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{{Infobox national football team
| Name               = Zambia
| Badge              = 
| Nickname           = The She-polopolo
| Association        = [[Football Association of Zambia]]
| Sub-confederation  =  [[Council of Southern Africa Football Associations|COSAFA]] 
| Confederation      = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
| Coach              = [[Charles Bwale]]
| Captain            = [[Kabange Mupopo]]
| Most caps          = 
| Top scorer         = 
| FIFA Trigramme     = ZAM
| FIFA Rank          = {{Nft rank|118|up|3|date=25 March 2016}}
| FIFA max           = 92
| FIFA max date      = 2009
| FIFA min           = 126
| FIFA min date      = March 2012
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| Regional name      = [[African Women's Championship]]
| Regional cup apps  = 2
| Regional cup first = [[1995 African Women's Championship|1995]]
| Regional cup best  = Quarterfinals ([[1995 African Women's Championship|1995]])
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'''Zambia women's national football team''', nicknamed The She-polopolo, represents the country in international match.  There is also a [[Zambia women's national under-17 football team]], a [[Zambia women's national under-20 football team]], and Olympic qualifying team and a Homeless World Cup team. The country has participated in several qualifying tournaments for the FIFA Women's World Cup and other African-based football tournaments. The team is currently ranked 119th best team in the world.

==Background==
Zambia women's national football team is called The She-polopolo.<ref name=beat-malawi-badly/><ref name=anothernickname>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/zambia/news/2012/january/14-shepolopolo-wont-underrate-malawi.html |title=She-polopolo won't underrate Malawi |publisher=MTNFootball |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team.<ref name="McDougall2012">{{cite book|author=Chrös McDougall|title=Soccer|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2nrhG5ovUSQC&pg=PA45|accessdate=13 April 2012|date=1 January 2012|publisher=ABDO|isbn=978-1-61783-146-1|page=45}}</ref> Women's football was formally organised by the [[Football Association of Zambia]] in 1983.  Since that time, Zambia has created a women's senior national team and an under-20 team. Women's football continues to be supported by the national federation who have budgeted money for the women's game and youth game.<ref name=goalsprogram>{{cite web|accessdate=16 April 2012|publisher=FIFA|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/goalproject/zam_eng.pdf|date=21 April 2009|page=4|title=Goal! Football: Zambia}}</ref>  In 2009, there were 100 women's teams for players over 16, and 112 youth women's teams for players under 16.<ref name=goalsprogram/> There is a national women's league established in the country along with regional and school competitions.<ref name=goalsprogram/>

Women's football in Africa as a whole faces problems that include limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses.<ref name="Williams2007-186">{{cite book|author=Jean Williams|title=A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VuIp04RvKX8C&pg=PA157|accessdate=13 April 2012|date=15 December 2007|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1-84520-674-1|page=186}}</ref> When quality football players are produced in Africa, often they leave the country to seek greater opportunities elsewhere, to the detriment of the local game.<ref name="Kuhn2011">{{cite book|author=Gabriel Kuhn|title=Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BwmsLxiWvnwC&pg=PA34|accessdate=13 April 2012|date=24 February 2011|publisher=PM Press|isbn=978-1-60486-053-5|page=34}}</ref> Funding also is a problem for the women's game in Africa, with most of the funding for women's football in the Africa coming from [[FIFA]], not the local national football association.<ref name="Kuhn2011" />

