‘Quick Silver’ Beston Chambeshi has named his final squad for the Zambia Total 2017 U20 Africa Cup of Nations Tournament to be staged in Lusaka and Ndola.
Israel based Conlyde Luchanga who has so far not been part of the team has made the cut in a squad that boasts of six players who play in Europe.
Chambeshi dropped striker Joseph Phiri, Linos Makwaza, Musonda Siame and Happy Nsofwa who were all part of the Cosafa Cup winning squad in December.
The have also been changes in the goalkeeping department with Dominic Nzala who made the trip to South Africa giving way for James Phiri.
Zambia has been placed in Group A along with Egypt, Guinea and Mali.
The young guns open the tournament with a game against Guinea on 26 February at the Heroes Stadium with kick off scheduled for 15h00.
Full Squad
Goalkeepers: Mangani Banda (Zanaco), Samson Banda (Zesco United), Jim James Phiri (Circuit City);
Defenders: Moses Nyondo (Nkana), Prosper Chiluya (Kafue Celtic), Benson Chali (Forest Rangers), Solomon Sakala (Kabwe Warriors), Shemmy Mayembe (Zesco United), Edward Tembo (Gomes);
Midfielders: Sydney Phiri (Gomes), Chrispine Sakulanda ( Mufulira Wanderers), Harrison Musonda Chisala (Nkana), Enock Mwepu (Napsa Stars), Kenneth Kalunga (IFS/Denmark), Mumba Mwape (Getafe/Spain), Boyd Siame Musonda (Zanaco);
Strikers: Conlyde Luchanga (Hapoel Ranaana/ Isreal), Fashion Junior Sakala (Zanaco), Emmanuel Junior Banda (Esmoriz/ Portugal), Edward Chilufya (Mpande Youth), Patson Daka (FC Liefering/Austria)
Go Zambia Go. I don’t think we can fail to reach the semi finals so World Cup here we come !
Please don’t talk about the semi final let us talk about the Cup itself this team is capable of winning the U20 AFCON we must not limit them to the semi final. What is important in soccer is your goal as to what you want to achieve even in our every day life one must be seen to be chasing something not merely participating to be among-st the best but to be the best! This is is one top most and solid ingredient our “Boys” and us “their supporters” must posses and clutch in our hearts if we are to succeed in the field and emerge as CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! WE CAN DO IT BECAUSE WE ARE CHAMPIONS!!!!! YES YES YES YES!!!!
HAS CONLYDE LUCHANGA JOINED THE SQUAD? IF NOT WHEN IS HE JOINING ? ZAMFOOT UPDATE US
Conlyde his a good player but he never played any game
Come on boys we need a new generation of players in the next decade! Some people thot their children were the b all and end all! Here we r, we hv produced others!
better days r coming 4 zambia,i c bright future in these KAMBALANGE boys of chipolopolo lesa achindikwe
slim where is this chap ka guru with too much insele(insults)naka akamukalamba ka steve nd kasama fimofimo
I Only Say Go Zambia Go And Fly As An Eagle In The Sky Bona I Can C The Raising D.Makinka The K.Mutale Kuya Cwalo-cwalo
It does not take a rocket sciencetist to see that your head does not reason properly because when you are chosing a leader or supporting a leader, you need to see what has he achieved in his life.does he have the vision?what plan does he have for that particular organisation?does he have the good qualities of leadership?if you consider these things then you will have a good leader but unfortunately in zambia people don’t consider these things when chosing a leader they just a chose every jim and jack just because we want change this is the reason why we have the most useless FAZ presdent in the history of zambian football when you look at our FAZ predent and our republican presdent edgar lungu these guys are like triplet twins both of them have no visions and failures
What does this have to do with the article bro? Why do you just spoil articles by going into unvalidated and unwarranted diatribes about nothing at all.
Zamfoot, can you please make this guy a daily thread so that he can stop spouting nonsense on articles and discussions that we actually want to have. Kalu is gone and this admin has not done anything to warrant your statement. Just because Kamanga doesn’t have a ka eyes on the ball slogan or whatever. Every admin has wins and losses. Ikaleni fye imwe
@Positive thinking, good luck reasoning with a pscho path.
psycho path…Zamfoot, can we have an edit option on this site. Just thinking out loud.
There is no doubt that, the current under twenty team is talented and the technical bench they have done the usual thing. There team selection is biase. Ngosa sunzu was denied the chance to play for his country we only read about this boy in paper.. Why didnt give him chance to prove himself.. Why did they left out joseph phiri last season he was scoring for his club and in south africa during cosafa tournament he scored a goal.. This boy proved to the whole nation that he has talent. He was identified playing for a boozers team and he walked straight into the green buffalo first team and he didnot disappoint.. I would love to see this striker inthe team unfortunately the coaches they have something else in their minds. Destiny will never favor you may be you have left the boy who will win tournament for you..
guru is no doubt kalu’s kandile,kandile u r alws talkng nosense,wait 4 u20 to win afcon then u’ll knw kamanga’s vision
When is the world cup U20?will our boys be elageble to playby then,or will have a whole new banch of players , foregn based players must be picked on merit,not coz of ka name ati bulaya ,some local lads can be good but couldn’t the cut.if we can beat egypt annd Mali will go far
Good team… make us proud boys.
And you are also kamanga bootlicker
Guyz learn to tell the truth this under 20 thing its kamanga’s project . This team was groomed during the days of king kalu. The team won gold medal in zimbabwe. And some of the players played at under 17 tournament.. Kamanga’s project failed. The under 17 full of age cheating and poor result. The national team also failed to qualify and they out of the race of qualifying to the world cup unless a miracle can happen. The most ridiculuos thing kamanga did which shows he has no direction is to employ an amatuer wada wada
True, atleast he understands that the future of Zambia is in the youths, He and his admin have invested in preparations adequately..something we never saw in the previous admin, but some people are still bitter. Good luck to the young lads.
what do you want to prove kanshi,thats why west africans do better ,they support their coaches and teams,they dont insult each other but help their teams progress.the coach cannot pick everyone and morever, they should aroom for professionals as they add value to team.pliz lets just support the team.its apity some of us who claim of tax money dont even contribute to the country’s development you just frustrate the government , coaches efforts .look at what your nonsense did to herve renard.lets stop insulting and name calling pliz go zambia go. he / she who has ears let them hear pliz, pliz, pliz napapata, we are all zambians
we should also know that FAZ is not owned by kalusha ,kamanga but it is ours as zambians and we all contributed to grooming of the players in one way or another, it is noone’ s project but it is our project together as zambians and the honours not for kalusha or kamanga but zambians
OK guys put more effort Go Go young chipolopolo