Zambia has fallen eight places on the FIFA rankings dropping to 68th in the world from the previous 60th in the world.
The Chipolopolo have now dropped to 17th in Africa having been overtaken by Equatorial Guinea who have moved up 11 places up to 11th place in Africa.
With four games played by the Chipolopolo in May; Zambia managed two wins (against Malawi and Ghana), one draw against Namibia and a loss to Malawi in the Cosafa Cup.
Zambia’s opponents in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Guinea Bissau are ranked 155th in the world, Kenya 123rd and Congo 47th.
Ethiopia who play Zambia over the weekend are on position 99.
Africa Top 20 Teams
1[21] Algeria 2[24] Côte d’Ivoire 3[29] Tunisia 4[34] Ghana 5[36] Senegal 6[38] Cape Verde Islands 7[43] Nigeria 8[45] Guinea 9[47] Congo 10[49] Cameroon 11[50] Equatorial Guinea 12[52] Mali 13[51] Egypt 14[56] Congo DR 15[59] Gabon 16[66] Burkina Faso 17[68] Zambia 18[69] South Africa 19[71] Uganda 20[77] Togo
This is what i have always talked about on this blog! I am called names and insulted for speaking the truth! We will continue falling down on the FIFA rankings as long as FAZ DICTATOR Kalusha continues as President!
Our football needs a radical change. Time for change is now!!!! Kalusha has hijacked our football. We have had enough of him. He has to GO!!!!
KALUSHA has no heart for Zambian football. He must resign in the best interest of our football!
This was expected with Janza as coach. Nothing new.
Janza and Kalusha must go.idiots
Honour Janza must go!
Mr spade and his big spoon rhetoric. You are called names because of the way you present issues even if you have a point. You can state your facts without hate. Remove that spade song otherwise we love you.
When are we having FAZ elections? Its high time Kalusha left FAZ! He appears to be more interested in looking after himself. He doesn’t care about our football any more but he is busy using FAZ to climb the ladder at FIFA. This man doesn’t like living in Zambia and if he had a way he would have just loved to stay permanently in SA.
We can do better… Were was Zambia b4 Janza by the way?
Kalusha has achieved more than any Faz president and we all must acknowledge that. He was not appointed to occupy the office but elected by members. When members lose confidence in him they will vote him out. Ushitasha mwana wandoshi. Who is capable of running the affairs with with
I am protesting why has Rodgers kola been left out of the team? What are planks like Jackson mwanza doing in the team. Janza must go I will continue to protest!
Do not worry about these dubious FIFA rankings. They are starting to snitch on each other now. Check this out.
http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/story/2478293/former-fifa-vice-president-jack-warner-fears-for-his-life
Dubious in your head!!!
Delusions of a grandeur!!!
U think your zambia is s big football nation but the reality is that, your zambia is minnow and it ll remain like that for a long time!!!
One fluke afcon cup doesn’t make u a giant!!
If u are so called giant and u are rank around the 70s and 80s sharing spaces with Seychelles and Fuji, then u have to know your level!!
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Read the nonsenses u posted and tell me the sense in it!!
Your imbecile looking face like COLLLINS MBESUMAH BOXER SHORTS LOL!!
KWASIA!!!
http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/story/2478293/former-fifa-vice-president-jack-warner-fears-for-his-life
Zambia should be the last they don’t deserve to be even 68th place, useless janza and kalu
FAZ needs cleaned out and hire a real coach, not clueless potato head Janza that is leaving out real strikers for Jackson Mwanza. Mwanza could not even play in Sudan. Useless.
Nothing strange about this one. We are in the usual position range. When did Zambia ever rank 30 and below or should i raise the bar 40 and below and for how long did they linger in that position range say 30 -40?
Most of you blogging here were born in the 80s and 90s and have no idea where we are coming from as a country. You blame Kalusha for everything and after he is gone like Herve did you will remember what good he did for this country.
Zambian football has declined both administratively & on the pitch. At national and club level the quality of players we hv leave much 2 b desired. But football needs 2 improve at club level these days we no longer hv wonderkids apart 4rm this overated patson daka. Talent identification is key and players need 2 take football seriously like in west africa. If a Zambian player is not in israel then is in SA thts da ‘limit’ we cnt use poverty as an excuse thr poorer countries thn us in west africa with PROS.
They are back to where they belong! Lol
The next FIFA ranking ll decline more and ll probably be in the 80s cuz that’s when they ll add the cosafa results haha
@ The writer, yes you “managed” to beat Ghana, but keep in mind that cosafa cup is not a high profile tournament;even majority of west Africans didn’t recognize it until recently including myself. It’s nothing compared to FIFA friendlies or afcon, that’s why there wasn’t any black star player in Ghana’s roster not even one sharp player from our chan team. However, a win wouldn’t gain you any quality points from FIFA while a loss actually could be a big mess. Is this tournament even worth playing for?