Zambia women's national football team has had their kit sponsored. In 2003, the kit for the national team was provided as a result of a sponsorship deal with [[Umbro]] who first agreed to sponsor the [[Zambia national football team]].<ref name=umbri-sponsor>{{cite news|title=The Post (Zambia) – AAGM: Faz Calls Urgent Ordinary Meeting|newspaper=The Post|location=Zambia|date=1 August 2003|first1=Tamara|last1=Gundu|first2=Augustine|last2=Mukoka|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ZPOB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1032B1D3A3D00460&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9|accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref> The team's official kit colours include green shorts, a green jersey and green socks.<ref name=officialkitcololours>{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/association/zambia/information |title=Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) – Information – Zambia – CAF |publisher=Cafonline.com |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> The team has received media coverage from the ''Daily Mail'', ''[[Times of Zambia]]'' and the Post Newspapers.  This coverage has included pictures of players being printed in the newspaper and interviews with players.<ref name=media-coverage>{{cite news|url=http://www.nowspar.org/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=7&view=article&id=31:celebrating-womens-national-football-team&catid=4:press-room |title=Celebrating Women's National Football Team |publisher=Nowspar.org |date=16 January 2012 |accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref>

==Performance==
Some of the earliest matches Zambia women's national football team played were in 1994, for qualification for [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. They played in a 5 November 1994 World Cup qualifier against South Africa in South Africa, where Zambia lost 3–5. In the return match in [[Lusaka, Zambia]] on 17 November 1994, Zambia lost again but with a score of 2–6.<ref name=vs-south-africa>{{cite web|accessdate=15 April 2012|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf-wom-intres.html|title=South Africa&nbsp;— Women&nbsp;— International Results|author=Sébastien Duret (seduret@aol.com)|date=5 November 2003}}</ref><ref name=zambia-winlost>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=zam/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html |title=Zambia: Fixtures and Results |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=morecup94>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/sweden1995/preliminaries/preliminary=5017/index.html |title=Previous Tournaments |publisher=FIFA.com |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref>

Between these games and 2001, the country did not play in any FIFA sanctioned matches.<ref name=zambia-winlost/>  The country participated in the 2002 [[Confederation of Southern African Football Associations]] women's tournament in [[Harare, Zimbabwe]]. They were in Group A. Zambia beat the [[Malawi women's national football team]] 8–0 on 20 April.  Zambia played against [[Zimbabwe women's national football team]] on 22 April where they lost 0–4. On 23 April, Zambia beat [[Lesotho women's national football team]] 3–1. They finished second in their group.  On 26 April, Zambia lost to [[South Africa women's national football team]] 1–3 in the semifinals.  They went on to beat [[Mozambique women's national football team]] 1–0 in the third place game, with [[Julia Siame]] scoring the only goal in the 60th minute.<ref name=vs-south-africa/><ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name=cosafa-women-tourney>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cosafa-wom.html |title=COSAFA Women Tournaments |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=7 September 2006 |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref> Later that year, in a regional qualifying match for a different tournament, on 21 September in [[Lusaka, Zambia]] against South Africa, the team lost 1–4 after being down 0–2 at the half.  In the return match in South Africa on 12 October 2002, they again lost 0–4.<ref name=vs-south-africa/><ref name=zambia-winlost/> By 2003, the country was ranked the 106th best female women's national team by FIFA.<ref name=zambiarankins/>

In 2004, their rank dropped to 113.<ref name=zambiarankins/> That year, the team was coached by [[Cephias Katongo]], who was also coaching the [[Zambia national under-17 football team]] and a top level club team at the same time.<ref name=2004-coach>{{cite news|title=The Post (Zambia) – AAGM: Kashimoto to Coach Roan United|newspaper=The Post|location=Zambia|date=11 June 2004|first=Chris|last=Lubasi|accessdate=15 April 2012|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ZPOB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1032B1D3A3D00460&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> In 2004, [[Zimbabwe women's national football team]] had committed to play a match against Zambia before Zimbabwe took on Tanzania in [[Dar e Salaam]] but this did not happen because of organizational problems by [[Zimbabwe Football Association]].<ref name=2004-farce>{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe Standard&nbsp;— AAGM: Mighty Warriors: Local Soccer's Poor Relations|newspaper=Zimbabwe Standard|location=Zimbabwe|date=18 July 2004|first=Lloyd|last=Mutungamiri|accessdate=15 April 2012|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ZISB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1046247ECF29A37D&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref>

