Faz announced on Wednesday that the 2011 league season kicks off next weekend.
The Super Division will kick-off on March 19 while Division 1 will commence the following day.
Division 2 football will kick-off the following weekend on March 27.
RANGERS LOSE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Nchanga Rangers on Wednesday morning lost 1-0 to South Africa National First Division team Amatuks in a friendly game played in Pretoria.
Dennis Omino struck in the 68th minute to score the games’ lone goal to confine Rangers to their first defeat after two warm-up games played of their two-week pre-season training camp of South Africa.
The loss came 24 hours after Rangers beat Orlando Pirates 2-0 at Johannesburg Stadium.
ZAMBIA TRAINING CAMP
The Zambia national team goes into camp in South Africa on March 20 to prepare for their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group c qualifier against Mozambique on March 27 in Maputo.
Meanwhile, the Zambia Under-23 team’s Olympic preliminary round first leg qualifier against Rwanda will also be played on March 27 at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.
And finally, Zambia has moved up from an all-time-low on the Fifa/Coca Cola rankings shifting from101 posted on February 2 to 97th on March 9 thanks to Zambia’s 4-0 win over Swaziland on February 9 in a friendly game in Manzini.
The league should not be allowed to start until a new Executive is in place. The Kamanga led group has a different fomart of the league while the Kalu led have another formart, so what happens when Kalu is booted out, does the league restart. let’s get this straight.
And who tells you kalu will be booted out..when will you all learn that kalu was born and gifted to prevail over challeging situations like one created by all you greedy chaps…
#2 simple maths, on 26th November, more than two thirds of FAZ members voted to remove Kalu, So what makes you think thigs have changed. mind you these are the same people who will be in Kitwe.
Iwe Fidel, you can’t read the signs? You can’t even see further than Cuba!
Continue dreaming, Kalu will prevail just like november, zurich. Great men face hurdles that seem never ending.
Stop posting hate stuff against each other now. If Kalu indeed is unpopular & loses we wil accept it for the good of the game but the othe group shud equally be accept dft if it comes.
imwe life must go on. the league must start. we all know that simataa and co are a bunch of time wasters. simataa is always pa coffee shop pa arcades he does not even have office to operate from.
Under 23 at Nkoloma again? That is a grave yard, why can’t they take game to Konkola?
Its simple mathematics..there are 220 clubs in zambia and fifa are saying to remove kalu the simataa camp should have 3/4 majority.that is 165 clubs
Kalusha justs needs the support of 55 clubs ONLY..
Do you think kalu can fail to get 55 voted…
Hey guys who said that Simata and co., I mean minnows like kamanga, will move into office if Kalu loses this confidence thing? FIFA has stated clearly that a new vote will be taken by the end of April and that they do not recognise these kamanga ,simata thugs; these are just dreamers why don’t we Zambians learn to be honourable……. be honorable even when your do not agree with your friend eekuba civilised.
6 Days camping for a crucial game like the one in Maputo is not enough,We expect nothing less than a win.
Greatness entails that you stand against all odds, i mean who cud withstand what Kalu is taking. I mean ask simata how fast he resigned.
# 9, you don’t even know what is required for a vote, it’s two thirds not 3/4, Assume the members are 220, all it will take is 146 clubs. but the clubs are not 220 as at 30th December 2thirds was 121 only. so the main thing is why should clubs start the league under an Admin which will be out of office a month latter. Clubs can’t afford such wastefuness, so Eric and Co just wait until after the AGM. as supported by many clubs arround the country.
No. 13, there has to be continuity and lets make progress for goodness sake. The league is faz agenda, kalusha is not faz and faz is not Kalusha. Whether Kalu in office or not faz lives on and so the league goes on. Dont be myopic in thinking.
Why iz the “popular” Kalu group in a hurry to start the league in the midst of an impasse? One would suggest they wait for the AGM which will resolve all contentious issuez, so that we open a new, sane and clean chapter with or without the Kalu team.
Lord help us! Confusion reigns in many peoples minds (soccer fans) as the football fraternity is divided. Chibata chibata and Kamanga seem to have corrupt minds, they’re intent on raping our only unifying factor is beyond our understanding. They will regret!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#14 I support your thinking. In any case FIFA says Kamanga and Simata are not recognized to run football activities in Zambia. Why should the whole football activity stop for the unknown result? Let Kamanga and Simata wait for their turn in 2012. For God’s sake 2012 is just next year, why are they so much in a hurry to remove the current FAZ team. Football should continue accordingly. Individuals will be removed but the fixture will stand. Simata has failed before. Warning to Kamanga is that he has to be very careful with the people is surrounding himself with. Kamanga, they know you have the financial power!!!!! Careful!!!!!
I might have got it wrong. I thought that by default Kalus appointment to the CAF position meant that he cannot hold the position of FAZ president. Could someon clarify!
Kalu wait for vote of no confidence first before rushing for league. You must face the counsellors (yo employers first). All kalu’s decisions show leadership immaturity. It seems clearly he was meant to be a player but not an administrator
Clarification for #18. Only the CAF President cannot hold office in their country of origin. Kalu is only a committe member so he can continue to hold his FAZ position, hence this debate. And by the way , the vote of no confidence has to be passed by three quarters to succeed and not two thirds ! ( Read the letter from FIFA carefully )
No 20 thanks for clarification
# 1. It is Kamanga who is going to be booted out. Kalu is the legitimate FAZ President and his programme, and not those bringing confusion must be let near our league administration. We are tired of this immaturity.