Ƙungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasar Zambiya

Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Zambiya tana wakiltar Zambiya a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa da ƙasa ta maza, kuma hukumar kula da wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Zambiya (FAZ) ce ke tafiyar da ita. A cikin shekarar 1980, ana kiransu da sunan KK 11, bayan kafa shugaban ƙasa Dr. Kenneth Kaunda ("KK") wanda ya mulki Zambiya daga shekarar 1964  zuwa ta 1991. Bayan da ƙasar ta rungumi siyasar jam'iyyu da yawa, an yiwa bangaren laƙabin Chipolopolo, "harsashin jan ƙarfe".  Tawagar ta na da wasanni uku na karshe na gasar cin kofin Afrika, inda ta lashe gasar a shekarar 2012 da nasara kan Ivory Coast a wasan karshe. Tawagar ba ta taba shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ba . 

 Tarihi 

 Shekaru na farko {1929-1970} 
Wasan farko na Zambiya a hukumance, bayan amincewa da su a FIFA, an buga shi ne a ranar 3 ga watan Yuli, shekarar 1964, a gida da Tanzaniya, wanda ya ƙare da nasara ga Chipolopolos 1-0. "Chipolopolos" shi ne sunan laƙabi na ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Zambiya, wanda ke nufin "harsashi na Copper" saboda yawan tagulla a Zambiya. A yayin wasan, har yanzu Zambiya ba ta samu 'yancin kai ba, saboda 'yancin kai na Zambiya daga Birtaniya ya faru a ranar 24 ga watan Oktoba, shekarar 1964. A ranar 22 ga watan Nuwamba, shekarar 1969, Zambiya ta sha kashi ɗaya daga cikin manyan rashin nasara biyu a tarihinta da DR Congo da ci 10-1. Tun a gasar cin kofin duniya a shekarar 1970, Zambiya ta kasa samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya.

 Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka 1974 
Bayan yunƙurin shiga gasar cin kofin Afrika sau biyu a baya, ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Zambiya ta yi nasarar samun cancantar shiga gasar a karon farko a shekara ta 1974. A zagayen farko, sun doke Cote d'Ivoire (1-0, ƙwallon ta Simon Kaushi ), ta sha kashi a hannun Masar (1-3, ƙwallon Godfrey Chitalu ) sannan ta doke Uganda (1-0, kwallon Obby Kapita ), ta kare. ta biyu a rukunin kuma ta tsallake zuwa zagayen kusa da na ƙarshe, inda ta doke Congo (4-2, hat-trick da Bernard Chanda ya ci da kuma kwallon Joseph Mapulanga ). A wasan ƙarshe, Zaire da Zambiya sun tashi 2-2 ( kwallaye daga Simon Kaushi da Brighton Sinyangwe ) kuma dole ne a sake buga gasar amma bayan kwanaki biyu da buga wasan farko, Zambiya ta sha kashi da ci 2-0, kuma burinsu ya ɓace. Duk da haka an kalli wannan da matuƙar alfahari idan aka yi la'akari da kasancewarsu na farko a gasar.

 1974-1993 
Bayan fitowar su a wasan karshe a shekarar 1974, ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Zambiya ta kasa samun tikitin shiga gasar a shekarar 1976. A shekara ta 1978, Zambiya ta yi waje da ita a zagayen farko da ci ɗaya mai ban haushi (2-0 da Burkina Faso, da Patrick Phiri da Bizwell Phiri da suka ci ), suka tashi kunnen doki (0-0 da Nigeria ) da kuma rashin nasara (1-2 da Ghana ). burin daga Obby Kapita ). A 1980, sun kasa samun cancantar; Amma a shekarar 1982 sun sake kai wasan kusa da na karshe kuma suka koma matsayi na uku, inda suka doke Algeriya, bayan da ta sha kashi a hannun Libya a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe. A shekarar 1984, Zambiya ba ta cancanci ba; a shekarar 1986, sun kai wasan zagayen farko da maki ɗaya da suka tashi da Algeriya (0-0). A shekarar 1988, ba su cancanta ba. A shekarar 1990, bayan da ta zama ta ɗaya a rukunin, Zambia ta sha kashi a wasan kusa da na karshe da Najeriya, amma ta doke Senegal (1-0, kwallon daga Webster Chikabala ) inda ta samu matsayi na uku. A shekarar 1992, Cote d'Ivoire ta doke Zambia da ci 0-1. Wannan lokaci ya nuna cewa Zambia tana da karfin kwallon kafa amma tana nuna rashin bin ka'ida a wasu 'yan zagayen farko da kuma wadanda ba a buga gasar ba.

 Jirgin saman Zambiya Air Force 319 
Wani bala'i ya afkawa tawagar 'yan kasar Zambia a lokacin da jirgin soja (REG: AF-319) da ke jigilar tawagar zuwa kasar Senegal domin buga wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a shekarar 1994, ya yi hadari da yammacin ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1993. An shirya tasha uku don sake mai, amma a tasha ta farko, a Brazzaville, an lura da matsalolin injin akan Buffalo DHC-5D na Sojojin Saman Zambiya . Duk da haka, jirgin ya ci gaba da tafiya, kuma mintuna kadan da tashinsa daga birnin Libreville na kasar Gabon, inda aka yi zango na biyu, daya daga cikin injinan ya kama wuta ya tsaya. Matukin jirgin wanda ya riga ya tashi daga kasar Mauritius a jiya, ya rufe injin din da ke ci gaba da aiki a bisa kuskure. Rashin wutar da aka yi a lokacin hawan bayan tashinsa, ya sa jirgin ya fado ya fada cikin ruwa mai nisan mita 500 daga gabar teku. Dukkan fasinjoji 30 da ma'aikatan jirgin, ciki har da 'yan wasa 18, sun mutu a hadarin. 

Kyaftin din tawagar kuma koci Kalusha Bwalya ba ya cikin jirgin. An gudanar da shi a Netherlands don wasa tare da kulob dinsa, PSV Eindhoven, zai koma Senegal daban don wasan share fage. An kirkiro sabuwar kungiya cikin sauri, mai horar da Kalusha: yana da aiki mai wahala na jagorantar Zambia ta hanyar samun cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA sannan kuma ya shirya don cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin Afrika na gaba. Watakila aiki ne da ba zai taba yiwuwa ba kuma Zambia ba ta samu gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ba.

 Jerin 'yan wasan da suka mutu a hadarin jirgin sama na 1993 

 Masu tsaron gida: David Chabala da Richard Mwanza .
 Masu tsaron baya: Kenan Simambe, Winter Mumba, Samuel Chomba, Whiteson Changwe, Robert Watiyakeni da John Soko .
 Yan wasan tsakiya: Eston Mulenga, Derby Makinka, Moses Chikwalakwala, Wisdom Mumba Chansa, Godfrey Kangwa and Numba Mwila .
 Masu gaba: Kelvin Mutale, Timothy Mwitwa, Moses Masuwa da Patrick Banda .
 Coachers: Godfrey Chitalu, Alex Chola da Wilson Sakala .
 Haka kuma a cikin jirgin akwai matukan jirgi guda biyu, ma'aikatan jirgin, shugaban FAZ, dan jaridar ZANA da ma'aikacin ma'aikatar wasanni .

 Manazarta 

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Shafin Wasanni & Kwallon Kafa na Zambia 
 Jami'in hukumar kwallon kafar Zambia 
 Zambiya a FIFA.com
 ZambianFootball.net