Green Buffaloes Women F.C. Explained
Nickname: | Nyanta Girls |
Ground: | Nationalist stadium |
Manager: | Carol Kanyemba |
League: | FAZ Women's Super Division |
Season: | 2024/25 |
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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
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
Current technical staff
Honours
Domestic
- 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
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 18 March 2020. Green Buffaloes crowned Zambia Women's League champions. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183313/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/green-buffaloes-crowned-zambia-women-s-league-champions. 9 July 2021. CAFOnline.com. 20 February 2021.
- Web site: 13 August 2022. Zambia : Green Buffaloes Women FC Win COSAFA Title. Lusaka Times. 14 September 2022.
- Web site: Diphoko. Oarabile. 14 August 2022. Green Buffaloes Crowned COSAFA Women’s Champions League Winners. GSport4Girls. 14 September 2022.
- Web site: 15 August 2022. Green Buffaloes, Mamelodi Sundowns book TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League, Morocco 2022 place. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220816095210/https://www.cafonline.com/press-release/news/green-buffaloes-mamelodi-sundowns-book-totalenergies-caf-women-s-champions-leagu. 16 August 2022. CAFOnline.com. 14 September 2022.
- Web site: 9 September 2022. TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 groups unveiled. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220909183903/https://www.cafonline.com/development/women-football/news/totalenergies-caf-women-s-champions-league-2022-groups-unveiled. 9 September 2022. CAFOnline.com. 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..