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| Full name | Nkana Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Kalampa | ||
| Founded | 1932 | ||
| Ground | Nkana Stadium, Wusakile, Kitwe | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman | Chikusi Banda | ||
| Manager | IAN BAKALA (current) | ||
| League | Zambian Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | 9th | ||
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Nkana FC is a football club based in Kitwe, Zambia. The football team competes in the MTN Super League, the top division of Zambian football. Nkana FC has won 13 League titles, making it Zambia's most successful league club, and second overall behind Mufulira Wanderers, with 52 trophies. They play their home games at Nkana Stadium in Wusakile, Kitwe.
The club is currently sponsored by Mopani Copper Mines, which is also the team's major owner.[1] The club has also acquired a kit sponsorship deal with global online gambling company GAL Sports Betting.
In 2020, after the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Zambia, Mopani Copper Mines reduced the sponsorship deal to the club by 50 percent, citing the failure of the copper prices due to the pandemic. The club decided to sign other sponsorship deals with The Zambia Revenue Authority and The Copperbelt University.[relevant? – discuss]
Nkana FC has one of the biggest fan bases in Zambia; the die-hard fans are known for their noisy and passionate support of their club.[2] Before the launch of the Stop Hooliganism in Football campaign by the MTN/FAZ Super League Teams' Supporters Associations, it was the tradition of the Nkana Fans to escalate violence especially after their team conceded a goal or lost a match through questionable officiating.[citation needed]
- ^ zamobserver (2023-12-22). "MOPANI COPPER MINE DISSOLVES NKANA FC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AFTER DIRE PERFORMANCE | The Zambian Observer". Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ Kaumba, MIchael (June 21, 2023). "Nkana Fans 'Cry' For Mercy". ZNBC. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.