Photo Gallery: CHAN Squad training session & Independence Stadium
Guess which stadium is this?…Lusaka’s Independence Stadium from an aerial view. The 44 year old stadium is being rehabilitated. picture by Travis Mills
Chipolopolo Boys trainer Herve Renard being interviewed by the press prior to Angola v Zambia Chan qualifier.
Renard @ Barclays Sports Complex during a training session
Since making his international debut in 1995, 33 year old defence Kingpin Elijah Tana is still going strong.
2007 World Youth Cup hero George ‘Chicken’ Lwandamina is one of Renard’s assistants.
After a morning work-out, the local based squad takes a rest as they wait for instructions from the technical bench.
Former France under-16 international showing the Chipolopolo Boys how it is done.
The boys are stretching as Renard and national team physical trainer Patrice Beamulle (not in picture) engages in one-two touches.
Kebby Hachipuka doing Kachepa on the BOSS….Eish he just behind you!
Ex-under-20 goalkeeper Jacob Banda has pipped Rabson Muchelang’anga and Mike Poto for the number 1 jersey. Above Banda and Hichani Himonde walking to the team bus after training session.
The aerial view looks so nice,gate D,was just something else,i enjoyedsitting there and see all kind of soccer frazyness
Eish gate D, gents you are causing my brain to now whirl in the wind of old memories. Those were amazing times, times when a win at Independence was guranteed. I think Chicken needs to loose some of that waist line, almost like his carrying a spare tyre.
Lets all pray that someone will ake a plan with our beloved independence. It doesn’t matter if the plan comes from Mulungushi or Footbal house someone has to make a plan.
How did zambia win the bid to host the allafrica games when the country has no facilities,i believe a football stadium is very much the core for hosting such games.kaya mwandi ni pa zambia apa,ati chinese stadium ku ndola but its almost two years now,ever since they took the so called soil samples to china nothing is happening,well hope independence will be rebulit some day.
Ba tana has tried mwandi 1995 to date.for zambian players this is a great achievement 4 a zambian player.i stand up 4 u mr tana.
Tana u an inspiration to the lads,class of 95 mwape miti,denis lota,davies phiri,solomon banda,andew tembo,alex nabazaba,ronald mukosha,sunday kalunga,daglus mwamba,gilbson shikilwa….list goes on,u are the only one still playing,wish u all the best,teach mbesuma yall secret may be he will learn.
Zamfoot,
This a professional precise aerial shot. This is what is called good journalism.
If that stadium was built within 3moths in 1964,why is it taking 5years to re-construct a grand stand?
Always nice to view photo,s of our team wakig out. Good aerial shot Zamfoot.
Am happy to see the guys aswell.Am a fun of Tana evr since i was in zambia.But my main worry is that ,this MAN has done a lot at national lavel.But my main cry is at Rangers,his absence at club has affected the chaps there,it is for this reason they stand slim chances of remaining in the league,my appeal to the Faz is that let them make a suit programme that will not affect clubs whenever the nation Team is having games,like this it will allow all players to feature for both at nation team and their respective clubs.Look at the way it is done here in Italy.programmes of clubs do not crush with nation programmes.Am just hoping that my loveable team Nchanga Rangers will win their last game with the full presence of Dunga Tana in that line up so that they wont play in division one next year.Bravo rangers
we appreciate Tana’s contributions both to the national team and Nchanga rangers. But lets help him get a break please. Renard please help players like Tana and other old guys get a brake by not calling them to the national team. I know what am talking about. Tana was already a veteran at Nchanga rangers when I was only 11 years old in 1993. Tana may lie that he is in his late 30s but I have got every reason to believe that he is actually in his 40s. the same may apply to players like Musonda, Milanzi, Hachilensa and many others in the national team. when are we going to develop young ones if these guys continue to fill national team positions? Mind you these guys will wear out soon because of their old ages and because old footballers are usually prone to getting injuries.
—–Zambia U20 ’s biggest win was against Guinea (6-1) In 1
1991 African Youth Championship-U20s
ZAMBIA 6 – 1 GUINEA
Group 2
—–Zambia went throught to the next round
Independence Used to Hold 30,000 People. Making it the 52nd(Approx) Biggest Stadium in Africa.
It does nt matter hw old tana is ,if he can stil play better than the young one let him play.
Experience is the best teacher
GATE D! Guys who remembers the bees that invaded gate D during a game …i think it was against South Africa and we wired them 3 0! Men, that was a real slaughter house!
Good photos Zamfoot.I can’t wait to see Chipolopolo back at Independence.Atlanta,looking at the ex-stars you have listed from Tana’s class,I also agree that Tana has made a great contribution to our game & its guys like him our young players should look up to.