Zambia national football team: Difference between revisions

| First game  = {{nowrap|{{fb|Southern Rhodesia}} 0–4 Northern Rhodesia {{flagicon|Northern Rhodesia}} }}<br> ([[Southern Rhodesia]]; 1946)

| Largest loss = {{fb|COD|1966}} 10–1 Zambia {{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} <br> ([[Congo-Kinshasa]]; 22 November 1969) <br> {{fb|BEL}} 9–0 Zambia {{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} <br> ([[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]; 3 June 1994)

| Regional name      = [[Africa Cup of Nations]]

| Regional cup first = [[1974 African Cup of Nations|1974]]

| Regional cup best  = Champions: [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations|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<ref>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."</ref>). The team has three [[Africa Cup of Nations]] final appearances to its credit. They were once holders of the [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations|Africa Cup of Nations]], winning in [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final|the 2012 final]] against [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Ivory Coast]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/sports/soccer/14iht-soccer14.html|title=Zambia Takes a Modest and Emotional Path to Victory|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2013-12-02|first=Rob|last=Hughes|date=13 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jacob Steinberg |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/12/ivory-coast-zambia-africa-nations |title=Ivory Coast v Zambia – as it happened &#124; Jacob Steinberg &#124; Football |publisher=theguardian.com |date= 12 February 2012|accessdate=2013-12-02 |location=London}}</ref> In addition to this 2012 cup triumph, its other memorable moments include a 4–0 victory over [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|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]].