Zambia national football team

Zambia
Nickname(s)	Chipolopolo (The Bullets)
Association	Football Association of Zambia
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	George Lwandamina
Captain	Rainford Kalaba
Most caps	David Chabala (115)
Top scorer	Godfrey Chitalu (79)
Home stadium	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
FIFA code	ZAM
First colours	Second colours
Current	79 1 (2 June 2016)
Highest	15 (February 1996)
Lowest	101 (February 2011)
Current	81 (31 March 2015)
Highest	27 (6 April 1994)
Lowest	99 (May 2004)
	Southern Rhodesia 0–4 Northern Rhodesia ; (Southern Rhodesia; 1946)
	Zambia 11–2 Template:Country data SWZ ; (Lusaka, Zambia; 5 February 1978) ; Zambia 9–0 Kenya ; (Lilongwe, Malawi; 13 November 1978) ; Zambia 9–0 Lesotho ; (August 8, 1988)
	DR Congo 10–1 Zambia ; (Congo-Kinshasa; 22 November 1969) ; Belgium 9–0 Zambia ; (Brussels, Belgium; 3 June 1994)
Appearances	16 (First in 1974)
Best result	Champions: 2012

The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. During the 1980s, they were known as the KK 11 after founding president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda fondly called KK who ruled Zambia from 1964 to 1991. When the country adopted multiparty politics the side was nicknamed Chipolopolo (the Bullets^[1]). The team has three Africa Cup of Nations final appearances to its credit. They were once holders of the Africa Cup of Nations, winning in the 2012 final against Ivory Coast.^[2]^[3] In addition to this 2012 cup triumph, its other memorable moments include a 4–0 victory over Italy in the 1988 Olympic football tournament in Seoul, South Korea that saw Kalusha Bwalya score a hat-trick. The current manager of the team is George Lwandamina.

Gabon air disaster

On 27 April 1993, a Zambian Air Force Buffalo DHC-5D which was carrying the team to Senegal for a 1994 World Cup qualification match crashed, killing all 30 passengers, including 18 players and a number of coaches.^[4]

Honours

Africa Cup of Nations

Champions: 2012

Runners-up: 1974, 1994

COSAFA Cup

Champions: 1997, 1998, 2006, 2013

Runners-up: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009

CECAFA Cup

Champions: 1984, 1991

Runners-up:1976, 1977, 1978,1988, 2006

Competition records

World Cup record

When the former British colony of Northern Rhodesia, Zambia did not participate in World Cup qualification play until after its independence in 1964. The country's football association was formed in 1929 and joined FIFA in 1964.

1930 to 1966 – Did not enter
1970 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

1957 to 1968 – Did not enter
1970 – Did not qualify
1972 – Did not qualify
1974 – Second place
1976 – Did not qualify
1978 – Group Stage
1980 – Did not qualify
1982 – Third place

1984 – Did not qualify
1986 – Group Stage
1988 – Withdrew
1990 – Third place
1992 – Quarter-finals
1994 – Second place
1996 – Third place
1998 – Group Stage

2000 – Group Stage
2002 – Group Stage
2004 – Did not qualify
2006 – Group Stage
2008 – Group Stage
2010 – Quarter-finals
2012 – Champions
2013 – Group Stage
2015 – Group Stage

Current squad

The following 23-man squad has been selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match squad on June 13, 2015.^[5] Caps and Goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of 11 October 2015 after the game against Egypt.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Kennedy Mweene (Vice-captain)	(1984-11-12) 12 November 1984 (age 40)	106	2	Mamelodi Sundowns
1GK	Jacob Banda	(1988-02-11) 11 February 1988 (age 37)	18	0	ZESCO United
1GK	Danny Munyao	(1987-01-21) 21 January 1987 (age 38)	15	0	Red Arrows

2DF	Stoppila Sunzu	(1989-06-22) 22 June 1989 (age 36)	56	4	Lille
2DF	Emmanuel Mbola	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 32)	54	0	Template:Country data ISR Hapoel Ra'anana
2DF	Davies Nkausu	(1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 39)	33	0	University of Pretoria
2DF	Christopher Munthali	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 31)	30	2	Power Dynamos
2DF	Kabaso Chongo	(1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 33)	22	1	Mazembe
2DF	Fackson Kapumbu	(1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 34)	12	0	Zanaco
2DF	Donashano Malama	(1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 (age 38)	12	0	Nkana
2DF	Aaron Katebe	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 33)	9	2	Moghreb Tétouan

3MF	Rainford Kalaba (Captain)	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 39)	93	12	Mazembe
3MF	Nathan Sinkala	(1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 34)	41	3	Mazembe
3MF	Chisamba Lungu	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 34)	40	0	Template:Country data RUS Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
3MF	Given Singuluma	(1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 (age 39)	34	6	Mazembe
3MF	Kondwani Mtonga	(1986-06-14) 14 June 1986 (age 39)	32	1	ZESCO United
3MF	Kennedy Mudenda	(1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 37)	28	1	Power Dynamos
3MF	Mukuka Mulenga	(1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 32)	25	1	Bloemfontein Celtic
3MF	Allan Mukuka	(1984-04-18) 18 April 1984 (age 41)	19	3	Green Buffaloes
3MF	Lubambo Musonda	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 30)	12	2	Gandzasar Kapan

