Sven Vandenbroeck’s last game as Zambia coach will be against Namibia in March, the Football Association of Zambia has confirmed.
Vandenbroeck was handed a nine-month deal to steer Chipolopolo to the 2019 AFCON finals that he failed.
The Belgian has one win one draw, two defeats in the 2019 AFCON qualifiers from his five games in charge with the only other win coming in a friendly on September 11 away to Gabon that Chipolopolo won 1-0 in Libreville.
“We wish to advise that Mr. Sven’s contract comes to an end in March 2019 and will NOT be renewed,” FAZ general secretary Adrian Kashala said.
“Mr. Vandenbroek’s last assignment as Zambia national team coach will be the AFCON 2019 Group K game, between Zambia and Namibia to be played on March 23, at which we expect nothing but a resounding win over Namibia.”
Meanwhile, Zanaco coach Mumamba Numba and Green Buffaloes head trainer Aggrey Chiyangi have bounced back to the Chipolopolo bench and will be Vandenbroeck’s assistants in his farewell dead-runner match.
But FAZ has dropped long-serving assistant Kampamba Chintu.
Sven should be happy to leave the sorrowful PF-FAZ.
And why let him work for that Namibia game instead of giving chance to Chris Katongo to coach?
Chipolopolo need some young over ambitious coach. Chris can do it.
Has he got coaching experience, if not he must start at club level.
Long overdue!
SAMUEL ETO HAS APPLIED FOR THE CHIPOLOPOLO JOB , PLEASE GIVE HIM
Kamanga you too need to leave. Waba amapuli
No news here. Even major kachingwe is leaving UPND because of his son, no Bowman involved this time
This one was a failed project from be beginning.
Numba Mumamba cannot take us anywhere! this is nother failed project. Kamanga should be gotten rid off as soon as possible!!
Great news! Sven should have stayed though. The common factor in Chipolpolo’s failure is Chintu. Aggrey was a great player but not a good coach for national team. Taking it that wisdom is how to apply knowledge he lacks in strategy. He failed the junior teams. I think we should try Chris Katongo and Numba. Sven wasn’t the real problem in my opinion. Chintu was.
Kamanga should as well go back to kuwait. He has messed up the national team. if you have made it in the business world, it doesn’t mean that you can also make it in football admnistration. just like his friend HH, being a privatisation consultant as he call himself doesn’t mean he can lead the people because you will end up using Panama instead of the Bank of Zambia.
Get a cheap good coach, Beston Chambeshi should be an assistant to that coach. The biggest weakness we had was Chintu as an assistant coach. Those calling for Chris Katongo to be coach are using emotions rather than facts, he (Katongo) should be assistant or club coach before giving him that position. Unless you want to miss out on the next AFCON and 2022 world cup again. Why can’t we try that former supersport United, currently bidvest wits coach ? I think that man can help Zambian football.
Give the job to Beston “QuickSilver” Chambeshi and put him on a 4 year contract. The man is a genius and he knows the game inside out. Most players will surely warm up to ba Chambeshi with huge respect because they know even he played the game at the highest level. Players respect that.
No , Sven is not the problem, the problem are the players themselves failing to come to the party in the game.thy are told what to do by the coach but they are falling to do the job on the pitch.do you want the coach to score goals for them?
Try Pitso Mosimane of Sundowns …at least he can read a game and out wit chicken .Wada Wada was even better. Beston needs to coach a bit in Europe his tactically very weak. Invest in a proper team captain. .Zambia failed to make it to AFcon on silly tactical errors