Zanaco F.C.

Zanaco FC

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Full name	Zanaco Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Bankers, Sensational
Founded	1985
Ground	Sunset Stadium, Lusaka
Ground Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Edward Mutale
Manager	Mumamba Numba
League	MTN/FAZ Super Division
2015	2nd
Home colours Away colours

Zanaco FC is a Zambian football club based in Lusaka that plays in the MTN/FAZ Super Division. They play their home games at Sunset Stadium in Lusaka.Zanaco Football Club was formed in 1978 as a social team by management trainees of Zambia National Commercial Bank. The team was launched at LOTUS INN in Lusaka. The founding members were Lloyd Choongo, Ben Banda, Nathan Lupupa and John Kasengele. Starting from the 1980s, Zanaco started growing steadily from a mere social club to becoming one of the most successful and decorated club in Zambian football history. Over the years the Sunset Stadium based team has won 6 Super League trophies, 4 Charity Shields, 1 Coca-Cola Cup, 1 Mosi Cup and 3 BP Cups. Zanaco are the only team outside of Zambia's Copperbelt Province to have not only won but also defended the Super League Trophy!

Zanaco stands for Zambia National Commercial Bank.

Achievements

• Zambian Premier League: 6

2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012

• Zambian Cup: 1

2002

• Zambian Challenge Cup: 3

1987, 1988, 2006

• Zambian Coca Cola Cup: 2

2001, 2004

• Zambian Charity Shield: 3

2001, 2003, 2006

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 5 appearances

2003 – First Round

2004 – Second Round

2006 – First Round

2007 – First Round

2010 – Third Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2010 – Quarter-Finals

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

2001 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

2002 – First Round

Current squad

For the 2013 CAF Champions League

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Racha Kola 3 DF Ziyo Tembo 8 DF Lee Ngoma 10 FW Davies Mwape 14 MF Roderick Kabwe 15 FW Matthews Macha 20 MF Henry Banda 21 DF Fackson Kapumbu 24 MF Samson Chilupe

No. Position Player 26 MF Portipher Zulu 27 DF Salulani Phiri - GK Allan Chibwe - DF Mwewa Sakala - MF Obrey Funga 1 GK Toaster Nsabata - MF Emmanuel Phiri - FW Moses Phiri - FW Obrey Zulu

Club officials/Technical team

• President: Edward Mutale
• General Secretary: Jordan Maliti
• Treasurer: Nchoba Choonga
• Coach: Mumamba Numba
• Technical Advisor: Agrey Chiyangi
• Assistant coach: Wilson Mwale

Former Managers

• Dan Kabwe
• George Mungwa
• Wedson Nyrienda
• Fighton Simukonda (2004–07)
• Wesley Mondo (2007–08)
• Keagan Mumba(late) (2012–13)

External links

• Zanaco FC – Zanaco
• [1] – Zanaco Football Cub Official Website
• [2] – Zanaco F C Official Facebook page