In 2005, the country's FIFA ranking was unchanged and remained 113,<ref name=zambiarankins/> with the country playing in no FIFA recognised matches.<ref name=zambia-winlost/>  The following year, in 2006, Zambia women's national football team world ranking dropped down to 126.<ref name=zambiarankins/> That year, the head coach was [[George Chikokola]].<ref name=zambia-headcoach>{{cite news|title=The Post (Zambia) – AAGM: Chikokola Picks Final Women's Cosafa Team|newspaper=The Post|location=Lusaka, Zambia|date=19 August 2006|first=Wendy|last=Nambule|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ZPOB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=113C03AD0F0440E8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9|accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref> In March 2006, the team played a home and away set of against Congo DR. On Saturday, 11 March 2006 in a game played in Lubumbashi, Congo DR won 3–0 against Zambia.  Congo DR led 1–0 at the half.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> On Saturday, 25 March 2006 in a game played in Chingola, Zambia lost 2–3, a score that remained the same from half time, against Congo DR.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host a regional COSAFA women's football tournament, with ten teams agreeing to send teams including [[South Africa women's national football team|South Africa]], [[Zimbabwe women's national football team|Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique women's national football team|Mozambique]], [[Malawi women's national football team|Malawi]], [[Seychelles women's national football team|Seychelles]], [[Mauritius women's national football team|Mauritius]], Madagascar, Zambia, [[Botswana women's national football team|Botswana]], [[Namibia women's national football team|Namibia]], [[Lesotho women's national football team|Lesotho]] and [[Swaziland women's national football team|Swaziland]].<ref name=zambiatourney>{{cite news|title=The Post (Zambia) – AAGM: Zambia to Host Cosafa Women's Soccer Tourney|newspaper=The Post|location=Lusaka, Zambia|date=16 August 2005|first=Augustine|last=Mukoka|accessdate=23 April 2012|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ZPOB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10C31A2E66964BC0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> There is no indication this tournament happened.<ref name=zambia-winlost/>

The 2006 team had 20 players. The regional COSAFA championship team was announced on 18 August 2006.  Three other players were chosen as reserves.  The roster included Goalkeepers: [[Mwenzi Lungu]] and [[Christabel Kabemba]], Defenders: [[Sampa Mutale]], [[Lillian Chalimbana]], [[Florence Tembo]], [[Anna Lungu]], [[Harriet Banda]], [[Charity Mwanza]] and [[Ruth Mubanga]], Midfielders: [[Etas Banda]], [[Martha Mutale]], [[Susan Banda]] and [[Rixina Lutaka]], Strikers: [[Gift Lisaka]], [[Charity Mpongo]], [[Debora Shamaoma]], [[Mwangala Kamuti]], [[Noria Sosala]], [[Mutimbwa Chizyuka]] and [[Sandra Mwamba]]. The reserves were [[Loveness Musoni]], [[Leya Bowa]] and [[Abba Lungu]].<ref name=zambia-headcoach/> The 2006 [[Confederation of Southern African Football Associations]] women's tournament was held in [[Lusaka]]. They were in Group A. On 22 August, they tied Namibia 2–2 with [[Noria Sosala]] scoring in the 15th minute and [[Charity Mpongo]] scoring in the 30th minute  for Zambia. They beat Swaziland 7–0 on 24 August, with [[Charity Mpongo]] scoring in the 23rd, 43rd, 64th and 67th minutes, [[Susan Banda]] scoring in the 37th minute, [[Gift Lishika]] scoring in the 41st minute, and [[Martha Kapombo]] scoring in the 56th minute for Zambia.  They finished in the top of their group.  On 25 August in a semifinal against Namibia, they tied 1–1 with Martha Kapombo scoring their only goal in the 90th minute.  They lost the game in an overtime shoot out by 4–5.  On 26 August, they beat Zimbabwe 2–1 to finish third with [[Noria Sosala]] scoring both goals in the 67th and 75th minutes.<ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name="cosafa-women-tourney" />

