Power Dynamos F.C.

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Power Dynamos
Power Dynamos FC crest.png
Full namePower Dynamos Football Club
Nickname(s)Power 90
Aba Yellow
Founded1971;53 years ago (1971)
Ground Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe
Capacity12,000
ChairmanBbenkele Haachitwe
ManagerLombe Chipupu
League MTN/FAZ Super Division
2023–24 3rd
Website Club website

Power Dynamos is a Zambian professional football club based in Kitwe that plays in the MTN/FAZ Super Division. They play their home games at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe.

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The club is currently sponsored by Copperbelt Energy Corporation. [1]

Power Dynamos is known for playing beautiful passing football and their matches are usually enjoyed by the Zambian Premier League fans. Their main rivals are Nkana FC and Zesco United FC. Games involving Power Dynamos and any of these two clubs are always highly attended by the soccer fans.

In 1991, Power Dynamos became the first southern African club to win a continental trophy after they won the African Cup Winners' Cup.

Honours

National

1984, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2011, 2023
1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2003
Finalist : 2002
1998, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016
1990, 2001
2009, 2011
Finalist : 2008, 2012
2003
2009, 2011

International

1991
Finalists:1982

Performance in CAF competitions

1998 – Second Round
2001 – First Round
2012 – Second Round
1985 – Second Round
1995 – First Round

Squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Lawrence Mulenga
23 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Allan Kamwanga
3 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Luka Chamanga
4 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Aaron Katebe
34 DF Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Raphael Mala Makubuli
20 DF Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  ZIM Jimmy Denis Dzingai
6 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Benson Sakala
8 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Larry Bwalya
25 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Lameck Kafwaya
19 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Kassimu Glover Titus
9 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Davy Daka
30 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Godfrey Ngwenya
36 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Robert Makadani
17 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Jasper Masialeti
30 GK Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Jackson Kakunta
14 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Linos Makwaza jnr
4 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Kondwani Chiboni
24 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Clifford Saidi
29 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Martin Kayuwa
26 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Fredrick Mulambia
5 DF Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Faustin Bakodila
13 DF Flag of Armenia.svg  ARM Gevorg Tomasiyan
16 GK Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Dominic Nzala
12 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Kennedy Mudenda
10 FW Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Alex Ng'onga
15 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM John Soko
7 MF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM Joseph Phiri
27 DF Flag of Zambia.svg  ZAM White Mwanambaba

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References

  1. "Power Dynamos FC Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.