Jonas Sakuwaha of French Ligue 1 club Lorient has declined to be considered for Zambia’s 2010 Africa Cup campaign in Angola.
And the highly elusive Danny Hangunyu has been handed a chance to stake a claim in Zambia’s final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup.
“He (Sakuwaha) wanted to stay with his club,” coach Herve Renard said.
And Hangunyu of Angolan club Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto who has a history of no-shows from junior and senior call-ups with his last coming for Zambia’s Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup campaign in October is in the team.
The provisional 26-man team includes striker Collins Mbesuma of Moroka Swallow in South Africa and Clifford Mulenga from Mpumalanga Black Aces.
Renard says he will drop three players on January 1 in South Africa before submitting his final list to CAF.
Meanwhile, today’s final day of local training was open to the press after three days of training in camera in Lusaka.
The team leaves for final phase of training camp in South Africa on Boxing Day where they will be joined by the rest of the foreign-based call-ups.
Team
Goalkeepers: Kennedy Mweene (Free State Stars, South Africa), Kalililo Kakonje (Amazulu, South Africa), Jacob Banda (Zesco United)
Defenders: Dennis Banda (Green Buffaloes), Kampamba Chintu (Amazulu, South Africa), Hichani Himoonde (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Emmanuel Mbola (Pyunik Yerevan, Armenia), Joseph Musonda (Lamontville Golden Arrows, South Africa), Charles Siyingwa, Thomas Nyirenda (Both Zanaco)
Midfielders: Isaac Chansa (Helsingborg, Sweden), Noah Chivuta (Maritzburg United, South Africa), Danny Hangunyu (Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto, Angola), Rainford Kalaba (União de Leiria, Portugal),Francis Kasonde (Oman), Felix Katongo (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Clifford Mulenga (Mpumalanga Black Aces, South Africa), Stophira Sunzu (Zanaco), William Njobvu ((Hapoel Kiryat Shmone, Israel)
Strikers: Christopher Katongo (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany), Jacob Mulenga (FC Utrecht, Netherlands), Emmanuel Mayuka (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel), James Chamanga (Dalian Shide, China), Signs Chibambo (Heartland, Nigeria), Given Singuluma (TP Mazembe, DR Congo).
Waste of tax payers money
Let the guys abroad stay there and made that money. Vo Iyana lyonse.
No Player can refuse a chance to go to Afcon,because,thats where you build reputations.There will be alot of scouts there.
All the best Chipolopolo boiz. Before u go pliz tell the playerz what their bonuses will be at every stage of the competion, or better still write and sign a document to that effect. Spare us the embarrasment of rigged allowances scandalz. At least we can stomach the now so common ealy exit.
For the love of Soccer, go and do us proud, boys.
He has to come if called up otherwise FAZ should report him to FIFA who will ban him from playing for his team during Africa Cup as well!
If he doe’s not show up we will beat up Kulasha Bwalya because he knows how to deal with such clubs having played in Europe, this unacceptable some of these playing are becoming as stupid as their FAZ president let him beat up some of them as you know he is short tempered.
No Sebastian Mwansa even mu provisional squad and then he will take feligo…buti kwena..
i know Sebastian can give zambia a diferent dynamic in the mid feild if given experience..
what happened to MBESUMA???
Droped for good??
CALL SINKALA BA FI***KA***LA IMWE. EVRYTHIN IS WEIRD BY KALUSHA PA***NY***IO.
SINKALA HAS VAST EXPERIENCE IN THE MID. WATS WRONG WITH P*O*L*O KALUSHA?!!
Sports are for weak and strong teams >> Go there with self confidence
people honestly speaking, we need some experienced players with such big tournaments…..where are the likes of the Sinkalaz and the Sichonez of this world..it is not just a matter of kukambakamba no bwetukabwetuka che this idea of experiments umozi azakaponokelapo kaaa…..o-hoho just wait…
# 10 i feel you bro. i was just about to write exackty that but thanks you ve saved me time. BUt i thin these bastards are just giving themselves enogh rope to hang themselves with
Lets be eliminated in the first round and we ll really have a strong case to chase kalu togther with his PE teacher Renard
Expects better results in Angola with same coaching staff and the Kalu adminstration???? Time will tell.
Waste of tax payers money indeed! this will be the worst CAN outing for the Chipolopolo.
I agree, Sebastian deserves a chance. Mbesuma! hmm must work hard. How many goals has he scored so far for swallows in so many games? how do you expect him to score in three competitive group matches? Guys, be real. let mbesuma show where he is. Rather take a Local league top scorer than a striker who has not scored a goal in RSA in ten games. Sinkala! Yes, he deserves a place. Not sichone. he is a spent force. check his current status. I would opt for percy kisonge in place of sichone. Why should we be trying out the elusive hangunyu at such a high profile event? we are doing doing a talent search…. pliz! The boy is called elusive coz he cant show up for juniors! Rather go look for boyd mwila in place of hangunyu. Or better still, clubless fwayo tembo in place of that hangunyu boy!
We better spend our tax payer’s money watching losing chipolopolo boys than spent our tax payers money on Bwejyaknee bahanda Lumbongo mashilai spending a holiday with the entire clan in mfuwe with other chiefdoms in the entourage. Guys be real. Rather chipolopolo boys lose and walk away with meager allowances to buy pamelas and tujilijili than the man above waste himself on tax payers money without us watching him on the dish. Any bembas say “icobe ta cilusha, ciselausha fye” – what is yours does not cause you to vomite, it can only make you feel like vomiting. Ba cipolopolo are ours, and ours for us to nurse and nurture, we cant forsake our own.
Can somebody give us decent reporting! each paper gives us a different provisional team. what are we to believe, especially that chipolopolo trains in the guard room? And lusaka times gives us 25 names as provisional instead of the said 26?
#17 mmm you must be one real serious bemba person. That saying chali kale. I can swear the last time i heard anyone say that was ages ago and it was my mother. Anyway, that aside, you do have apoint indeed with the comparison you ve made. I too would rather have money spent on our underperforming poor players so they can feed their families than having a misfiring kateka spending our hard earned money on an undeserving clan!!!
Be that as it may, i wish our boys all the best!
It Seems the national teams has a date with orlando pirates for a friendly…CRAZY STUFF…
Merry xmas to you all!
Tumaplayers twinangu when they reach Europe they become big-headed. In fact some people I have found in Europe dont want to be identified as African. They lie that they are from the West Indies. Whats wrong with Sakuwaha. May be he has an inferiority complex and he now thinks he is French. Our players should learn from mature players like Fredrick Kanoute who is so entrenched in his African roots he refused a call-up for France and went home to play for Mali. Noti tu kambwanga twamene tupempela malaiti yaku bulaya na ma underground railway station ndaba kulibe kwao.
Why cant govt interven in the Sinkala call up to national team like it used to happen with Kalu. I remember Burkad Ceazer wanted to live Kalu and Zambians put up pressure. Why dont we do the same to Sinkala. Ba Kalu grow up please. We know this is your machinations.
I agree with Simataa this is not the best team that we could assemble,i feel the likes of Harry Milanzi in attack,Bakala & Sebstian Mwansa in midfield and not 4getn Zambias most experienced player Sinkala could have added some depth to our team but hey perhaps the coach knows beta,lets wait and see…