2007 saw an improvement in rank for Zambia, moving up nine sports to 117 best team in the world.<ref name=zambiarankins/> That year, the team was supported to participate in the 2007 African Games qualifying tournament, opening against the [[Mozambique women's national football team]] but Zambia withdrew from the tournament before they played a single game.<ref name=2007-tourney>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afrgames-wom07.html |title=African Games (Women) 2007 |publisher=Rsssf.com |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref> Later that year, on Sunday, 2 December 2007 in a game played in Harare, Zimbabwe won 3–1 against Zambia.  The game was part of the 2008 African Women Championship.<ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name=confirmgame>{{cite news|title=Vanguard (Nigeria) – AAGM: Super Falcons Take a Rest as Women Battle|newspaper=Vanguard|location=Lagos, Nigeria|date=2 December 2007|first=Patrick|last=Omorodion|accessdate=16 April 2012|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:NVAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11D53B7DB96CBEA0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> In the return match on Sunday, 16 December 2007 in a game played in Lusaka, Zambia won 2–1 against Zimbabwe.<ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name="confirmgame" />

In 2008, the team's ranking again went up, this time to 110.<ref name=zambiarankins/>  The played one FIFA recognised match on Sunday, 4 May 2008 in a game played in [[Benguela]] against Botswana.  Zambia won 4–2, holding on from a 3–1 score at the half.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> In 2009, FIFA ranked the country as the 92 in the world.<ref name=zambiarankins/> That year, they did not play any FIFA recognised matches.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> The team's world ranking fell in 2010 to 122.<ref name=zambiarankins/>  That year, they played in only two FIFA recognised matches.<ref name=zambia-winlost/>  The first was on Saturday, 2 October 2010 in a game played in [[Lobatse]] against Botswana, which Zambia won 4–1, holding on to a 3–0 half time lead.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> The second game was on Saturday, 23 October 2010 in a game played in [[Lusaka]]. Zambia won 2–1 against Botswana holding on to a 1–0 half time lead.<ref name=zambia-winlost/>

Zambia women's national football team's rank fell again in 2011, this time to 125th best in the world.<ref name=zambiarankins>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=zam/ranking/gender=f/index.html |title=Zambia: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking |publisher=FIFA.com |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> They did not make it into the final group qualification round for the CAF region that fought it out to represent Africa in the World Cup.<ref name=nocambiano>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/standings/preliminary=254265/index.html |title=FIFA Women's World Cup |publisher=FIFA.com |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref>  In January, the team played a pair of games against South Africa.  They lost the 15 January game in Lusaka 1–2, going down despite a score of 0–0 at the half.  They lost the 29 January game in [[Umlazi]] 0–3 after being down 0–1 at the half.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> Later that year, they played three games in [[Harare]] against South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana. On Saturday, 2 July, South Africa won 4–1 against Zambia.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> On Sunday, 3 July, Zambia won 4–1 against Tanzania.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> On Tuesday, 5 July, Botswana lost 1–4 against Zambia.<ref name=zambia-winlost/> The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games.<ref name=all-africa-2011-rounds>{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/all-africa-games-women_2011/groups |title=Groups & standings&nbsp;— All Africa Games women 2011 – CAF |publisher=Cafonline.com |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>

