COSAFA: Zambia’s Copper Queens Off To South Africa
The Zambia Women’s National Team has left for South Africa ahead of the 2022 HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Women’s Championship that will run in Gqeberha from 31 August – 11 September.
The Copper Queens left Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka aboard a South African Airways flight.
Their first match in Group B will be against Namibia on 1 September at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, with their second match coming up against Lesotho three days later while their last group match against Eswatini is set for 6 September.
The tournament has three groups and only the top team in each group and the best-placed runner-up among the three pools will qualify for the semifinals.
Full-Squad
Goalkeepers:
Eunice Sakala (Nkwazi Queens), Agness Banda (National Assembly), Catherine Musonda (Indeni Roses)
Defenders:
Vast Phiri (ZESCO Ndola Girls), Esther Banda (BUSA), Esther Siamfuko (Queens Academy), Agness Musesa, Lushomo Mweemba, Martha Tembo (all Green Buffaloes), Judith Soko (YASA), Margaret Belemu (Shanghai Shengli-China)
Midfielders:
Ireen Lungu (Green Buffaloes), Mary Wilombe (Red Arrows), Evarine Susan Katongo (ZISD Women), Natasha Witika (Bayelsa Queens-Nigeria), Avell Chitundu (ZESCO Ndola Girls), Maweta Chilenga (BUSA), Misozi Zulu (Hakkariguku Spor FC -Turkey)
Strikers:
Barbara Banda (Shanghai Shengli – China), Natasha Nanyangwe (Green Buffaloes), Ochumba Oseke Lubanji (Red Arrows), Eneless Phiri (Police Doves), Xiomara Mapepa (Lusaka Dynamos Women FC).
