The Zambia Super League, known as the MTN Super League for

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created in 1962 by the

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. The winners of the league each season receives ZMW500,000 ($26,414.20) and a copper trophy engraved with their team name.

Format

The league is contested by 18 teams every season. Until 2018, it was scheduled to run within the calendar year from March to December. Since then, owing to the decision by CAF on 20 July 2017 to switch from their traditional across-year runtime/schedule of their club competitions to align with that of the UEFA/European calendar, it currently runs from August to May. At the conclusion of each season and assuming Zambia is among the top 12 countries in the current

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system, the top 4 teams will qualify for CAF competitions; the top 2 qualifies for the

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and the two teams finishing below the top 2 positions on the league table qualifies for the

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. The teams who finish in the final 3 positions of the table are relegated to the

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league and replaced with the teams who finish in the top 3 positions of the National Division One league table.

Broadcasting

The league's broadcaster since 2007 is South Africa-based SuperSport, which telecasts 126 of the current 306 matches each season, all outside

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. Seven matches were added to the telecast schedule since the current season.

Sponsorship

In 2018, FAZ struck a deal with the

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of South Africa to sponsor the league being worth initially $4 million (ZMW 7,571,280) for 5 years which has since been extended till date. Via telecasting the league on SuperSport, the prize money given to each league team is ZMW300,000 ($ 15,848.52). The league runners-up receives ZMW 350,000 ($ 18,489.94) and the other 16 teams receive ZMW 200,000 ($ 10,565.68).

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Qualification for CAF competitions

The association ranking for the 2022–23 CAF club season will be based on results from the CAF club competitions from 2016 to the 2021–22 season.

Previous winners

The previous league winners are as follows: *1962: Roan United (Luanshya) *1963:

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(Mufulira) *1964:

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(Lusaka) *1965:

(Mufulira) *1966:

(Mufulira) *1967:

(Mufulira) *1968:

(Kabwe) *1969:

(Mufulira) *1970:

(Kabwe) *1971:

(Kabwe) *1972:

(Kabwe) *1973:

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(Lusaka) *1974:

(Lusaka) *1975:

(Lusaka) *1976:

(Mufulira) *1977:

(Lusaka) *1978:

(Mufulira) *1979:

(Lusaka) *1980:

(Chingola) *1981:

(Lusaka) *1982:

(Kitwe) *1983:

(Kitwe) *1984: Power Dynamos (Kitwe) *1985:

(Kitwe) *1986:

(Kitwe) *1987:

(Kabwe) *1988:

(Kitwe) *1989:

(Kitwe) *1990:

(Kitwe) *1991: Power Dynamos (Kitwe) *1992:

(Kitwe) *1993:

(Kitwe) *1994: Power Dynamos (Kitwe) *1995:

(Mufulira) *1996:

(Mufulira) *1997: Power Dynamos (Kitwe) *1998:

(Chingola) *1999:

(Kitwe) *2000: Power Dynamos (Kitwe) *2001:

(Kitwe) *2002: Zanaco (Lusaka) *2003: Zanaco (Lusaka) *2004:

(Lusaka) *2005: Zanaco (Lusaka) *2006: Zanaco (Lusaka) *2007:

(Ndola) *2008:

(Ndola) *2009: Zanaco (Lusaka) *2010:

(Ndola) *2011: Power Dynamos (Kitwe) *2012: Zanaco (Lusaka) *2013:

(Kitwe) *2014:

(Ndola) *2015:

(Ndola) *

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: Zanaco (Lusaka) *

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(Ndola) *

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(Ndola) *

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(Ndola) * 2019–20:

(Kitwe) *

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(Ndola) * 2021–22:

(Lusaka)

Performances by club

Top scorers

References

External links

*
League profile
(Archived) at the now-defunct MTNFootball.com
League profile
(Archived) at

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Format

Broadcasting

Sponsorship

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Qualification for CAF competitions

Previous winners

Performances by club

Top scorers

References

External links

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