Green Buffaloes Women F.C.

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Green Buffaloes Women F.C.
Green Buffaloes Women F.C. Logo.svg
Nickname(s)Nyanta Girls
GroundNationalist stadium
ManagerCarol Kanyemba
League FAZ Women's Super Division

Green Buffaloes Women's Football Club is a Zambian women's professional football club affiliated to Green Buffaloes and based in Lusaka that competes in the FAZ Women's Super Division, the top tier of Zambian women's football. Sponsored by the Zambian Army, they play their home games at Arakan Barracks Ground.

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History

Domestically, Green Buffaloes has won a record 12 trophies; 7 in the Lusaka League and 5 in the Zambian National Championship. Green Buffaloes won the first two Women's Super Division titles in 2020 [1] and 2021, gaining qualification for the first two editions of the COSAFA Women's Champions League. The finished as semi-finalists in the inaugural edition and won the title in 2022, [2] [3] the latter which gained them qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League [4] where there they were drawn in Group A with the 2022 host nation's team AS FAR, Simba Queens and Determine Girls. [5]

Players

Current squad

As of 13 October 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Ng'ambo Musole
2 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Esther Siamfuko
3 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Martha Banda
4 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Memory Nthala (Captain)
5 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Esther Banda
6 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Atness Phiri
9 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Maylan Mulenga
10 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Maweta Chilenga
11 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Agness Phiri
12 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Evarine Katongo
13 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Judith Zulu
14 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Natasha Nanyangwe
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Joana Benaya
18 GK Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Aisha Mbwana
19 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Agness Musesa
20 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Lubasi Pumulo
22 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Diana Banda
23 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Namute Chileshe
24 DF Flag of Botswana.svg  BOT Mokgabo Thanda
26 FW Flag of Malawi.svg  MWI Vanessa Chikupila
27 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Jessy Zulu
28 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Theresa Chewe
30 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Hellen Chanda

Current technical staff

PositionStaff
Head coachCharles Haalubono
Assistant coachCarol Kanyemba
Assistant coachLubinda Luwilu
Fitness coachSydney Lombe
Goalkeeping coachBorniface Banda

Last updated: 13 September 2022
Source: Official squad line-up picture from Facebook

Honours

Domestic

International

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Green Buffaloes crowned Zambia Women's League champions". CAFOnline.com . 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Zambia : Green Buffaloes Women FC Win COSAFA Title". Lusaka Times. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Diphoko, Oarabile (14 August 2022). "Green Buffaloes Crowned COSAFA Women's Champions League Winners". GSport4Girls. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Green Buffaloes, Mamelodi Sundowns book TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League, Morocco 2022 place". CAFOnline.com . 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 groups unveiled". CAFOnline.com . 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022. In group A, the host club ASFAR FC (Morocco), which won the Women's Champions League the bronze medal in Egypt last year, will face Tanzania's Simba Queens, Zambia's Green Buffaloes and Liberia's Determine Girls.
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