Green Buffaloes Women F.c.

Green Buffaloes Women F.C.
Ground	Arakan Barracks Ground
Manager	Carol Kanyemba
League	FAZ Women's Super Division
2021–22	1st of 14th
Home colours	Away colours

Green Buffaloes Women's Football Club is a Zambian women's professional football club affiliated to Green Buffaloes and based in Lusaka that competes in the FAZ Women's Super Division, the top tier of Zambian women's football. Sponsored by the Zambian Army, they play their home games at Arakan Barracks Ground.

History

Domestically, Green Buffaloes has won a record 12 trophies; 7 in the Lusaka League and 5 in the Zambian National Championship. Green Buffaloes won the first two Women's Super Division titles in 2020^[1] and 2021, gaining qualification for the first two editions of the COSAFA Women's Champions League. The finished as semi-finalists in the inaugural edition and won the title in 2022,^[2]^[3] the latter which gained them qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League^[4] where there they were drawn in Group A with the 2022 host nation's team AS FAR, Simba Queens and Determine Girls.^[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 8 September 2023

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ZAM	Blessing Kazila
2	DF	ZAM	Martha Tembo
3	DF	ZAM	Lushomo Mweemba
4	DF	ZAM	Anita Mulenga
5	DF	ZAM	Esther Banda
6	FW	ZAM	Regina Kayambona
7	MF	ZAM	Ireen Lungu
8	FW	ZAM	Diana Banda
9	DF	ZAM	Maylan Mulenga
10	FW	ZAM	Theresa Chewe
11	DF	ZAM	Memory Nthala
12	MF	ZAM	Hellen Chanda
13	MF	ZAM	Judith Zulu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ZAM	Natasha Nanyangwe
15	DF	ZAM	Patricia Lampi
16	MF	ZAM	Joana Benai
17	MF	ZAM	Loveness Malunga
18	GK	ZAM	Aisha Mbwana
19	DF	ZAM	Agness Musase
20	FW	ZAM	Lucy Kajiya
21	DF	ZAM	Margaret Chisenga
22	DF	ZAM	Atness Phiri
23	FW	ZAM	Bwalya Chileshe
—	GK	ZAM	Aisha Gama

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Carol Kanyemba
Assistant coach
Fitness coach
Goalkeeping coach

Last updated: 13 September 2022
Source: Official squad line-up picture from Facebook

Honours

Domestic

FAZ Women's Super Division: 2019−20
Lusaka League (7): 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Zambia National Championship (5): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

International

COSAFA Women's Champions League (1): 2022

References

^ "Green Buffaloes crowned Zambia Women's League champions". CAFOnline.com. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ "Zambia : Green Buffaloes Women FC Win COSAFA Title". Lusaka Times. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ Diphoko, Oarabile (14 August 2022). "Green Buffaloes Crowned COSAFA Women's Champions League Winners". GSport4Girls. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Green Buffaloes, Mamelodi Sundowns book TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League, Morocco 2022 place". CAFOnline.com. 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 groups unveiled". CAFOnline.com. 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022. In group A, the host club ASFAR FC (Morocco), which won the Women's Champions League the bronze medal in Egypt last year, will face Tanzania's Simba Queens, Zambia's Green Buffaloes and Liberia's Determine Girls.

External links

Green Buffaloes Women F.C. on Facebook
Team Info on GlobalSportsArchive

[1] "Green Buffaloes crowned Zambia Women's League champions". CAFOnline.com. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[2] "Zambia : Green Buffaloes Women FC Win COSAFA Title". Lusaka Times. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[3] Diphoko, Oarabile (14 August 2022). "Green Buffaloes Crowned COSAFA Women's Champions League Winners". GSport4Girls. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[4] "Green Buffaloes, Mamelodi Sundowns book TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League, Morocco 2022 place". CAFOnline.com. 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[5] "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 groups unveiled". CAFOnline.com. 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022. In group A, the host club ASFAR FC (Morocco), which won the Women's Champions League the bronze medal in Egypt last year, will face Tanzania's Simba Queens, Zambia's Green Buffaloes and Liberia's Determine Girls.

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