Going into the 2012 season, the national team coach is [[Enala Phiri-Simbeye]], a woman<ref name=beat-malawi-badly>{{cite news|url=http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/01/27/she-polopolo-refuses-to-write-off-malawi/ |title=She-polopolo refuses to write off Malawi &#124; Malawi news, Malawi&nbsp;— NyasaTimes breaking online news source from Malawi |publisher=Nyasatimes.com |accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=media-coverage/> with [[Deborah Chisanga]] serving as the team's skipper.<ref name=teamcaptainisde>{{cite web|author=Sports |url=http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/01/12/malawi-zambia-women-skippers-in-mind-games-report/ |title=Malawi, Zambia women skippers in mind games- report &#124; Malawi news, Malawi – NyasaTimes breaking online news source from Malawi |publisher=Nyasatimes.com |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> On 14 January 2012, they played a game against Malawi that they won 7–0 after being ahead 4–0 at the half. The game was part of the CAF African Women's Championship and was played in the first round and played in [[Lusaka]]. Prior to the start of the game, the team danced on the field and sang Chikokishi music. Players on their roster included [[Anne Kabanji]], [[Misozi Zulu]] and [[Mwila Bowa]].<ref name=beat-malawi-badly/><ref name=media-coverage/><ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name=2010-african-women-championship>{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-women-championship_2010/results |title=Fixtures&nbsp;— African Women Championship 2010 – CAF |publisher=Cafonline.com |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>  Malawi beat Zambia 4–2 following a 1–0 lead at halftime in the return leg played in [[Blantyre]], Malawi on 29 January 2012.  [[Suzan Banda]] scored the second goal of the game, and the first for Zambia in the match. [[Mupopa Kawange]] scored Zambia's second goal.  Zambia had a number of fans, most women, who attended the game in Malawi. These fans played music during the game to encourage their teams players.  Music played included "Time Time yawo yatha", a Zambian hit song.  Another song played was a "Akamwire", a Malai hit song.<ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name="2010-african-women-championship" /><ref name=return-leg>{{cite news|url=http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/01/29/malawi-beat-zambia-but-crashes-out-of-caf/ |title=Malawi beat Zambia but crashes out of CAF &#124; Malawi news, Malawi&nbsp;— NyasaTimes breaking online news source from Malawi |publisher=Nyasatimes.com |accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref> In March 2012, the team was ranked the 126th best in the world and the 19th best in CAF.<ref name=world-rank-fifa>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html |title=The FIFA Women's World Ranking |publisher=FIFA.com |date=25 September 2009 |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>

==World Cup record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"   
|-
!Year
!Result
!Matches
!Wins 
!Draws
!Losses
!GF
!GA
|- 
|{{flagicon|PRC}} [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]]
|colspan=8|Did Not Enter
|- 
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]]   
|colspan=8|Did Not Qualify
|- 
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]] 
|colspan=8|Did Not Enter
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]]  
|colspan=8|Did Not Qualify
|-
|{{flagicon|PRC}} [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]]   
|colspan=8|Did Not Qualify
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011]]
|colspan=8|Did Not Enter
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup|2015]]
|colspan=8|Did Not Qualify
|-
|'''Total'''||0/7||0||0||0||0||0||0
|}

==Africa Women's Championship record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"   
!colspan=8|[[Africa Women Cup of Nations|CAF Women's Championship]] 
|-
!Year
!Result
!Matches
!Wins 
!Draws
!Losses
!GF
!GA
|-
||[[1991 African Women's Championship|1991]]
|colspan=8|Withdrew
|-   
||[[1995 African Women's Championship|1995]]
|Quarterfinals||2||0||0||2||5||11
|-
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[1998 African Women's Championship|1998]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not enter
|-   
|{{flagicon|ZAF}} [[2000 African Women's Championship|2000]]
|- 
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[2002 African Women's Championship|2002]]
|colspan=8|Did not qualify
|-   
|{{flagicon|ZAF}} [[2004 African Women's Championship|2004]]
|colspan=8|Did not enter
|- 
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[2006 African Women's Championship|2006]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify
|-    
|{{flagicon|EQG}} [[2008 African Women's Championship|2008]]
|-
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2010 African Women's Championship|2010]]
|colspan=8|Did not enter
|- 
|{{flagicon|EQG}} [[2012 African Women's Championship|2012]]
|colspan=8|Did not qualify
|- 
|{{flagicon|NAM}} [[2014 African Women's Championship|2014]]||Group stage||3||0||1||2||1||9
|-
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations|2016]]
|colspan=8|Did not qualify
|- 
!Total||2/11||5||0||1||4||6||20
|}

==Current squad==
Roster for the [[2014 African Women's Championship]].

