Thursday, April 23, 2026

Chipolopolo Missing 17 players on current International Friendly Tour

The Zambia national soccer team is out on a three match international friendly match tour. The Chipolopolo last evening went down 3 – 1 to Senegal in Thies.

Coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Serodovic is carrying a team that is thin and stretched to barest minimum with up to 17 possible inclusions to the squad not available for selection due to various reasons.

Below are the players not available and the reasons:

1. Five including four of the Euro based players are 0ut through injury: Lubambo Musonda, Emmanuel Banda, Kelvin Mubanga, Edward Chilufya, Frankie Musonda Chisenga
2. Two were unable to play against Senegal due to knocks picked up in Senegal: Mwenya Chibwe, Benson Sakala
3. South Africa based quartet were excused due to club commitments: Rodrick Kabwe, Gamphani Lungu, Kabaso Chongo, Augustine Mulenga
4. Another quartet of Euro based stars were excused owing to pending transfers: Patson Daka, Enock Mwepu, Fashion Sakala & Evans Kangwa
5. The Chama brothers Adrian and Clatous were given leave due to a family bereavement following the demise of Triple C’s (Clatous’) beloved wife.
The absence of some of the key players has saw coach Micho hand three debut appearances to promising talents with Prosper Chiluya and Prince Mumba both grabbing the opportunity to impress while Cardiff City’s Ntazana Mayembe made a cameo appearance.
Zambia next play Benin on Tuesday before completing their international tour with a game against Sudan on Friday

Related Articles

10 Comments

  1. Excuse not valid, you just lost, if that is the case those games must be postponed so that we can know wen you Lost

  2. Bushe BA coach cinshi bashisendelako ama play pamo nga mwene,kalaba,chamanga,sunzu,mbesuma,nabambi abaliko 2012

  3. Probably the coach could have his own good reasons for his selection, there could be a silver lining in all this. Let’s wait and see.

  4. Kamanga has never been serious where football is concerned. How do you leave 17 dependable players. I thought friendlies are supposed to be taken seriously. Mwilatufulwisha. Awee.

  5. What s the point of taking such a mediocre team against an all round professional opponent cos I believe even if the idea is to expose them ideally they won’t be included going forward

  6. We need Wedson Nyirenda ba FAZ if we want to see Qatar 2022. We can not afford the risk of a new coach. Their is somenoe who kows the players and that is where Wada Wada comes in.

  7. or if not here is the line up for september 1 kennedy mweene , 4 stopilla sunzu ,5 tandi mwape , 2 simon silwimba, 3 fuckson kapumbu , 6 benson sakala and then twin 8 clatus chama and mwepu 7 rodrick kabwe 11 fashion sakala top man patson daka

Leave a reply

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Stay Connected

52,000FansLike
9,690FollowersFollow
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_imgspot_imgspot_img

Trending