Shepolopolo Zambia Coach Bruce Mwape has announced his Women’s provisional squad ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics Qualifiers against Ghana.
The first leg match against the Black Queens of Ghana will be played in Kumasi on Friday 23 February and the reverse fixture at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola five days later.
In the squad, Mwape has retained most of the players who completed the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualification task against Angola.
Green Buffaloes striker and runner Kabange Mupopo has returned to the Shepolopolo squad for the first time in eight years.
GOALKEEPERS: Catherine Musonda (Hapoel Raanana Women FC-Israel), Leticia Lungu (ZESCO Ndola Girls), Ngambo Musole (Green Buffaloes), Loveness Tonge (Green Eagles)
DEFENDERS:Natasha Kapombo (INDENI Roses), Tabo Miselo (National Assembly), Martha Tembo (BIIK Kazygurt Shymkent-Kazakhstan), Lushomo Mweemba, Martha Katila Banda, Esther Banda, Esther Siamfuko (all Green Buffaloes), Pauline Zulu (Elite Ladies), Judith Soko (YASA)
MIDFIELDERS:Misozi Zulu, Hellen Chanda (both Hakkarigucu Spur-Turkey), Ireen Lungu (BIIK Kazygurt Shymkent-Kazakhstan), Comfort Selemani (Elite Ladies), Evarine Susan Katongo (Green Buffaloes), Salome Phiri (Green Buffaloes), Marjory Mulenga, Avell Chitundu (both ZESCO Ndola Girls)
STRIKERS: Rachael Kundananji (Madrid CFF-Spain), Barbra Banda (Shanghai Shengli-China), Rachael Nachula (Hapoel Jerusalem-Israel), Fridah Kabwe (ZESCO Ndola Girls), Namasiku Lungowe (ZISD Women), Kabange Mupopo (Green Buffaloes), Eneless Phiri (Nkwazi Queens), Norin Betani (INDENI Roses), Florence Banda (National Assembly)
Ladies! Remember Ghana was the team we beat when we last qualified for the Olympics in Seoul
When did women play in Seoul? Those girls don’t even know where the hell is Seoul.
Iwe na iwe cant you see my pugn? It was Charles Musonda, Johnson Bwalya Efford Chabala and Kalusha’s boys who knocked Ghana out of the trip to Seoul.
To qualify for TOKYO, they beat Cameroun, and “that man” Nchout Adjara, who is their number 9
Is it the end of Hezel our first choice goalie?
I don’t think so. She’s still recovering together with Grace. Mupopo and Mosole have made a return, it’s possible for the other 2 to recover as well