The Zambia national team will leave this afternoon for the crucial Morocco 2015 qualifier against Niger to be played in that country’s capital Niamey.
The chartered plane is expected to touch down in about 14:30hrs.
Zambia will be without defence kingping Stoppila Sunzu who has been excused owing to a family bereavement.
Other players who will not make the trip include U20 internationals Boyd Mkandawire, Patrick Ngoma and Larry Bwalya.
Zanaco’s U20 sensations Charles Zulu has made the trip and is expected to make his senior team debut in Niger.
Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Kennedy Mweene (Mamelodi Sundowns, RSA), Danny Munyao (Red Arrows), Joshua Titima (Power Dynamos)
Defenders: Christopher Munthali (Nkana), Kayawe Kapota (Kafue Celtic), Rodrick Kabwe (Zanaco), Donashano Malama (Nkana), Nyambe Mulenga (Zesco United),Emmanuel Mbola (Hapoel Ra’anana, ISL), Kabaso Chongo (TP Mazembe, DRC)
Midfielders: Fwayo Tembo (Unattached), Shadreck Malambo (Red Arrows), Bruce Musakanya (Red Arrows) Charles Zulu (Zanaco) Rainford Kalaba (TP Mazembe,DRC) Julius Situmbeko (Power Dynamos), Chisamba Lungu (FC Ural,RUS), Nathan Sinkala (Grasshoppers, SWI), Christopher Katongo (Bidvest Wits)
Forwards: Ronald Kampamba (Nkana), Jacob Mulenga (Adana Dermispor, TUR), Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton, ENG), James Chamanga (Liaoning Whowin, CHN), Given Singuluma (TP Mazembe, DRC)
All the best Chipolopolo, I just hope the new assistant coach will help us find a scoring opportunity even though our defense is worrying
We have to win this game…..viva chipolopolo
welcome back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really missed zamfoot soooo much. Hello zambians ,win shall b uors this wknd.
Am glad Zamfoot is back. I just hope the new assistant coach will add value to our technical bench. The way Kalu sounded when introducing Nico the new assistant coach its like he will take over from Janza . Kalusha has given him powers.
I smell a rat again in this travel arrangements. At first they told us that, the team will leave on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning only ended up hearing that Zambia will be enganged in a preparatory game against K-stars on wednesday afternoon b4 they fly out to Niger on Thursday morning.
Now its Thursday afternoon, next it shall Friday morning, then afternoon and finaly flys out on Friday evening.
Gud lucky chipolopolo,
Yaba, no Sunzu….I doubt anything good will come of this. We are in serious trouble. Ello the same walla walla travel arrangements again. SMDH.
Well positive is great!lol
Changing my name to Realistic Thinking.
That’s cool but you are always positive
tuleloleshyafye
We definitely need a win this time, no excuses ba faz.
Sunzu caused d scnd goal in Cape Verd by failing 2 clear an aeriel ball. Let us c wat we can do wthout him.
Finally young Julious : Speed Winger: Situmbeko is in the final squad. This has been long overdue bane, the Go Mahia boy is very good.
@MJ Man you can’t judge Sunzu on one game or one mistake he made in a single game. Mistakes are part of the game. When it comes to consistency and reliability Sunzu is one guy who stands out in our team. This guy has put his body in the firing line for his country.
I will personally miss him this weekend. Let him mourn.
@Positive Thinking any reason for the name change bro?
Watch Niger vs Zambia live on SS4 16:45 and on wed SS9 18:00 Zambia vs Niger we need the 6points. We still have a chance we can even top the group come November this is football.
We will wait for an excuse for losing.
Better to include Bornwell Mwale of Amazulu who is playing and scorng goals in RSA than Mayuka a perpetua bench warmer.
Nice of you to be back zamfoot, however i feel the picture on the side of mr katongo is a little disturbing. kindly make improvements. Wishing the chipolopolo all the best in Niger.
The Chipolopolo team finally have left for Niger. Good luck boys no excuse this time around the GRZ have worked on the problem
The Chipolopolo team have finally left for Niger all the best.are expected in Niger around 22:30 CAT.
Chipolopolo team have left for Niger on a chatter flight.Good lucky boys
missed zamfoot.the new interface looks really good.all the best chipolopolo!
Why leave out Rodger Kola, Evans Kangwa and Lubambo Musonda?
well com zamfoot i have missed u guys so much.
welcome back Zamfoot.
Testing
Defence without sunzu is worrying. Dont trust nyambe mulenga in that position.
Who wil partner Nyambe in central defence then?its hell wthout Sunzu.
Munthali will cover sunzu’s position
What time zones are now appearing here, is it American or Asian? We are now behind by 6 hrs.
Niger ll win by 2 clear goals to nil!! Zambia ll not qualify to morocco and the signs are clear on the wall for all to see!!
When was the last time, zambia won an away match?
Yeah missed this site like ba…..aad!!
