Lusaka Dynamos Football Club is a

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club based in

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. Lusaka Dynamos Football Club is a Zambian football club based in Lusaka. The club's nickname is "The Elite" and it lives up to its billing by way of the profile it commands in the media and general public. Lusaka Dynamos plays in the top division of the

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league, called the Zambia Super League. The club colours are: Home colours – Red with white highlighters and Away colours are White with red highlighter or Gray with crazy green highlighter or Orange with black. The kit brand is currently

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having been dressed by Macron for the last 2 seasons. Before that, the club was dressed by a local sports brand Yesu. Lusaka Dynamos is renowned for its ability to nurture upcoming footballers into fully-fledged players. The club's President i
Hanif Adam
– a businessman and experienced administrator. All home games are played at

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in Lusaka. The main sponsor of Lusaka Dynamos is businessman Bokani Soko.

History

The club was formed in 1979 by Hanif Adam who was a popular DJ around Lusaka nightclubs. He was also a part time player at the club, which slowly evolved into one that focused on giving youths from different communities opportunities, and then later sell them on. Lusaka Dynamos has sold players to destinations including

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, and

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. A number of former Zambia National Team players trace their roots to the club. Lusaka Dynamos has also given opportunities to footballers who arrived as refugees in Zambia to revive their careers at the club, with a number coming from

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and

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. The club a few years ago decided to change its strategy in a bid to compete for honors. The club has recently signed several star players from across Africa, as well as identifying potential stars of the Zambian game. Of late, the club has made a name by signing up some of the great talent from around

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and has even had layers from as far as

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on its rooster. Lusaka Dynamos have yet to win a league title with its best position being 5th in 2017 while the club won its one and only trophy in the 2008 BP Top 8 Cup after beating

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1–0 in the final. LD remains the reigning BP Top 8 Champion as the competition has not been held since. LD also beat ZESCO in the final of the 2021 to be the reigning

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champions.

Achievements

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: 1 ::2008 *

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: 1 ::2021

Club Officials

*President: Hanif Adams *Club Patron: Patrick Kangwa *Chief Executive Officer: Meeth Naik *Club Secretary: Twambo Phiri *Executive Committee Member:

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*Club Lawyer:

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*Business Development Manager:

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*Sales Executive:

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Management Staff

*Senior Team Manager:

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*Youth Team Manager:

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*Technical/Corporate Affairs Manager:

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Technical Staff

*Head Coach:

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*First Assistant Coach: Christopher 'Gazza' Tembo *Assistant Coach: Ronald Mukosha *Physical Trainer: Manchi Janza *Goalkeeping Coach: Stephen Mwansa *Head Youth Coach: Ian Bakala *Youth Coach: Josphat Nkhoma

Administrative and Support Staff

*Team Doctor: Komani Munthali *Senior Physiotherapist: Gift Nyambe *Physiotherapist: Sam Siatalimi *Kit Master: Joseph Zeka Mbuti *Assistant Kit Master: Kika Musimbi *Transport Officer: Kennedy Zulu *Security Officer: Peter Namusiya *Fans Coordinator: Sosten Daka

2019 squad

References

{{Zambian Premier League Football clubs in Zambia Sport in Lusaka