Zambia Under-23 national team entered day 2 of training camp in Lusaka on Tuesday ahead of Saturday Caf Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against Swaziland to be played at Woodlands Stadium.
16 players in all attended Tuesday morning’s training session held at Lusaka Club while another four joined the team in the afternoon.
Of the latest additions to Peter Kaumba’s team, three have received debut Under-23 call-ups.
Zanaco striker Rogers Kola, Zesco United midfielder William Chinyama and Green Buffaloes defender Dennis Banda all joined the team later in the day.
Kola and Banda both received their first Under-23 call-ups from coach Peter Kaumba after playing prominently in the Zambia Under-20 teams last 16 finish at the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championships held in Canada last July.
Chinyama on the other had receives also his first CHAN cap after impressive displays with the senior national team under outgoing coach Patrick Phiri..
The Zesco left-back rose to prominence under Phiri last year who handed the defender his first Zambia cap on June 2, 2007 in an Africa Cup qualifier against Congo-Brazzaville in Chililabombwe.
Striker Signs Chibambo, currently on loan to Zesco from demoted Nakambala Leopards, has received a recall from Kaumba.
Kaumba said the quartet was delayed in joining camp due to a slight administrative hitch in dispatching their call-up letters to their respective clubs.
And Zambia will on Wednesday afternoon play City of Lusaka in a training game at Woodlands.
Meanwhile, Swaziland is due to arrive in the country for this weekends match on Thursday morning.
Swaziland and Zambia are tied 1-1 from the first leg match played on March 30 in Manzini.
Winner of this weekend’s preliminary round tie will face Botswana away in the first round, first leg qualifying stage during the weekend of May 2-4.
Team:
Goalkeepers: Mike Poto (Green Buffaloes), Dan Munyao (Red Arrows)
Defenders: Dennis Banda (Green Buffaloes), Bronson Chama, Clive Sichondwe (Both Kabwe Warriors), William Chinyama (Zesco United), Hichani Himoonde (Lusaka Dynamos), Joe Lungu (Zamtel), Eugene Shamakamba, Charles Siyingwa (Both Zanaco)
Midfielders: Simon Bwalya, Francis Kasonde, Kennedy Mudenda (All Power Dynamos), Timothy Mbewe (Red Arrows), Sebastian Mwansa (Green Buffaloes), William Njobvu (Lusaka Dynamos)
Strikers: Roger Kola (Zanaco), Emmanuel Mayuka (Kabwe Warriors), Reuben Tembo (Green Buffaloes), Signs Chibambo (Zesco United)
Lets do it this time, boys.
Let us take this game with all the serious it takes and it will be the first task for the new administration….ba kalu balange those prophets of doom.
filya fine mwachitile last time
We may not have have Independence stadium, but still home is home is home. Let’s keep the pride.
puteni icimwela
Correct me….why are we using the under 23? i thought CHAN was for the national team home based players. we are losing it on that. They said they used the under 23 coz of the FAZ elections are they FAZ going to have re elections no no no we need to use National team players not under 23. Maybe they want to prepare the UNDER 23 for the AFCON and World cup. ok go zambia go
#6 learn to read! Read the lineup and see where the players play thier club football. Under 23 is a national team after all! This exposure will give the lads the experience we always talk about.
zed will win. the team is good.
Go Zambia Go
The boys we do well becuase most of them have being playing together, in their respective teams and also at the national team level. Lets go and get them boys.
zambia 6 Swaziland 1