Football Association of Zambia

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Football Association of Zambia
CAF
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Short nameFAZ
Founded1929
HeadquartersFootball House, Lusaka, Zambia
FIFA affiliation1964
CAF affiliation1964
COSAFA affiliation1997
President Flag of Zambia.svg Andrew Kamanga (2016–present) [lower-alpha 1]
General Secretary Flag of Zambia.svg Reuben Kamanga
Website www.faz.co.zm

The Football Association of Zambia is the governing body of association football in Zambia [1] founded in 1929 and based at the "Football House" on Alick Nkhata Road in Lusaka, the country's capital.

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Affiliated to CAF and FIFA in 1964 [2] and COSAFA in 1997, it organizes the local league and the country's national team. [2]

Executive committee

National teams

The association governs and controls the Zambian national men's and women's teams which represents the country in international association football. The men's national team was commonly known during the 1980s as the "KK 11" after Dr. Kenneth Kaunda ("KK"), the founder of Zambia who was its president from independence in 1964 until the shift to a democratic multiparty state in 1991 when it changed nicknames to the Chipolopolo or the "Copper Bullets". [3]

The team has appeared in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations thrice, winning it once against Ivory Coast. [4] [5]

Coaching staff

Notes

  1. The vice president, Richard Kazala, was expelled at an annual general meeting in 2017.

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