The
sport of
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
in the country of
Zambia is run by the
Football Association of Zambia. The association administers the national
male and
female teams, as well as the
Premier League, and the
Women Super Division.
1993 Zambia national football team air disaster
On the evening of 27 April 1993, a DHC-5 Buffalo transport aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon. The flight was carrying most of the Zambian national football team to ...
is considered one of the most signification moments in Zambian football.
History
Zambia established their national team and the governing board
Football Association of Zambia in 1929.
was instrumental in further developing the sport and encouraging further investment in developing better football infrastructure.
National team
The national team has expericed success also they were once holders 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 ...
, winning in
the 2012 final 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 ...
.
Godfrey Chitalu has been described as "the greatest Zambian player ever".
Women's national team
The women's national team qualified for their first world cup at the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the women's national association football teams organised ...
, by reaching the semi finals of
2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
The 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس الأمم الإفريقية للسيدات 2022, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine 2022), (also referred to as WAFCON 2022) officially known as the 2022 TotalEnergies Women's Afric ...
.
References
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