The Football Association of Zambia is the governing body of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
in
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
founded in 1929 and based at the "Football House" on Alick Nkhata Road in
Lusaka
Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...
, the country's capital.
Affiliated to
CAF and
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
in 1964
and
COSAFA
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (french: Conseil des Associations de Football en Afrique Australe; pt, Conselho das Associações de Futebol da África Austral), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the footbal ...
in 1997, it organizes the
local league and the
country's national team.
Executive committee
* President
Andrew Kamanga
Andrew Ndanga Kamanga (born 21 December 1966) is a Zambian football administrator and current president of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). Previously, he was chairman of Kabwe Warriors F.C. and was elected president during the 2016 FA ...
* Vice President Justin Mumba
* Treasurer Rix Mweemba
* Member Brenda Kunda
* Member Lee Kawanu
* Member Dr Joseph Mulenga
* Member Elijah Chileshe
* Member Kabaso Kapambwe
* Member Blackwell Siwale (2016–17)
National teams
The association governs and controls the Zambian national men's and women's teams which represents the country in international association football. The men's national team was commonly known during the 1980s as the "KK 11" after
Dr. Kenneth Kaunda ("KK"), the founder of Zambia who was its president from independence in 1964 until the shift to
a democratic multiparty state in 1991 when it changed nicknames to the ''Chipolopolo'' or the "Copper Bullets".
The team has appeared in the final of the
Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
thrice,
winning it once against
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
.
Coaching staff
* Assistant Coach :
Aggrey Chiyangi
Aggrey Chiyangi (born 5 June 1964) is a Zambian former football player and current manager of Green Eagles.
Club career
Born in Kitwe, Chiyangi attended Kitwe Boys Secondary School, playing for the school team. Upon leaving school, Chiyangi si ...
* Assistant Coach : Dabid Chilufya (March 2017–present)
* Goalkeeper Coach : Stephen Mwansa (March 2017–present)
* Technical Advisor : Danny Kabwe (2016–present)
* Team Manager : Chris Chibuye (March 2017–present)
* Team Doctor : George Magwende
* Physiotherapist : Davies Mulenga
* Physiotherapist : Gibson Chaloba
Notelist
References
External links
*
Official Zambian Sports & Latest Football News SiteReference website(archived) at
FIFA.com
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded ...
Profileat
CAFOnline.com
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National members of the Confederation of African Football
Football in Zambia
Sports organizations established in 1929