Football Association of Zambia

The Football Association of Zambia, commonly abbreviated as FAZ, is the national governing body for association football in Zambia. Founded in 1929, it is headquartered at Football House on Alick Nkhata Road in Lusaka. Its responsibilities include administering and developing football within Zambia, organizing domestic competitions, and governing the country's representative men's and women's national teams. FAZ operates within the international football governance structure. Zambia became affiliated with FIFA and the Confederation of African Football in 1964, the year the country achieved independence. The association later joined the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations in 1997, giving it a regional platform alongside its global and continental affiliations. Through these relationships, FAZ is responsible for representing Zambian football in international competitions and implementing the rules and structures associated with the international game. The association's sporting remit covers the Zambian national men's team, known as the Chipolopolo or Copper Bullets, and the women's national team, as well as domestic league football. The men's team was referred to during much of the 1980s as the KK 11, a nickname associated with Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda. It later became more commonly identified as the Chipolopolo. Zambia's men's side has reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations three times and won the tournament once, defeating Côte d'Ivoire in the final. FAZ also oversees the organizational and technical structures surrounding national-team football. These include coaching, team management, medical and physiotherapy functions, and the administration of women's national-team programs. The association's published executive structure includes a president, vice president, women's representative, a representative of the Zambian Premier League, and additional committee members. As a national football association rather than a conventional consumer brand, FAZ's principal role is institutional. Its public identity is linked to the organization of football in Zambia, the administration of competitions, player and team representation, and the development of the sport. Its activities connect grassroots and domestic football with the international competitions administered by FIFA, CAF and COSAFA.

The Football Association of Zambia was established in 1929 to organize association football in the territory that later became the Republic of Zambia. Its institutional history therefore predates Zambian independence and spans the transition from colonial-era football administration to the governance of an independent national football system. In 1964, the association became affiliated with FIFA and the Confederation of African Football. These affiliations placed Zambian football within the principal global and continental structures of the sport and enabled the association to administer the country's participation in international football. FAZ represents Zambia in relations with FIFA and CAF and is responsible for the national teams competing under Zambia's name. The association expanded its regional role in 1997 by joining the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations, commonly known as COSAFA. Through COSAFA, Zambian teams participate in southern African regional football structures in addition to continental and global competitions. FAZ's domestic mandate includes the organization and administration of league football in Zambia. Its structure includes a representative for the Zambian Premier League, reflecting the relationship between the national association and the country's leading domestic competition. The association also manages national-team programs for both men and women and maintains technical, administrative and medical teams around those programs. The men's national team developed a distinct public identity over time. During the 1980s it was often called the KK 11, a reference to Kenneth Kaunda, who led Zambia from independence in 1964 until the country's transition to multiparty democracy in 1991. The team subsequently became known as the Chipolopolo, or Copper Bullets. Zambia's men's national team has reached the Africa Cup of Nations final three times and won the competition once, defeating Côte d'Ivoire in the final. That achievement is among the central sporting accomplishments associated with the association and forms an important part of FAZ's national role. The association is based at Football House on Alick Nkhata Road in Lusaka. Its published leadership structure includes an executive committee headed by a president, alongside a vice president, women's representative, Premier League representative and other committee members. The available reference material identifies Keith Mweemba as president and lists the current men's and women's national-team coaching staffs, but does not provide a complete institutional chronology of prior officeholders, domestic competitions or administrative reforms.

• 1997

  Joined COSAFA

  [1]Football Association of Zambiaen.wikipedia.org

  The association joined the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations, strengthening Zambia's participation in regional football governance and competition.

• 1964

  FIFA and CAF affiliation

  [1]Football Association of Zambiaen.wikipedia.org

  FAZ became affiliated with FIFA and the Confederation of African Football in the year Zambia became independent.

• 1929

  Association founded

  [1]Football Association of Zambiaen.wikipedia.org

  The Football Association of Zambia was founded to organize association football in the territory that later became Zambia.

National football governing body and administrator of Zambia's domestic and international association football.

• National team

  Zambia men's national football team

  FAZ governs and administers Zambia's senior men's national team in international association football. The side is commonly known as the Chipolopolo, or Copper Bullets, and was previously known during the 1980s as the KK 11. It has reached the Africa Cup of Nations final three times and won the tournament once.

• National team

  Zambia women's national football team

  FAZ governs Zambia's senior women's national team and provides its technical and support structure, including a head coach, assistant coaches and goalkeeper coach. The team represents Zambia in international women's football.

• Domestic competition

  Zambian domestic league football

  Domestic league football is part of FAZ's core administrative remit. The association's executive structure includes a representative for the Zambian Premier League, linking national governance with the country's leading league competition.

1. 1Football Association of Zambiaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Football Association of Zambia official websitefazfootball.com