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The sport of football in the country of Zambia is run by the Football Association of Zambia. [1] The association administers the national male and female teams, as well as the Premier League, [2] and the Women Super Division. 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster is considered one of the most signification moments in Zambian football ...
The Zambian National League (formerly the Zambian National Division One) is the second highest football division for men in Zambia and was introduced for the 2019/20 season with 18 teams. The league is administered by Zambian Premier League [ 3 ] and is because of sponsorship reasons called Eden University National Division One League , as Eden ...
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. Affiliated to CAF and FIFA in 1964 [ 2 ] and COSAFA in 1997, it organizes the local league and the country's national team .
The Zambia Super League, known as the MTN Super League for sponsorship purposes, is the top association football league created in 1962 by the Football Association of Zambia. The winners of the league each season receive ZMW1,000,000 ($40000) and a copper trophy engraved with their team name.
The Zambia national football team represents Zambia in association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). During the 1980s, they were known as the KK 11 , after founding president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda ("KK") who ruled Zambia from 1964 to 1991.
The Zambian Second Division, also known as Division due to sponsorship reasons, was the second division of the Football Association of Zambia. But the league pyramid was restructured before the season of 2019/20 when they also changed the league calendar to match the CAF calendar. For the new second highest league see Zambia National Division ...
Zambia has since become a multi-party state and has experienced several peaceful transitions of power. Zambia contains abundant natural resources, including minerals, wildlife, forestry, freshwater, and arable land. [11] As of the latest estimate in 2018, 47.9 percent of the population is affected by multidimensional poverty. [12]
The first international game that was played in the stadium was held on 9 June 2012. It was a world cup qualifier between the host nation Zambia and Ghana which had a result of 1-0 in favour of Zambia. [7] The stadium is named after Levy Mwanawasa, the third President of Zambia, who served from 2002 to his death in 2008.