Copper Queens off to South Africa for COSAFA Women’s Championship

Zambia Women National Team has left for South Africa this morning ahead of the 2021 COSAFA Women’s Championship.

The 20 member squad left the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka at 08:15hours and is expected in South Africa shortly.

2020 Olympics qualification tournament (Africa) top goalscorer Grace Chanda leads the squad alongside fellow Olympians in goalkeeper Ngambo Musole, defender Vast Phiri, Lushomo Mweemba, and right back Margaret Belemu.

Zambia is in Group C alongside Eswatini, Namibia, and Uganda at the regional showpiece set to run from September 28-October 9 in Nelson Mandela Bay.

The Copper Queens will face Eswatini in the opening Group C match on 30 September and their penultimate fixture will be against Namibia three days later while their final group campaign is against tournament guests Uganda on 5 October.

FULL-SQUAD:

GOALKEEPERS:

N’gambo Musole (Zesco Ndola Girls), Catherine Musonda (Indeni Roses), Eunice Sakala (Nkwazi Queens)

DEFENDERS:

Margaret Belemu (Red Arrows), Lushomo Mweemba, Agness Musesa (Green Buffaloes), Vast Phiri (Zesco Ndola Girls), Patricia Lampi (YASA Girls), Margret Mulenga (Lusaka Dynamos)

MIDFIELDERS:

Avell Chitundu, Penelope Mulubwa (both Zesco Ndola Girls), Esther Namukwasa (Indeni Roses), Mary Mulenga, Milika Limwanya, Mary Wilombe (all Red Arrows), Elizabeth Mupeso, Thandiwe Nkhata (both Lusaka Dynamos)

STRIKERS:

Grace Chanda, Ochumba Oseke Lubanji (Red Arrows), Happy Pinto (Zesco Ndola Girls)