Head coach: [[Charles Bwale]]

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{{nat fs player|no=5|pos=MF|name=[[Mary Mwakapila]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1995|6|5|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Bauleni Sports Academy]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=6|pos=DF|name=[[Meya Banda]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1991|7|5|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Green Buffaloes F.C.]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Misozi Zulu]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1992|2|4|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[National Assembly F.C.]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Lweendo Chisamu]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1990|4|5|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Chibolya Queens]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Hellen Mubanga]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1987|2|17|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Bauleni Sports Academy]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Noria Sosala]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1985|5|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[National Assembly F.C.]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=11|pos=MF|name=[[Kabange Mupopo]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1992|9|21|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Green Buffaloes F.C.]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=12|pos=MF|name=[[Esther Mukwasa]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1994|9|9|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Moba Queens]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=13|pos=MF|name=[[Justina Banda]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1992|2|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Olympic Youth Development Centre|Olympic Centre]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Racheal Lungu]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1988|1|13|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Bauleni Sports Academy]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Annie Kibanji]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1989|4|4|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Green Buffaloes F.C.]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=16|pos=GK|name=[[Hazel Nali]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1991|12|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Chibolya Queens]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=17|pos=FW|name=[[Carol Howes]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1996|1|20|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Balcatta FC]]|clubnat=AUS}}
{{nat fs player|no=18|pos=FW|name=[[Nchawaka Saili]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1996|7|2|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Bauleni Sports Academy]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=19|pos=DF|name=[[Anita Mulenga]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1992|2|23|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Green Buffaloes F.C.]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=20|pos=DF|name=[[Emelda Musonda]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1985|8|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Red Arrows F.C.]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs player|no=21|pos=GK|name=[[Wendy Kunda]]|age={{birth date and age2|2014|10|11|1997|10|23|df=y}}|caps=|club=[[Mooba Queens]]|clubnat=ZAM}}
{{nat fs end}}

==Other national women's teams==
===U-17 and U-20===
{{main|Zambia women's national under-17 football team|Zambia women's national under-20 football team}}
[[Zambia women's national under-17 football team]] has competed in several competitions representing their country, including in the qualifying part of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the African Women U-17 Championships.<ref name=world-cup-17/><ref name=2008-u17-caf-quals>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-wom-u17-08.html |title=African Women U-17 Championship 2008 |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=25 February 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref> The team participated in the 2008, 2010 and 2012 African qualification tournaments for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.<ref name=world-cup-17>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wc-wom-u17.html#allt |title=Women U-17 World Cup |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=31 March 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=fifa-u17-qualifiers>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/qualifiers/index.html |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Qualifiers |publisher=FIFA.com |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>

[[Zambia women's national under-20 football team]] has participated in qualification tournaments for several events including the U19/U20 World Cup and the African Women's Championships.<ref name=u19-u20-campaign>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wc-wom-u19.html#allt |title=Women U-19/U-20 World Cup |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=21 January 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref> The team participated in the first edition of the African Women U-19 Championship held in 2002.<ref name=2002-africa-women>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afr-wom-u19-02.html |title=African Women U-19 Championship 2002 |publisher=Rsssf.com |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>