Ba Zamfoot…. you really starved us of happiness. We missed all the likes of Positive Thinking, Ba Sibs and Justice Kafusha might not even know that ZAMFOOT is back!!
Zambia 4-1Niger
Glad to be back.
Welcome back zamfoot, all the best chipolopolo we need the three points.
Welcome zamfoot!
good to be bak. there is no place like zamfoot.
Zamfoot, welcome back. We are winning this time around. It does not matter by how many goals but as long as we win.
Thank Allah. Let’s pray that the referee will be fair
Zambia is a Christian nation. we pray to the God of the Christian through Jesus Christ & not Allah.
@Ali. we pray to Jesus and not Allah. Zambia is a Christian nation
So what if Zambia is Christian nation. Ali is Muslim and has every right to pray to whom he pleases. Last I checked, Islam was not banned in Zambia. Mwandi Ali, you do you.
welcome zamfoot nice to be back again .but i did prefer the old site to this one.but it nice to be back again.
welcome zamfoot nice to be back again .but i did prefer the old site to this one.but it nice to be back again.
ba zamfoot whats wrong with u…how can you just go without notice and come back when you please????…any way why leave out mukuka mulenga?
what happend to you zamfoot i had really……come satday,ZAM 4:NIGER NOOTO.Amen to this
Big Up Zamfoot. Nice improvement
Well come back ad our th best to th gaz
@Sibs, I am beginning to lose hope. I want to be positive, but we are headed to Niger without our most consistent player in Sunzu. We are in serious trouble man. Ello a loss will pretty much mean we are out. Our away record the last 2 years is abismal. Last time we beat someone on their home ground was when we played Mozambique in 2012 qualifiers. The only light I see at the end of this tunnel is an oncoming train.
I think it’s US time zone. Nostra, good to see you too my brother
Were are ALL the noise makers like John, Kay hummer, facts and so on. We rely missed this site I was checking everyday only to be welcomed by a sorry notice i never lost hope i knew one day our Zamfoot will be back. Hope there is a way the Weller’s can be informed that our ZAMFOOT is BACK
Welcome back zamfoot.lets inform other.looks like zamfoot did some upgrading? Whats the difference? Any way,next time please just go AWOL,inform us!
New faces in that team sheet, every man has to stand up and be strong for this match. We have to run a tight shift and not allow things to get messy. Attack well and together.
Niger ll easily win this match and it ll be a thrashing!!!
Zambia ll not qualify to morocco! Niger knows how to play small teams like Zambia!
Lng tym no see!
No need to worry, Zambia will easily win this game, but we shouldn’t get overconfident after this game because Niger is a very small country-football wise . Lets think about how we are going to get back to our original rank as the big boys of African football. I would have loved the couch to build a future strike force of Sate Sate and Evans Kangwa-perhaps it will be so in the near future. Good luck Chipolopolo
Small teams are those losing support of their funs after disgrasing Africa at the wc.
Read what u wrote and tell me the meaning!
Re-phrase your sentences so that we can understand u better!
welcome zamfoot nice to be back again .but i did prefer the old site to this one.but it nice to be back again
so did the team leave??
Zamfoot can you please inform sensible men like mr Justice Kafusa through there emails that our beloved zambian soccer platform is back I know I lot of these guys don’t know that this lovely site is back by now
NICO LABOLM is just as ineperienced as Janza secondly he is only an assistant so I don’t expect much to be honest it looks as if we are not going to the AFCON 2015
Football is played in Ninety minutes and winning is having the ball cross the goal line more times than your opponents. So lets wait and see. Any information about the Lads arriving in Niger?
They v arrived in niger
has the team arrived?. I doubt if niger will mistreat our team knowing they have to coke and play here.
same old story again
JACKSON MWANZA is the current top scorer in the ZPL and EVANS KANGWA they deserve a place in our team in his current foam Jack is15 times better than Chamanga ,Evans is probably the best Zambian striker as at now
Missed Zamfoot. But what really happened?
All the best to the Chipolopolo Boys this weekend.
Any confirmation on the teams depature / arrival?
I have to say I am also worried on the non-availability of defensive kingpin Sunzu. Guys like Nyambe are good but they just dont have that extra quality like reading the game well enough to cover for the right and left back when the overlap.
Zamfoot please confirm the teams departure /arrival and thanks again for bring the site back up, big ups to you and stay blessed.
@pulu. that’s wat u get wen u have autocratic admin in faz. kalu alone makes decisions. we should learn from how the ghanains have done it.
Fwayo Tembo play for Astra Giurgiu, Romanian team ! Is a good player 🙂
@F-15 why wont you for once have a clear and open mindset? you always have preconceived mindset when your team has to travel to other countries for an away game. Why will your team be maltreated?
We need lubambo and evans kangwa. They are fantastic and talented. Good luck,no excuse is acceptable
KALUSHA is serious abt killing our football very serious
What’s up, all is going perfectly here and ofcourse every one is sharing facts, that’s actually excellent, keep up writing.
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