Fresh from making history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan a few weeks ago, Team Zambia Olympians Martha Tembo, Lushomo Mweemba, Anita Mulenga, Ireen Lungu, and Agness Musase are on the verge of adding to the Olympic milestone with yet another career-high achievement.
The five footballers are part of the Green Buffaloes Ladies Team that will be competing at the maiden Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women’s Champions League COSAFA qualifying tournament being staged in South Africa.
Zambian Champions Green Buffaloes Ladies will join six other league champions from across Southern Africa at the competition in Durban which will serve as the preliminary tournament for the first-ever TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League that is scheduled to be staged in Egypt later this year, with only the tournament winner advancing to the continental finals.
Seeded in Group B, Green Buffaloes Ladies will start their campaign on Friday 27 August 2021 when they take on Black Rhinos Queens of Zimbabwe (1400hrs CAT). The other team in the group is TURA Magic of Namibia.
Team Coach Charles Haluboono has named a 26-member squad for this historical tournament.
The 26-member Full-Squad List is as follows:
GOALKEEPERS
1. Aisha Mbwana
2. Blessing Kazil
3. Bupe Mwanza
4. Maleta Muwindwa
DEFENDERS
5. Atness Phiri
6. Martha Tembo
7. Memory Nthala
8. Anita Mulenga
9. Lushomo Mweemba
10. Annie Kibanji
11. Judith Soko
12. Agness Musase
13. Elina Nyirenda
14. Margaret Chisenga
MIDFIELDERS
15. Judith Zulu
16. Joana Benaya
17. Ireen Lungu
18. Shelly Masumo
19. Lubasi Pumulo
20. Loveness Malunga
STRIKERS
21. Ethel Chama
22. Theresa Chewe
23. Maylan Mulenga
24. Mwangala Kamuti
25. Quincy Malekani
26. Lucy Kajiya
Other participating clubs will include Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (South Africa), Costa Do Sol (Mozambique), Manzini Wanderers Ladies (Eswatini), Prisons XI (Botswana), and Lesotho Defence Force (Lesotho).
This qualifying tournament will be held from 26 August to 4 September 2021.
ALL THE BEST TO THE GREEN BUFFALOES LADIES TEAM!!
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