4FW	Emmanuel Mayuka	(1990-11-21) 21 November 1990 (age 34)	60	12	Zamalek
4FW	Evans Kangwa	(1994-06-21) 21 June 1994 (age 31)	18	4	Template:Country data ISR Hapoel Ra'anana
4FW	Bornwell Mwape	(1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 (age 33)	17	6	AmaZulu

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Joshua Titima	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 32)	7	0	Power Dynamos	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
GK	Toaster Nsabata	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 35)	7	0	Nchanga Rangers	2015 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad

DF	Bronson Chama	(1986-03-04) 4 March 1986 (age 39)	21	0	Red Arrows	2015 COSAFA Cup
DF	Joseph Zimba	(1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 37)	1	0	Red Arrows	2015 COSAFA Cup
DF	Boyd Mkandawire	(1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 31)	1	0	NAPSA Stars	v. Rwanda, 29 March 2015
DF	Billy Mutale	(1993-06-21) 21 June 1993 (age 32)	1	0	Power Dynamos	v. Rwanda, 29 March 2015
DF	Rodrick Kabwe	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 32)	16	0	Zanaco	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Nyambe Mulenga	(1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 38)	40	0	ZESCO United	2015 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad

MF	Jackson Mwanza	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 28)	10	0	ZESCO United	2015 COSAFA Cup
MF	Justine Zulu	(1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 36)	9	0	ZESCO United	2015 COSAFA Cup
MF	Mwape Musonda	(1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 33)	1	0	Template:Country data SAF Orlando Pirates	2015 COSAFA Cup
MF	Shadreck Malambo	(1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 33)	6	0	Red Arrows	v. Rwanda, 29 March 2015
MF	Bruce Musakanya	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 31)	18	3	Red Arrows	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Spencer Sautu	(1994-10-05) 5 October 1994 (age 30)	2	0	Green Eagles	2015 Africa Cup of Nations

FW	Jimmy Ndhlovu	(1992-12-18) 18 December 1992 (age 32)	4	0	Power Dynamos	2015 COSAFA Cup
FW	Patson Daka	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Nchanga Rangers	2015 COSAFA Cup
FW	Paul Katema	(1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 31)	3	0	Red Arrows	2015 COSAFA Cup
FW	Patrick Ngoma	(1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 (age 32)	2	0	Ittihad	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Ronald Kampamba	(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 33)	15	5	Wadi Degla	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	James Chamanga	(1980-02-02) 2 February 1980 (age 45)	63	17	Liaoning Whowin	2015 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad

Results and Fixtures

2013

21 January 2013 AFCON 2013	Zambia	1–1	Template:Country data ETH	Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela, South Africa
17:00 UTC+3

25 January 2013 AFCON 2013	Zambia	1–1	Template:Country data NGA	Mbombela Stadium, South Africa
17:00 UTC+3

29 January 2013 AFCON 2013	Burkina Faso	0–0	Zambia	Mbombela Stadium, South Africa
17:00 UTC+3

24 March 2013 2014 FIFA WCQ	Template:Country data LSO	1–1	Zambia	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho
17:00 UTC+3

28 April 2013 Friendly	Zambia	2–0	Zimbabwe	Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia

25 May 2013 Friendly	Namibia	0–0	Zambia	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia

8 June 2013 2014 FIFA WCQ	Zambia	4–0	Template:Country data LSO	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia

4 June 2013 2014 FIFA WCQ	Zambia	1–1	Sudan	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Zambia
17:00 UTC+3

14 July 2013 2013 COSAFA Senior Challenge	Zambia	3–1	Mozambique	Nkana Stadium, Kitwe, Zambia
19:30 UTC+10

17 July 2013 2013 COSAFA Senior Challenge	Template:Country data ZAF	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Zambia	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Zambia
19:00 UTC+3

20 July 2013 2013 COSAFA Senior Challenge	Zimbabwe	0–2	Zambia	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Zambia

27 July 2013 2014 CHANQ	Botswana	1–1	Zambia	Molepolole Stadium, Molepolole, Botswana

3 August 2013 2014 CHANQ	Zambia	2–0	Botswana	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Zambia

14 August 2013 Friendly	Zambia	1–1	Senegal	Stade Municipal, Saint-Leu-La-Forêt, France

18 August 2013 2014 CHANQ	Zimbabwe	0–0	Zambia	Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe

24 August 2013 2014 CHANQ	Zambia	0–1	Zimbabwe	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Zambia

6 September 2013 2014 FIFA WCQ	Template:Country data GHA	2–1	Zambia	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana
19:00 UTC+3

