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| Full name | Green Buffaloes Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1965 (as Zambian Army F.C.) | ||
| Ground | Independence Stadium, Lusaka | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman | Col. Kelvin Kanguma | ||
| Manager | Masauso Tembo | ||
| League | Zambia Super League | ||
| 2022–23 | 4th | ||
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Green Buffaloes Football Club is a Zambian professional football club based in Lusaka that competes in the Zambia Super League, the top flight of Zambian football. Founded in 1965 as the Zambian Army Football Club, an association football extension of the Zambian Army, it plays its home matches at the Independence Stadium.
Having previously dominated Zambian football from the early 1970s until the late 1990s, it is one of the country's most successful club winning every single current and historic title on offer, including 5 League Cups, 4 Shield Challenge Cups, 3 Charity Shields, 2 Heroes and Unit Cups, 3 Champion of Champions Cups and one each of the Zambian Challenge Cup, Mosi Cup Champions and Barclays/ABSA Cup.
Green Buffaloes is among four Zambian teams to have won three league titles in a row. In 1975 and 1979, the club won the domestic treble of the League, Champion of Champions and Shield Challenge Cup titles.
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Honours
| Competition | Year(s) Won |
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| League Cups | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 |
| Shell and BP Challenge Cup | 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 |
| Charity Shield | 1974, 1978, 1980 |
| Champion of Champions Cup | 1975, 1979, 1982 |
| Heroes and Unity Cup | 1978, 1986 |
| BP Challenge Cup | 1985 |
| Mosi Cup | 2005 |
| Barclays/ABSA Cup | 2015 |
Performances in CAF competitions
References
- Green Buffaloes ponder signing foreign players – zambianfootball.co.zm
External links
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This page was last edited on 14 February 2024, at 11:34