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Zambia 
Nickname(s) Chipolopolo
(The Copper Bullets)Association Football Association of Zambia Sub-confederation COSAFA (Southern Africa) Confederation CAF (Africa) Head coach Hervé Renard Top scorer Kalusha Bwalya (33)[1] Home stadium Konkola Stadium FIFA code ZAM FIFA ranking 80 Highest FIFA ranking 15 (February 1996) Lowest FIFA ranking 101 (February 2011) Elo ranking 72 Highest Elo ranking 28 (April 1994) Lowest Elo ranking 99 (May 2004) 
Home coloursAway coloursFirst international 
Southern Rhodesia 0–4 Northern Rhodesia 
(Southern Rhodesia; 1946)Biggest win 
Zambia 9–0 Kenya 
(Lilongwe, Malawi; 13 November 1978)Biggest defeat 
Congo DR 10–1 Zambia
(Congo-Kinshasa; 22 November 1969)
Belgium 9–0 Zambia
(Brussels, Belgium; 3 June 1994)Africa Cup of Nations Appearances 14 (First in 1974) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1994 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. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo (the Copper bullets) as copper is one of the nation's main exports. The team has two Africa Cup of Nations final appearances to its credit and among its most memorable moments is a 4–0 victory over Italy in the 1988 Olympic football tournament in Seoul, South Korea that saw Kalusha Bwalya score a hat-trick.
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Gabon air disaster
Main article: 1993 Zambia national football team air disasterOn 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.
Honours
- COSAFA Cup
- Champions: 1997, 1998, 2006:: Runners-up: 2004, 2005, 2007
- CECAFA Cup
- Champions: 1984, 1991, 2006
- Runners-up: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2006
- Africa Cup of Nations
- Runners-up: 1974, 1994
Competition records
World Cup record
As 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.
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 – Round 1
- 1980 – Did not qualify
- 1982 – Third place
- 1984 – Did not qualify
- 1986 – Round 1
- 1988 – Withdrew
- 1990 – Third place
- 1992 – Quarter-finals
- 1994 – Second place
- 1996 – Third place
- 1998 – Round 1
All time record against all nations
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 
Algeria12 8 4 0 5 12 −7 
Angola13 5 6 2 13 8 +5 Belgium1 0 0 1 0 9 −9 
Benin2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 
Botswana12 7 3 2 17 2 +15 
Burkina Faso5 3 1 1 11 4 +7 
Burundi2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 
Cameroon11 3 4 4 20 20 0 
Chad2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 
Chile1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 
China PR1 0 1 0 3 3 0 
Congo10 7 2 1 22 8 +14 
Congo DR/
Zaire22 8 9 5 31 27 +4 
Côte d'Ivoire4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 
Ecuador2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 
Egypt16 3 4 9 16 28 −12 
Ethiopia12 7 4 1 19 8 +11 
Gabon4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 
Gambia1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 
Ghana5 2 0 3 6 7 −1 
Guinea4 2 0 2 8 10 +2 
Honduras1 0 0 1 1 7 −6 
Iran1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 
Jamaica2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 Kenya23 15 3 5 42 15 +27 
North Korea1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 
South Korea2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 
Kuwait1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 
Lesotho6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 
Liberia2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 
Libya4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 
Madagascar12 8 1 3 21 10 +11 
Malawi63 34 14 15 120 56 +64 
Mali4 2 2 0 8 3 +5 
Mauritius8 6 2 0 17 6 +11 
Morocco15 5 1 9 14 18 −4 
Mozambique11 9 2 0 24 7 +17 
Namibia7 4 3 0 14 4 +10 
Nigeria16 5 5 6 19 13 +6 
Oman3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 
Rwanda6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 
Saudi Arabia5 1 1 3 5 6 −1 
Senegal11 3 5 3 8 5 +3 
Seychelles3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 
Sierra Leone2 1 1 0 4 0 +4 
Somalia3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 
South Africa14 4 6 4 15 14 +1 
Sudan15 7 3 5 23 17 +6 
Swaziland7 4 2 1 16 3 +3 
Tanzania22 10 7 5 33 20 +13 
Togo7 3 0 4 8 11 −3 
Tunisia11 3 2 6 10 16 −6 
Uganda29 13 6 10 39 35 +4 
Yemen1 0 1 0 2 2 0 
Zimbabwe32 10 19 3 38 28 +10 Total 489 225 129 135 742 495 +247 Current squad
The following squad has been selected for the friendly match against Nigeria on November 15, 2011.
Caps and Goals updated as October 8, 2011.
# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Kennedy Mweene 11 December 1984 59 0 Free State StarsGK Kalililo Kakonje 1 January 1985 19 0 TP MazembeDF Joseph Musonda 30 May 1977 72 0 Golden ArrowsDF Francis Kasonde 1 September 1986 27 2 Power DynamosDF Emmanuel Mbola 10 May 1993 25 0 TP MazembeDF Stophira Sunzu 22 June 1989 23 2 TP MazembeDF Thomas Nyrienda 28 February 1986 22 0 ZanacoDF Nyambe Mulenga 27 August 1987 22 0 Zesco UnitedDF Jimmy Chisenga 3 April 1992 12 0 Red ArrowsDF Davies Nkausu 1 January 1986 2 0 SuperSport UnitedMF Rainford Kalaba 14 August 1986 52 9 TP MazembeMF Felix Katongo 18 April 1984 44 5 
AshdodMF Isaac Chansa 23 March 1984 37 1 Orlando PiratesMF Noah Chivuta 25 December 1983 21 2 Free State StarsMF Clifford Mulenga 5 August 1987 20 2 Bloemfontein CelticMF William Njovu 4 March 1987 15 1 Ironi Kiryat ShmonaFW Christopher Katongo 31 August 1982 63 14 Henan ConstructionFW James Chamanga 2 February 1980 43 15 Dalian ShideFW Jacob Mulenga 12 February 1984 34 6 
UtrechtFW Collins Mbesuma 3 February 1984 35 14 Golden ArrowsFW Emmanuel Mayuka 21 November 1990 25 6 
Young BoysFW Given Singuluma 19 July 1986 18 3 TP MazembeRecent callups
Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Jacob Banda 11 February 1988 15 0 Zesco Unitedv. Libya, 8 October 2011DF Chintu Kampamba 28 December 1980 29 0 Bidvest Witsv. Libya, 8 October 2011DF Hijani Himoonde 15 June 1985 18 2 TP Mazembev. Libya, 8 October 2011DF Dennis Banda 10 December 1988 23 0 Green Buffaloesv. 
Comoros, 4 September 2011DF Allan Mukuka 5 August 1987 13 1 Green Buffaloesv. Comoros, 4 September 2011MF Fwayo Tembo 2 May 1989 7 1 Baselv. Libya, 8 October 2011MF Justine Zulu 11 August 1989 2 0 Ironi Rishon leZionv. Libya, 8 October 2011MF Kennedy Mudenda 13 January 1988 22 1 Power Dynamosv. Zimbabwe, 10 August 2011FW Dube Phiri 16 January 1983 21 4 Red Arrowsv. Zimbabwe, 10 August 2011FW Lottie Phiri 3 November 1988 3 0 Power Dynamosv. Zimbabwe, 10 August 2011Managers
- Samuel Ndhlovu
- Jochen Figge (1992–1993)
- Godfrey Chitalu (1993)
- Ian Porterfield (1993–1994)
- Roald Poulsen (1994–1996)
- George Mungwa (1996–1997)
- Obby Kapita (1997)
- Burkhard Ziese (1997–1998)
- Ben Bamfuchile (1998–2001)
- Jan Brouwer (2001)
- Roald Poulsen (2002)
- Kalusha Bwalya (2003–2006)
- Patrick Phiri (2006–2008)
- Hervé Renard (May 2008–April 2010)
- Dario Bonetti (July 2010–October 2011)
- Hervé Renard (October 2011–present)
References
- ^ Földesi, László. "Kalusha Bwalya - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kalushab-intlg.html. Retrieved 2011-09-09. "He is the leading scorer for the Zambian national team with (at least) 33 goals. According to the Zambian FA, he has 50 goals in 100 appearances but those figures included a large number of non-'A' matches. His total could be 37 depending if Football Association of Zambia considers the matche against and Italy in the 1988 Olympics and Zanzibar as full 'A' international matches."
External links
- Zambia at FIFA.com
- Zambian Football Association official website
- ZambianFootball.net
- Gabon air disaster accident report at the Aviation Safety Network database
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2Not a member of CAF or FIFAFinalists 2010 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in quarter-finals Eliminated in group stage Qualification · Squads Squads and managers Zambia squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Poto • 2 J. Mulenga • 3 Nketani • 4 Musonda • 5 Himoonde • 6 Kasonde • 7 C. Mulenga • 8 Chansa • 9 Sunzu • 10 Bakala • 11 C. Katongo • 12 D. Phiri • 13 Chinyama • 14 Mayuka • 15 Chintu • 16 Mweene • 17 Kalaba • 18 Mwanza • 19 Hachilensa • 20 F. Katongo • 21 Chamanga • 22 Kakonje • 23 Njovu • Coach: P. Phiri
Zambia squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Kakonje • 2 Kasonde • 3 D. Banda • 4 Musonda • 5 Himoonde • 6 Mbola • 7 J. Mulenga • 8 Chansa • 9 Mbesuma • 10 F. Katongo • 11 C. Katongo • 12 Chamanga • 13 Sunzu • 14 Chivuta • 15 Kampamba • 16 Mweene • 17 Kalaba • 18 Singuluma • 19 Nyrienda • 20 Njovu • 21 Mayuka • 22 J. Banda • 23 C. Mulenga • Coach: RenardZambia national football team – managers Dumitru (1981–82) · Ndhlovu (19xx–xx) · Figge (1992–93) · Chitalu (1993) · Mwila (1993) · Porterfield (1993–94) · Chama (1994) · Poulsen (1994–97) · Mungwa (1997) · Kapita (1997) · Ziese (1997–98) · Mungwa (1998) · Kapita (1998) · Bamfuchile (1998–2000) · Mungwa (2000) · Brouwer (2000–01) · Poulsen (2002) · Bwalya (2003–06) · Phiri (2006–08) · Renard (2008–10) · Bonetti (2010–11) · Renard (2011–)
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