Zambian Super League News Blog

  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...

  FAM says it has welcomed Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) move to postpone the qualifiers of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON). According to Malawi Nation Sports, FAM president Walter Nyamilandu says the postponement augured well with the Association after a long layoff due to Covid-19. Nyamilandu says the Scorchers need a full house as they were not guaranteed of the availability of China-based Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga due to new Covid-19 restrictions that have been imposed in China. Malawi’s Scorchers were expected to face Zambia’s She-polopolo in the first round next month. But according to a communique from the continental football governing body, the qualifiers have been postponed due to poor conditions of some stadia. The communique states that the first round matches will now take place during the Fifa window of October 18 to 26 while the second round will be played in the window of February 14 to 23 2022.

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...

  Super League action returns this Wednesday as Kitwe United seek their first win of the season when they face Nkana at Arthur Davies in the Kitwe derby while Power Dynamos will play host to Indeni Football Club at the same venue in a double header. On Wednesday, Young Green Eagles will play host to Zanaco Football Club as Nkwazi have a date against Red Arrows in a Lusaka derby. Fixture: Kitwe United Vs Nkana, Wednesday 14th April, 2021 @ 13:00 Hours, (live on Supersport ) Arthur Davies Kitwe Power Dynamos Vs Indeni, Wednesday 14th April, 2021 @ 15:00 Hours, (live on Supersport)  Arthur Davies Kitwe Young Green Eagles Vs ZANACO, Wednesday 14th April, 2021 @ 15:00 Hours, Khosa, Kafue Nkwazi Vs Red Arrows, Wednesday 14th April, 2021 @ 15:00 Hours, Edwin Imboela, Lusaka Forest Rangers Vs NAPSA Stars, Thursday 15th April, 2021 @ 15:00 Hours, Levy Mwanawasa, Ndola Lumwana Radiants Vs Nkana, Sunday 18th April, 2021 @ 15:00 Hours, Independence, Solwezi

  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.

Umbro on Wednesday announced a technical partnership with seven times Zambian Super League Zanaco Football Club. Umbro in a statement has revealed that as Zanaco Football club’s official technical partner, it will be providing the Lusaka based club with official match kit, training kit and off-field wear. Umbro stated it is looking forward to a successful partnership with Zanaco Football Club over the next few years.  ‘Sensational’ Zanaco was established in 1978 as a social team by employees of the national bank and the club has grown into one of the country’s most successful outfits, having won seven Super League titles.  They are also the only team outside of the Copperbelt region to have won and successfully defended league titles which they achieved in the early 2000s.

ZESCO United coach Numba Mumamba described Sunday’s victory over Zanaco Football Club as significant in the club’s title pursuit. In an interview with the club’s media, Mumamba said the game was difficult for his side in the first half because they gave Zanaco players a lot of room to play their game which resulted in the Ndola side conceding a goal. “ This is an important win on our part because we really needed this win so that we can open up a seven point lead at the top of the league. The game was difficult for us in the first half because we gave Zanaco players a lot of room to play their game. This resulted in us conceding a goal ,” he said. Mumamba expressed happiness with his team’s ability to recover when they went a goal down. “They showed very good team spirit especially when they went a goal down. We chatted with them at half-time which made a big difference resulting in us scoring two goals in the second half. This is the kind of team spirit we expect from a team l...

  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...

  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...