Zambia Women’s National Football Team Players, Squad, Stadium, Kit, and much more

The Zambia women’s national football team, nicknamed the Copper Queens, represent Zambia in women’s association football. There is also a Zambia women’s national under-17 soccer team, a Zambia women’s national under-20 soccer team, an Olympic qualifying team, and a homeless World Cup team.

Here this article, you will get to know about Zambia Women’s National Football Team 2022/23 Players, Squad, History, Stadium, Nickname, Kits, and more.

Zambia Women’s National Football Team Profile Summary

Nickname(s)	Copper Queens
Association	Football Association of Zambia (FAZ)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Bruce Mwape
Captain	Barbra Banda
FIFA code	ZAM

About Zambia Women’s National Football Team

The Zambia women’s national football team, nicknamed the Copper Queens, represents Zambia in women’s association football. There is also a Zambia women’s national under-17 soccer team, a Zambia women’s national under-20 soccer team, an Olympic qualifying team, and a homeless World Cup team.

The country has participated in several FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying tournaments and other African football tournaments. The country is the first landlocked nation in Africa to qualify for a senior men’s or women’s World Cup, making its first debut at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Zambia Women’s National Football Team History

Background

The Zambia women’s national soccer team is called the Copper Queens. In 1985, almost no country in Africa had a women’s soccer team. Women’s football was formally organized by the Zambia Football Association in 1983. Zambia has since created a women’s senior team and an under-20 team.

Women’s football continues to receive support from the national federation, which has budgeted money for women’s and youth football. As of 2009, there were 100 women’s teams for players 16 and over and 112 junior women’s teams for players under 16. There is an established women’s national league in the country along with regional and school competitions.

Women’s football in Africa as a whole faces problems including limited access to education, poverty among women in society at large, and the fundamental inequality present in society that occasionally allows for specific human rights abuses of women. women. When quality soccer players are produced in Africa, they often leave the country to seek greater opportunities elsewhere, to the detriment of the local game.

Funding is also an issue for women’s football in Africa, as most of the funding for women’s football in Africa comes from FIFA, not the local national football association.

Performance

Some of the first matches the Zambia women’s national soccer team players were in 1994, for the 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification. They played in a World Cup qualification match on November 5, 1994, against South Africa in South Africa, where Zambia lost 3-5. In the second leg in Lusaka, Zambia on November 17, 1994, Zambia lost again but by a score of 2-6.

In the African qualifiers for the 2020 Olympics, they defeated Cameroon in the final round and qualified for the Olympics for the first time. In their Olympic Games debut, they experienced a 3–10 loss to the Netherlands, the highest-scoring women’s football match in Olympic Games history.

Nonetheless, Zambia’s participation in the Olympics eventually fueled their growth, and at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia successfully reached the semi-finals, beating Senegal on penalties, thus becoming the first landlocked country in Africa to qualify for a senior FIFA World Championship. Cup tournament, with Zambia, set to debut at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Zambia Women’s National Football Team 2022/2023 players Squad?

GOALKEEPERS
Hazel Nali (Fatih Vatan Spor-Turkey), Leticia Lungu (Zesco Ndola Girls), Catherine Musonda (Indeni Roses)

DEFENDERS
Esther Banda (BUSA), Esther Siamfuko (Queens Academy), Margaret Belemu (Shanghai Shengli-China), Martha Tembo, Lushomo Mweemba, Agness Musesa, Anita Mulenga (all Green Buffaloes), Judith Soko (YASA Girls)

MIDFIELDERS
Misozi Zulu (Hakkariguku Spor FC -Turkey), Ireen Lungu (Green Buffaloes), Mary Wilombe (Red Arrows), Evarine Susan Katongo (ZISD Women), Avell Chitundu (Zesco Ndola Girls), Maweta Chilenga (BUSA)

STRIKERS
Barbara Banda (Shanghai Shengli), Xiomara Mapepa (Lusaka Dynamos Ladies), Grace Chanda (BIIK Kazygurt-Kazakhstan), Ochumba Oseke Lubanji (Red Arrows), Noria Sosala (Indeni Roses), Natasha Nanyangwe (Green Buffaloes)

Zambia Women’s National Football Team Home Stadium

Zambia Women’s National Football Team Kit

Zambia Women’s National Football Team world rankings

Current	81 (9 December 2022)
Highest	80 (August 2022)
Lowest	126 (March 2012)

Zambia Women’s National Football Team trophies

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