Zambia national team head coach Beston Chambeshi has named a 27 member squad for the back-to-back Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mauritania and Tunisia.
Chambeshi has named a strong squad led by the English Premier League duo of striker Patson Daka and midfielder Enock Mwepu.
FC Rangers star Fashion Sakala, Evans Kangwa, Sweden-based duo of winger Edward Chilufya and midfielder Emmanuel Banda Jr have all made the cut.
Shamuel Academy and former Zambia U-17 captain Miguel Chaiwa has been handed a call-up. Toaster Nsabata has also been roped in after some impressive performances for Sekhukhune FC in the South African DSTV Premiership.
Klings Kangwa who has been impressive for Arsenal Tula in Russia and recently won the Russian Premier League goal of the month for October misses out.
The team will enter camp on Sunday with foreign-based players expected to trickle in on Monday.
Zambia hosts Mauritania on November 13 at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka before trekking away to Tunis for the concluding Group B match three days later.
Tunisia tops Group B on 10 points while Equatorial Guinea has seven with Zambia in third with four. At the tail-end is Mauritania with one point.
Tickets for the match are on sale across Shoprite outlets via Computicket and are fetching K30 (South and North Wing), K50 (East Wing), K70 (West Wing), and K250 (VIP).
The match will kick off at 15:00 hours on Saturday (November 13, 2021).
(GOALKEEPERS)
Gregory Sanjase (Zesco United), Kelvin Malunga (Nkana), Toaster Nsabata (Sekhukhune United-RSA), Cyril Chibwe (Baroka FC-RSA)
(DEFENDERS)
Benedict Chepeshi, Prosper Chiluya (both Red Arrows), Solomon Sakala, Simon Silwimba (both Zesco United), Dominic Chanda (Kabwe Warriors), Miguel Chaiwa (Shamuel), Jack Ngulube (Green Buffaloes), Isaac Shamujompa (Zanaco), Tandi Mwape (TP Mazembe-DRC)
(MIDFIELDERS)
Dickson Chapa, Spencer Sautu, Kelvin Kampamba (all Zesco United), Kelvin Kapumbu (Zanaco), Edward Chilufya, Emmanuel Banda (both Djurgardens-Sweden), Lubambo Musonda (Horsens-Denmark), Clatous Chama (RS Berkane-Morocco), Enock Mwepu (Brighton-England), Rally Bwalya (Simba SC-Tanzania)
(STRIKERS)
Fashion Sakala (Rangers-Scotland), Patson Daka (Leicester-England), Moses Phiri (Zanaco), Evans Kangwa (Arsenal Tula-Russia)
What did Sunzu do to not get a call up still? This defense has proven to be porous and yet we keep calling the same people Smdh
@Positive Thinking Chambeshi is repeating the same thing and he’s expecting a change in result. Can the journalist find out from Chambeshi what sin Sunzu has committed that he can’t be forgiven. When is the Faz appointing a new coach
No klings kangwa n lameck banda vwe only have fill in the blanks Kelvin kampamba kampumbu who have struggled to impress a club from Tanzania despite being in national team setup for 2-3yrs
Quite frankly, i don’t care about this game, even if they were to give free tickets to watch, i wont even bother
Sadly people like E.Banda were ignored until the boat had already sank that’s when the Coach thought of him during the E.Guinea game at home.
If all these players were selected together with Sunzu at the beginning we would not be in this situation we are in.
I hope FAZ are already looking a proper Coach to take over from Chambeshi. This guy has really messed up together with his employers FAZ.
@Sibs you are right dont understand up to date. Truth is Chambeshi has a mission of marketing players and he is not alone regarding this
Mmmmm call Sunsu as well
What sin did Stophola Sunzu commit for him to be omitted again and again.
We are not going to the wc.not even the expanded afcon. Questions should be asked where did we go wrong as a country.
National team is all about experience that’s why teams like Italy, France, Portugal have been consistent over the years because they maintain players regardless of the age. I believe players like Sunzu,Kalaba, mweene should have continued with the team to balance the team. But now its water under the bridge because it’s now building a team for the future. For once in life of football lets have our first 11 predictable not changing players every game. we need to be serious with what we are doing especially FAZ and the Technical bench
Nice it can feel the fan well