Vision Of Faz And Janza Is To Build A Strong CHAN team,if Roger is surely a good striker, can janza leave him honestly.it clearly shows that kola and jackson are at paw.local is cheap and effective.
Zambia should get a Nigerian coach.
Problem after problem it only gets worse for us!
Useless every thing,this Kalu no longer has the heart and passion of that when he was a player,care less about everything.
Fifa rankings to do a thing on the pitch. What benefit has it got? So that you can be seeded and avoid strong teams? U are not a champion until u can beat those who say they are strong. On a good day Zambia can challenge any team in Africa. Ghana is our goog customer. At senior level we have beaten them 4 times and so have they but if we have to add the COSAFA game wether they were the stars or darkness, it still remains that we beat them. Inthe past 3years we’ve beaten them 3 tyms why them its once.
Sorry Martinez, but keep dreaming bro. Why do you think Zambia always qualifies for AFCON. It is because we are constantly seeded based on our past performances. If what you are saying is true, then why has Zambia never qualified for a World Cup. I will tell you; because we are constantly grouped with the big guns like Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Algeria, to name afew. And while you are correct that we do perform quite well against big teams, it is the results against the smaller teams in combination with the fact that the big teams always manage to get max points off the small teams that kills us.
Lets not talk big because it just makes us look like a boxer with a black eye and missing teeth talking about how good he is, right after waking up from being knocked out. The rankings are accurately potraying our current abysmal performances and when you find yourself in a world cup group with Ghana again, we will fail to qualify again.
My admiration for your critical thinking never ends. Any way, to enhance football continentally, don’t u think we should start from the base i.e. not only emphasize on the local leagues but rather attention should be first focussed on academies. A solid academy infrastructure set up should be the initial focus. From here, there should be a stipulation where products of these academies would have to serve on the local front/league for a number of years ( to be determined) before allowed to move to a foreign. This would inevitably assist in enhancing the pedigree of the local leagues to a greater extent. Currently, what most African countries are doing is to ship out the most talented, leaving the local leagues in disarray.
To do all these, l believe basic infrastructure should be provided for such a project to take a sound footing. Our football fields are not to standards. There could be a simple solution. Natural grass. what does grass need to grow. Water & sunlight. We have sunlight in abundance in Africa. why cant we have green grass throughout the year. We should not have patches on our fields. The only thing needed is water. Oh, Africa, for the passion we have for the game, it baffles me why we cannot just solve this simple problem. I am praying & hoping we would have governments that would heed so such calls.
currently, too much emphasis on the national teams to the detriment of the base – the academies. We are building from the top down. I believe this is wrong. It should be from the bottom up. GOD SAVE AFRICA
Contraly to the initial list released of players called to camp for afcon Qualifiers,I’ve seen players that were not included but are in camp: Mayuka,Lubambo,Kangwa and Singuluma but still no Kola.
Finally Jackson Mwanza droped from the 19 man squad that is leaving for Ethiopia but Donashano is still in the team.
K25 TO K300 FOR GUINEA-BISSAU!
FAZ spokesperson Nkweto Tembwe has announced gate charges for the Group E Africa Cup qualifier against Guinea-Bissau will range between K25 to K300 at Levy Mwanawasa on June 13.
And caretaker Chipolopolo coach Honour Janza has a named a 19-man squad that travels to Addis Ababba for a tune-up match before taking on Guinea-Bissau.
Goalies: Jacob Senzo Banda, Danny Munyao
Defs: Donashano Malama, Christopher Munthali, Emmanuel Mbola,Fackson Kapumbu, Kabaso Chongo, Aaron Katebe, Kayawe Kapota
Mid: Kondwani Mtonga, Mukuka Mulenga, Nathan Sinkala,
Lubambo Musonda, Paul Katema, Allan C Mukuka
Fwds: Evans Evans Kangwa Jr., Patson Daka, Given Singuluma, Emmanuel Mayuka
Kalu does not rate kola . Sorry guys the team selection is done in sa buy kalu . Kalu is the one who is coaching with a remote control . I suspect he might be doin this at all levels . Zambia they have over 4o foreign based players but we struggle to raise a team of eleven players . Janza wil only if kalu stopped interfering . The media , cooperate world and minister of sport they are doing little to help zambian football to grow . Though kalu might have his own weakness the man is working with limited resources . On the issue of lubambo , mayuka ,singuluma and sinkala they need time to heal . Guys am appealing for you to understand this . Patson deserves a place in the team and he is not being rushed . A team should be made up of players of different generation .
Better we lose a game with good players,good move on Jackson but Malama is still in the team still just bench him and use either Boyd or Kapumbu please.