===Olympic and U-23 team===
For the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics]], there are no age restrictions for players,<ref name=noagerestirctions>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/football|accessdate=16 April 2012|title=Football|publisher=London 2012}}</ref> though Zambia has opted to qualify with a U20/U23 side.<ref name=2012-london>{{cite news|title=AAGM: Handbags On the Pitch|newspaper=Daily Nation|location=Nairobi, Kenya|date=16 December 2010|accessdate=15 April 2012|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:KNAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1343146986BA0BC0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref><ref name=qualification>{{cite web|url=http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=14856&highlight= |title=The Post Newspapers Zambia – Latest News, Politics, Business, Sports, Photos, Videos » Sports News » U-20 women face Botswana |publisher=Postzambia.com |date=23 October 2010 |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> Zambia competed in the qualifying tournament in an effort to represent the country at the [[Zambia at 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]].  The qualification tournament started in 2010.  The team was coached by Enala Phiri-Simbeye. During their campaign, they beat the [[Botswana women's national football team]] 4–1 in [[Gaborone]] and beat them again 2–1 in Lusaka.  The quality performance of the team earned praise from women's groups inside the country.<ref name="2012-london" /><ref name="qualification" /> In January 2011, Zambia had to face South Africa in the qualifying tournament for the Olympics. The squad named to play against South Africa included goalkeepers [[Mirriam Katamanda]], [[Ennie Matukuta]], Defenders [[Meya Banda]], [[Verocia Chiluba]], [[Jessica Chabota]], [[Mulai Wilombe]], [[Deborah Chisenga]], [[Veronica Chisala]], Midfielders [[Misozi Zulu]], [[Susan Banda]], [[Etas Banda]], [[Fostina Sakala]], [[Kabange Mupopo]], [[Rachel Chisha]], [[Chisala Musonda]], and Strikers [[Mwila Bowa]], [[Noria Sosala]], [[Gift Lisaka]] and [[Ednasha Mambwe]]. Chiluba is the second President of Zambia's daughter.<ref name=olympicqualifyingteam>{{cite web|url=http://www.zambianfootball.net/2011/01/14/its-david-vs-goliath-besa-chibwe/ |title=She-polopolo team manager: Its David v Goliath |publisher=Zambianfootball.net |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref>

Coached by [[Enala Simbeya]], Zambia's U23 team participated in the 2011 All-Africa Games qualifiers. They played a paid of games against Zimbabwe. On Sunday, 13 February 2011 in a game played at the [[Rufaro Stadium]] in [[Harare]], Zimbabwe won 1–0 against Zambia, overcoming a half time score of 0–0.<ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name=zambiasimbabwe>{{cite news|url=http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=18525&highlight= |title=The Post Newspapers Zambia – Latest News, Politics, Business, Sports, Photos, Videos » Sports News » Zim women U-23 coach upbeat about Zambia encounter |publisher=Postzambia.com |date=26 February 2011 |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> On the return leg played on Sunday, 27 February 2011 in a game played at [[Nkoloma Stadium]] in [[Lusaka]], Zambia lost 1–3 to Zimbabwe, scoring a goal in the second half with the first half ending with Zambia down 0–3. Simbeya did not name her 18-woman team until a day before the game.  The loss eliminated them, with Zimbabwe going on to play Angola.<ref name=zambia-winlost/><ref name=zambiasimbabwe/>

===Homeless World Cup===
In 2008, a national team represented the country at the [[Homeless World Cup]]. In round robin play, they won every game and were Crowned Champions. The tournament was held in Australia Melbourne.  They beat Paraguay 6–1, Uganda 6–1, Kyrgyzstan 5–4, Liberia 4–1, Cameroon 17–0, Australia 18–1 and Colombia 10–1.  In the half finals, they beat Kyrgyzstan 10–0. In the final, they beat Liberia 7–1.The team that represented Zambia at the Homeless World Cup was led by the Twins Coach and Manager [[James Chibuye]] and [[John Chibuye]]. The tournament was a five aside tournament and it carried eight players [[Christine Kabemba]], [[Grace Mwango]], [[Melinda Namafe]], [[Carol Kanyemba]], [[Ednasha Mambwe]], [[Jessica Chabota]], [[Ireen Chanda]] and [[Sarah Daka]].<ref name=2008-homeless-world-cup>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesh/homeless-wk.html#08w |title=Homeless Football World Cup |publisher=Rsssf.com |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fazfootball.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=zam/ FIFA profile]
{{Football in Zambia}}

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