Zambia national football team
Zambia national football team is the national football team of Zambia.
Nickname(s) | Chipolopolo (The Copper Bullets) | |||
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Association | Football Association of Zambia | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | |||
Head coach | Sven Vandenbroeck (Contract ends March 2019) | |||
Captain | Kennedy Mweene | |||
Most caps | Kennedy Mweene (124) | |||
Top scorer | Godfrey Chitalu (79) | |||
Home stadium | National Heroes Stadium and Levy Mwanawasa Stadium | |||
FIFA code | ZAM | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
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Highest | 15 (February – May 1996, August 1996) | |||
Lowest | 102 (February 2011) | |||
First international | ||||
Southern Rhodesia 0–4 Northern Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia; 1946) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Zambia 11–2 Swaziland (Lusaka, Zambia; 5 February 1978) Zambia 9–0 Kenya (Lilongwe, Malawi; 13 November 1978) Zambia 9–0 Lesotho (8 August 1988) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Congo DR 10–1 Zambia (DR Congo; 22 November 1969) Belgium 9–0 Zambia (Brussels, Belgium; 3 June 1994) | ||||
Africa Cup of Nations | ||||
Appearances | 17 (first in 1974) | |||
Best result | Champions, 2012 |