Zambia national under-20 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Zambia women's national under-20 football team.

Zambia Under 20

Nickname(s)	Junior Chipolopolo (Junior Copper Bullets)
Association	FAZ
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Chisi Mbewe
Captain	Solomon Sakala
Most caps	Isaac Chansa
Top scorer	Rodgers Kola
FIFA code	ZAM
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Zambia 6-1 Mali   (Lusaka, Zambia; 1 March 2017)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 5-1 Zambia   (Abuja, Nigeria; 11 April 1999)
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	10 (first in 1985 )
Best result	Champions (2017)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1999 )
Best result	Quarter final (2017)

Zambia national under-20 football team is the U-20 football team for Zambia also known as the Junior Chipolpolo as the senior side is known as Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets). They came in fourth place in the 2007 African Youth Championship, which meant they qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup where they were eliminated by U-20 Africa Cup of Nations 5-time winner Nigeria.

Zambia U20 soccer team has won the COSAFA U20 Cup 2022 in eSwatini ^{[1] [2]}

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations to be played between 27 April – 18 May 2025. ^[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 6 May 2025, following the match against Tanzania

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Levison Banda	(2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 (age 20)	3	0	ZESCO United
18	1 GK	Mapalo Chitundu		0	0	Kansanshi Dynamos
2	2 DF	Witson Banda		2	0	NAPSA Stars
3	2 DF	Samson Ngulube		0	0	Kafue Celtic
4	2 DF	Happy Nsiku	(2005-03-01) 1 March 2005 (age 20)	5	0	Red Arrows
5	2 DF	Charles Buyoya	(2005-01-02) 2 January 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Kafue Celtic
12	2 DF	David Hamansenya	(2007-06-24) 24 June 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Leganés
14	2 DF	Milimo Keith Nalumango	(2007-09-03) 3 September 2007 (age 17)	1	0	Bad Aibling
16	2 DF	Mathews Banda	(2005-08-06) 6 August 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Nkana
26	2 DF	Danny Bwalya		0	0	Nchanga Rangers
6	3 MF	David Simukonda	(2005-08-10) 10 August 2005 (age 20)	3	0	ZESCO United
8	3 MF	Elvis Mulenga	(2007-04-01) 1 April 2007 (age 18)	1	0	Kafue Celtic
10	3 MF	Perkins Mumba Mwale	(2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Green Buffaloes
13	3 MF	Mbemba Kawangu	(2006-06-17) 17 June 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Cádiz
20	3 MF	Emmanuel Mutale	(2006-04-12) 12 April 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Nkana
21	3 MF	Frank Chileshe	(2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Locomotive Tbilisi
23	3 MF	Obvious Summerton Mwaliteta	(2006-05-15) 15 May 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Unknown
7	4 FW	Pascal Phiri		3	0	ZESCO United
9	4 FW	Andrew Mulenga	(2005-11-05) 5 November 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Porto Vitória
11	4 FW	Joseph Sabobo	(2005-12-17) 17 December 2005 (age 19)	3	1	Zürich
17	4 FW	Bonephanseo Phiri	(2005-06-16) 16 June 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Locomotive Tbilisi
24	4 FW	Eliya Mandanji		3	0	Kafue Celtic
25	3 MF	Philimon Chilimina		3	0	Green Buffaloes

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

 Champions   Runners-up   Third Place   Fourth Place

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D1	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	Group stage	3	1	1	1	5	8
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	5	5
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	12	10
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2025
Total	3/24	12	5	2	5	22	23

Fixtures and Results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	score	Away Team	Scorers
28 May 2008	International Friendly	King Abdul Aziz Makkah	Saudi Arabia	1 - 1	Zambia	Stophira Sunzu
27 June 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (qualifiers)	Woodlands Stadium Lusaka	Zambia		Zambia
29 June 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (qualifiers)	Woodlands Stadium Lusaka	Zambia	1 - 0	Mauritius	Tom Bakala (17th)
13 July 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (qualifiers)	Stade Germain Comarmond Bambous	Mauritius	0 - 2	Zambia	Emmanuel Mayuka (5th), Daneil Kasongo (9th)
28 September 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (Qualifiers)	Alexandria	Egypt	3 - 3	Zambia	Fwayo Tembo(Brace) Rodgers Kola

Class of 2007

• Rainford Kalaba
• Nyambe Mulenga
• Rogers Kola
• Aggripa Simpemba
• Jacob Banda
• Fwayo Tembo
• Joseph Zimba
• Clifford Mulenga

References

1. "Zambia Wins Cosafa U20 Cup in eSwatini". Swaziland News Online. 17 October 2022. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
2. "Awards and Statistics". CAF. 12 March 2017.
3. "Zambia Under 20". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

External links

• Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine