forest Rangers striker Thomas Chideu opened his goal scoring account for the Ndola based side in the 32 nd minute to give Fole the lead at the break. Both teams, continued to press forward in the second half with Fole Malembe holding on to the lead which has seen them break into the top four to sit in third position with 35 points while Nkana remain in 16 th position with 21 points from 19 League matches.

  Nkana's new signing Emmanuel Mbola says he is ready for the hard work ahead for the defending Super League champions who are in the relegation zone from 16 league matches. Mbola says he will work hard to ensure that Kalampa gets back to a comfortable position on the Super League table with the team only recording just 6 win, two draws and 10 defeats. "The holiday is over now and it's time for hard work and push the team to where it belongs. We have a big task ahead but it's possible to achieve," Mbola said. The former FC Porto left-back who has been training with Kitwe side for a while now since returning from DR Congo where he was with TP Mazembe, says he is happy to be part of the club’s rich history and that he is ready to work for positive results for Nkana. In his early playing days, Mbola featured for Kitwe based sides Afrisports and Mining Rangers. Mbola has also previously played for Pyunik Yerevan where he tasted UEFA Champions League football...

 Action continues today, Thursday and weekend with exception games to be played in the ZSL Nkana vs Green Buffaloes Last trip for GBFC to Nkana stadium dates back on 01 - 09 - 2019 and we can clearly say it was not the best outing for them as they were beaten by 2 goals nil with Idris Mbombo scoring the 2 goal in the second half of the match. This was the only time GBFC were beaten at Nkana Stadium after a streak of 3 successfully back to back wins away in Kitwe. On the hand, the home side Nkana are not in the best of there overall form currently,  and were thrusted by 5 goals to nil by the visitors in Lusaka on 18 November, 2020 with goals coming from Friday Samu, Martin Phiri, Fredrick Mwimanzi, Youremember Banda. Playing at home Nkana have managed to win twice and lost three times in there last five recent games, They have allowed 13 goals and they have scored none While the visiting side GBFC out of their most recent games have won once, drawn twice, lost twice a...

  Super League defending champions Nkana Football Club have announced the signing of former TP Mazembe left-back Emmanuel Mbola. The former FC Porto attack minded left back joins Nkana after a short-lived second stint with the Lubumbashi giants TP Mazembe where he had restricted game time at the club. Mbola was a regular member of the Chipolopolo between 2009 and 2016 but came to prominence when he played at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola as a 16-year-old and attracted interest from top English sides including Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs with his intelligent and blistering quick runs.

  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...