Zambia women's national football team

Zambia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Copper Queens[1][2]
AssociationFAZ
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coachBruce Mwape
CaptainBarbra Banda
FIFA codeZAM
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 62 Increase 2 (16 August 2024)[3]
Highest62 (August 2024)
Lowest131 (October – December 2007)
First international
 South Africa 5–3 Zambia 
(South Africa; 5 November 1994)
Biggest win
 Zambia 15–0 Mauritius 
(Ibhayi, South Africa; 1 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Zambia 3–10 Netherlands 
(Rifu, Japan; 21 July 2021)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage (2023)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances4 (first in 1995)
Best resultThird place (2022)
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 2020)
Best resultGroup stage (2020, 2024)

The Zambia women's national association football team represents Zambia in association football, participating in qualifying tournaments for the FIFA Women's World Cup and other African-based competitions. It made its debut in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,[4] becoming the first landlocked nation in Africa to qualify for a senior World Cup in either men's or women's soccer.

  1. ^ Robert (21 February 2022). "Copper Queens ready for against Namibia". ZNBC. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Zambia's Copper Queens aiming to shine in Tokyo". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ Nowakowski, Wojciech (8 August 2023). "Morocco, Ireland, Portugal: All 8 Women's World Cup debutants and how far they made it". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 24 October 2023.