Nkwazi F.C.

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Nkwazi
Full nameNkwazi Football Club
Nickname(s)Highflying
Founded1978 [1]
Ground Edwin Imboela Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia
Capacity6,000 [2]
ChairmanMr Muleta
ManagerDennis Makinka [3]
League Zambian Premier League
2022–23 14th

Nkwazi Football Club is a Zambian football club based in Lusaka. They play in the Zambian Premier League, after gaining promotion from Division One South in 2014. Their home stadium is Edwin Imboela Stadium. The club is sponsored by the Zambia Police Service and It has a parallel women's team by the name of Nkwazi Queens which is sponsored by Zambia Police Service and a Private Company named Auto Zed Ltd. It has a mix of players that includes Police officers and ordinary Civilians (non police officers) . [3]

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