Honour Janza has named a 26 man squad of local players to face Ivory Coast next weekend as part of the 50th Independence Jubilee celebrations.
Janza has handed called to new faces to the team in Green Eagles goalkeeper Satchmo Chakawa and Napsa Stars forward Chisenga Lukwembe.
Also included in the team are seven U20 players led by Charles Zulu who played in the last two AFCON qualifiers against Niger. The other U20 players are, Kayawe Kapota, Boyd Mkandawire, Alex Mwamba, Larry Bwalya, Spencer Sautu and Patrick Ngoma.
The squad:
Goalkeepers: Danny Munyao (Red Arrows), Joshua Titima (Power Dynamos), Satchmo Chakawa (Green Eagles)
Defenders: Christopher Munthali (Nkana) Given Sinyangwe (Roan United), Kayawe Kapota (Kafue Celtic), Boyd Mkandawire (Napsa Stars), Alex Mwamba (Power Dynamos), Fackson Kapumbu (Zanaco), Adrian Chama (Green Buffaloes), Nyambe Mulenga (Zesco United), Donashano Malama (Nkana), Rodrick Kabwe (Zanaco)
Midfielders: Julius Situmbeko (Power Dynamos), Fwayo Tembo (Unattached), Shadreck Malambo (Red Arrows), Bruce Musakanya (Red Arrows), Larry Bwalya (Nchanga Rangers), Spencer Sautu (Green Eagles), Patrick Ngoma (Red Arrows) Charles Zulu (Zanaco), Richard Kasonde (Power Dynamos)
Strikers: Humphrey Maseneko (Konkola Blades), Alex Ngonga (Power Dynamos), Ronald Kampamba (Nkana), Chisenga Lukwembe (Napsa Stars)
All the best boys,but I feel like we need a better coach before AFCON 2015. Just an opinion
Renard has just been fired by the Ivorian FA
good team. but we can do better in terms of our coach.
Those who want Janza to be fired can you please give a good reason. To me the guy has done little wrong and is doing very well. Leave him alone he will qualify the team for afcon. Him and Lobham will do a good job. When i look at the pair i see maturity this is something i didnt see in pathetic herve renard. Renard has already started failing with ivory coast losing games at home. Janza will soon have a strong zambian team and useless old men like mbesuma, chamanga, joseph musonda etc will be kicked out of the team. Janza will build a team around attacking talents sate sate, mayuka and evans kangwa. Mayuka will be our main striker.
Brother John spot on , am 100% behind you in support of Janza , the only obstacle we have now is Kali, I think if Janza was to be given a chance to choose his own team he can be the second local coach to lift AFCON 2017 or 2019 even this one we have straggled to win two important matches. Just the attacking combination of KANGWA,Sate Sate , on Mayuka I think the young lad is still in the past glory . But I want him to put more effort ever since Ghana Vs Zambia in 2012 is been switched may be he is trying rediscover his ego . I want to watch Mayuka I use know . The inclusion of Alex Ng’onga is a big plus we are lacking the element of class set pieces but not only that , Alex is an aggressive attacking midfielder . That’s my measured opinion . What’s for the Jubilee doc John ?
Keshi cannot do a better job than Janza. Janza knows every single zambian player please leave him alone and stop causing confusion
@ John!!This coach is useless let’s look for a better coach than this failure. He has turned us into laughing stolcks..
Janza has no Experience interms of coaching a senior side nowanda his start as coach of chipolopolo has been a shaky one. In gamEs whr he has used young players, he has pickd up victories so he must faze out abena chamanga bali nama 30 years.
I see so many complaints towards Janza is it because he is zambian and black. When pathetic renard was hired they were little complaints yet the guy was a pe teacher for Ghana. Look now at his results with ivory coast. Leave Janza alone he is doing ok he’s been trying to figure out a combination up front the more games and frienldies he plays he will get better.
pathetic this pathetic that. awe sure.
Perhaps Honour should also call Nakambala Leopards’ Moses Siyanda for an assessment.
Pehaps Honour should step aside for Wedson Nyirenda….
Wedson “insulted” Faz so I dont think he can ever come close to Football house in the forseable future!
Hahahahaha abena john balikosa mukanwa
Yes Janza is zambian but we want the best for our team. We can’t support someone because he is zambian. There is no system in the team. Janza always seem to be out of ideas and his changes to the team bring very little impact. Renard was better than Janza but am not saying Renard should come back. We are used to the beautiful game zambia used to play and not what we are seeing under Janza.
John which football do u watch. We don’t hate janza but we love th national team more than him ad if we see him mercying up we fire him. Th coach his no system of play. H. R is far much butter than Janza coz Janza can’t read if a basic game.
Janza is a clueles crap coach. he cant handle the heat at afcon that is if by some miracle he manages to qualify. you dont draw with mozambique at home and loose to MINOWS capeverde. the mans body language when zambia is under presure is not encouraging, and so is his tactical approach.
i would rather have Janza than a pathetic foreign coach like renard. Janza will get better with time most of his critics will fade into thin air. Janza is slowly getting a clue of who his best players are.
I’m happy to see Alex Ngonga in the team. This boy to me is the best local striker we have in Zambia. He should be playing for the Senior National team in the AFCON Qualifiers.
Janza i feel can do well as an assistant to an experienced Coach. His tactical awareness and technical abilities are way below International levels. He seems to freeze when the team is not doing well. No inspiration from the bench. I doubt if he can beat a good team like Senegal, Ghana or the current Cameroon team.
@John please we don’t want job on training they is no time for that..
The only thing i have noticed with Janza is that he is still making Zambia play Rennas useless system of long balls. Until we move away from Rennas system, i will be a little doughtfull of him. We know Zambia as a team which plays a short passing game with a lot of runs on the wings, not this chidununi we were seeing under Renna and have continued to see under Janza. So, until Janza moves away from this system, i will doubt if he he has a system of his own or is just a student of Renna.
All we need is a good affordable coach from Barcelona FC. Barcelona has some good youth coaches experienced in teaching the Barcelona way!
Its like anyone who wants to test his coaching skills can be a coach of chipolopolo. We are just destroying the good reputation of our team. Renard,Patrice and now Janza. All these are not good for zambia. Atleast there was a system under Renard.
u guys,janza is not the right coach for zambia.Surely struggling to brake small teams like mozabique,cape verd,niger&u expect zambia 2 perform at afcon?pls look 4 an expertriate coach before we get emberrassed.
hj is ok. how much are they paying him?
Stumpy,I don’t agree with you when you call a team like cape Verde minnows,they played much better than us at the previous AFCON.to be perfectly honest at the moment the are miles ahead of us in the quality of football they are playing.As we always say in Zambia”ichintu Chinut umwene”.let us not judge Zambia on past glories,but on current form,this is not the team that at one point in time was 15th in the world,so let us criticize objectively.
Cape V is very small in the world of football. They perform well because they have a good coach. You can see that they have a game plan whenever they play. Their coach can either use plan A,B or C when the game is tough, but for Janza its plan A only. Thats why he is always lost when the game is a bit tough.
The local boys have an opportunity to announce themselves against Ivory Coast. Play well and get a chance to play Mozambique. Go boys go.
john I support u… people bear in mind that Janza just assumed the team. when are we going to say positve things. I see no any problme wth the coach. althouh there some problems. for me, I can say that let as let the guy in charge for many years as he can. you will see dat h z goin to do somthng visible….
hindmost, let as supprt him as a coach and as a zambian. let as put a period (ful stop) in hiring foreign coachs to work for as. does it mean dat we are not capable of doing somethings on our on??????
mwe banthu… let as not wait for havest if nothing we seeded in the soul….
Zambia’s friendlies never make sense and are always at the benefit of the opposing team. We played Brazil coz Brazil wanted a feel of an African team given that the was an African team in their world cup group, same applies to Japan. Sudan played Zambia because they wanted a feel of a Southern African team before meeting South Africa and they I guess were our sparring partners for the Mozambique game. Because of FAZ interests we cant even get the correct opponents to play. A team such as Zimbabwe, Botswana shud have been invited in preparation for the Mozambique game Janza should have kept as much of the original team as possible with the inclusion of a few new faces. Too many new faces leaves no team shape and doesn’t do justice to the players!
Jackson Mwanza should have made the cut we already know what Ngonga and Kampamba are capable of.
John’s his comments are more like insults, with no regards to who he is talking about, @why cant he shoot from here, i like your observation, Faz cant make efforts to ask for friendlies, always other countries have to look for for us, if they make one, its without objectif, so long its a country.Also HJ i think finds it easy to name local players than mixing with foreign ones, he should reduce naybe the nomber of foreigns. but as there maybe no afcon, janza stands to benefit from that to gain more experience
Zambian players are small that’s why short passing game suits them,cabled with speedy wingers and both left,right backs.not kabaso who will overlap but can not drop, not that
Zanaco boy who holds on too much to the ball.please do not play long high ball when any of our players when they jump you can not even slide a paper through their feet.I think the coach need work around the teams strengths rather than how he feels his game should be played.
JANZA MUST GOOOOOOOOOOO!
janza
hr junza those friendlys does nt make sense coz u use local players and put up splended performance bt whn it comes to th main game u use pros who ar bench warmer they dnt evn perform to our expectation.
@ROK You are right let him call Moses Siyanda, Junior Zulu, Wilmore Hatembo and Moses Mapulanga(GK: former under 20 International) for assesment.These are all from Nakambala Leopards FC . Infact these guys are better than some of the call ups.
janza is on the right track. phasing out old legs with new ones slowly. with criss it was a bold move which Patrice could not do. the same chance we gave HR lets give it to van janza a chance.
Guys stop supportng chipolopolo if u dont want janza,you are not the socer fans only who support chipolopolo,their is plant of fans in zambia.in game there is three things win,lose&draw but we guys you only consider win olny (bamambala)
Give Sate Sate time and chance ….