Zambia national football team
{{National football team | Name = Zambia | Badge = Zambia_FA.gif | Nickname = Chipolopolo | Association = Football Association of Zambia | Coach = Kalusha Bwalya | Most caps = Kalusha Bwalya | Top scorer = Kalusha Bwalya | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=|
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First game = Zambia 1 - 0 Tanzania (Malawi; 3 July, 1964) |
Largest win = Zambia 9 - 0 Kenya (Malawi; 13 November, 1978) |
Largest loss = Congo DR 10 - 1 Zambia (Congo-Kinshasa; 22 November, 1969) Belgium 9 - 0 Zambia (Brussels, Belgium; 3 June, 1994) |
World cup apps = none |
World cup first = - |
World cup best = - |
Regional name = African Nations Cup |
Regional cup apps = 11 |
Regional cup first = 1974 |
Regional cup best = Second place, 1974 and 1994
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The Zambia national football team, nicknamed Chipolopolo, is the national team of Zambia and is controlled by the Football Association of Zambia. They have never made the World Cup.
The Zambian national team endured one of the biggest tragedies in the history of sport; in 1993 a plane carrying the team crashed off the coast of Gabon. World Cup record1930 to 1966 - Did not enter1970 to 2002 - Did not qualify
African Nations Cup record1957 to 1968 - Did not enter1970 - Did not qualify1972 - Did not qualify1974 - Second place1976 - Did not qualify1978 - Round 11980 - Did not qualify1982 - Third place1984 - Did not qualify1986 - Round 11988 - Withdrew1990 - Third place1992 - Quarterfinals1994 - Second place1996 - Third place1998 - Round 12000 - Round 12002 - Round 12004 - Did not qualify
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