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Green Buffaloes Women F.C.
Nickname(s)Nyanta Girls
GroundNationalist stadium
ManagerCarol Kanyemba
LeagueFAZ Women's Super Division

Green Buffaloes Women's Football Club is a Zambian women's professional football club affiliated to Green Buffaloes and based in Lusaka that competes in the FAZ Women's Super Division, the top tier of Zambian women's football. Sponsored by the Zambian Army, they play their home games at Arakan Barracks Ground.

History

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Domestically, Green Buffaloes has won a record 12 trophies; 7 in the Lusaka League and 5 in the Zambian National Championship. Green Buffaloes won the first two Women's Super Division titles in 2020[1] and 2021, gaining qualification for the first two editions of the COSAFA Women's Champions League. The finished as semi-finalists in the inaugural edition and won the title in 2022,[2][3] the latter which gained them qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League[4] where there they were drawn in Group A with the 2022 host nation's team AS FAR, Simba Queens and Determine Girls.[5]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 13 October 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Zambia ZAM Ng'ambo Musole
2 DF Zambia ZAM Esther Siamfuko
3 DF Zambia ZAM Martha Banda
4 DF Zambia ZAM Memory Nthala (Captain)
5 DF Zambia ZAM Esther Banda
6 DF Zambia ZAM Atness Phiri
9 DF Zambia ZAM Maylan Mulenga
10 MF Zambia ZAM Maweta Chilenga
11 FW Zambia ZAM Agness Phiri
12 MF Zambia ZAM Evarine Katongo
13 FW Zambia ZAM Judith Zulu
14 MF Zambia ZAM Natasha Nanyangwe
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Zambia ZAM Joana Benaya
18 GK Zambia ZAM Aisha Mbwana
19 DF Zambia ZAM Agness Musesa
20 MF Zambia ZAM Lubasi Pumulo
22 FW Zambia ZAM Diana Banda
23 FW Zambia ZAM Namute Chileshe
24 DF Botswana BOT Mokgabo Thanda
26 FW Malawi MWI Vanessa Chikupila
27 FW Zambia ZAM Jessy Zulu
28 FW Zambia ZAM Theresa Chewe
30 FW Zambia ZAM Hellen Chanda

Current technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Carol Kanyemba
Assistant coach
Fitness coach
Goalkeeping coach

Last updated: 13 September 2022
Source: Official squad line-up picture from Facebook

Honours

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Domestic

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  • FAZ Women's Super Division: 2019−20
  • Lusaka League (7): 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Zambia National Championship (5): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

International

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Green Buffaloes crowned Zambia Women's League champions". CAFOnline.com. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Zambia : Green Buffaloes Women FC Win COSAFA Title". Lusaka Times. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ Diphoko, Oarabile (14 August 2022). "Green Buffaloes Crowned COSAFA Women's Champions League Winners". GSport4Girls. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Green Buffaloes, Mamelodi Sundowns book TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League, Morocco 2022 place". CAFOnline.com. 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 groups unveiled". CAFOnline.com. 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022. In group A, the host club ASFAR FC (Morocco), which won the Women's Champions League the bronze medal in Egypt last year, will face Tanzania's Simba Queens, Zambia's Green Buffaloes and Liberia's Determine Girls.
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