15 October 2013 Friendly	Brazil	2–0	Zambia	Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China
19:00 UTC+3

6 November 2013 Friendly	Jordan	1–0	Zambia	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

14 November 2013 Friendly	Egypt	2–0	Zambia	30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

28 November 2013 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge	Tanzania	1–1	Zambia	Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos, Kenya

1 December 2013 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge	Zambia	1–0	Burundi	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya

4 December 2013 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge	Somalia	0–4	Zambia	Afraha Stadium, Nakuru, Kenya

8 December 2013 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge	Zambia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Burundi	Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa, Kenya

10 December 2013 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge	Zambia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Template:Country data SUD	Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Kenya

12 December 2013 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge	Tanzania	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Zambia	Nyayo National Stadium, Kenya

2014

5 March 2014 Friendly	Zambia	2–1	Uganda	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Zambia

6 June 2014 Friendly	Template:Country data JPN	4–3	Zambia	Raymond James Stadium, United States

2015

29 March 2015 Friendly	Zambia	2–0	Rwanda	Lusaka, Zambia
	2		0	Stadium: Gabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium

11 October 2015 Friendly	Zambia	0–3	Egypt	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
	0		3	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium

Managers

John Green
Ante Bušelic (1971–76)
Template:Country data FRG Ted Virba (1977)
Template:Country data ENG Brian Tiler (1978–80)
Template:Country data ROM Ted Dumitru (1980–81)
Ante Bušelic (1981–82)
Template:Country data ENG Bill McGarry (1982–83)
Template:Country data POL Wieslaw Grabowski (1983–84)
Template:Country data ENG Jeff Butler (1984)
Roy Mulenga (1984)

Brightwell Banda (1984–86)
Samuel Ndhlovu (1987–92)
Moses Simwala (1993)
Godfrey Chitalu (1993)
Template:Country data DEN Roald Poulsen (1993–94)
Template:Country data SCO Ian Porterfield (1994)
Template:Country data DEN Roald Poulsen (1994–96)
Freddie Mwila (1996–97)
George Mungwa (1997, caretaker)
Template:Country data GER Burkhard Ziese (1997–98)

George Mungwa (1998, caretaker)
Obby Kapita (1998, caretaker)
Fighton Simukonda (1998)
Ben Bamfuchile (1999–00)
George Mungwa (2000, caretaker)
Jan Brouwer (2001)
Template:Country data DEN Roald Poulsen (2002)
Patrick Phiri (2002–03)
Kalusha Bwalya (2003–06)
Patrick Phiri (2006–08)

Hervé Renard (2008–10)
Dario Bonetti (2010–11)
Hervé Renard (2011–2013)
Patrice Beaumelle (2013–2014)
Honour Janza (2014–2015)
George Lwandamina (2015–)

Records

Caps and goals correct as of March 27, 2016.^[6]

Most caps
#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	David Chabala	1983–1993	115	0
2	Godfrey Chitalu	1968–1980	111	79
3	Joseph Musonda	2002–2014	110	0
4	Kennedy Mweene	2004–present	108	2
5	Alex Chola	1975–1985	102	43
=	Elijah Tana	1995–2009	102	4
7	Christopher Katongo	2003–present	100	22
8	Derby Makinka	1985–1993	98	10
9	Rainford Kalaba	2005–present	95	12
10	Kalusha Bwalya	1983–2004	87	39

Top goalscorers
#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Godfrey Chitalu	1968–1980	79	111
2	Alex Chola	1975–1985	43	102
3	Kalusha Bwalya	1983–2004	39	87
4	Bernard Chanda	1970–1980	29	68
5	Christopher Katongo	2003–present	22	100
6	Dennis Lota	1994–2002	21	78
7	Collins Mbesuma	2003–	19	59

References

External links

SoccerZambia
Zambia at FIFA.com
Zambian Football Association official website
ZambianFootball.net
Gabon air disaster accident report at the Aviation Safety Network database

↑ David Clement Ruffelle Scott, A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language (Foreign Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland, 1892), p. 90: "Chipolopolo, 4, A bullet."
↑ Rob Hughes. "Zambia Takes a Modest and Emotional Path to Victory". 13 February 2012. URL.
↑ Jacob Steinberg. "Ivory Coast v Zambia – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg | Football". 12 February 2012. URL.
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↑ 7 January 2015. URL.
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[1] David Clement Ruffelle Scott, A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language (Foreign Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland, 1892), p. 90: "Chipolopolo, 4, A bullet."

[2] Rob Hughes. "Zambia Takes a Modest and Emotional Path to Victory". 13 February 2012. URL.

[3] Jacob Steinberg. "Ivory Coast v Zambia – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg | Football". 12 February 2012. URL.

[4] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).

[5] 7 January 2015. URL.

[6] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).

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Managers

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