. Kalusha

By SANDRA MWILA –
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has expressed happiness with the gains achieved by the football fraternity this year.
FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya said the competition among clubs in the Zambian Premier League was impressive and congratulated Zesco United for bagging two titles during the 2014 football season.
“As FAZ, we are happy with the gains achieved in football this year and I also wish to send heartfelt congratulations to Zesco for winning the 2014 MTN-FAZ Super League and indeed for emerging winners of the Barclays Cup,” he said.
Kalusha also congratulated his former club, ‘Mighty’ Mufulira Wanderers, Lusaka Dynamos, Nkwazi and Forest Rangers for winning promotion back into the elite league.
“The association is pleased with the qualitative competition in the Super League and also in Division One North and South as it is self-evident, the quality gap among the teams is reducing, hence the competition we are seeing in our football today,” he said.
Kalusha paid tribute to the clubs that always released their players for national assignments, thereby contributing to the qualification to the Equatorial Guinea 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals.
In a statement released by communication manager Nkweto Tembwe, the FAZ boss expressed happiness with the achievements in Zambian football this year
“We dedicate the achievements of the national team in 2014 to various clubs for their tireless efforts and dedication to the national cause.??He also thanked the co-operating partners for their input during this year’s soccer season among them Government, MTN Zambia, Sports Council of Zambia (SCZ), Zambian Breweries and SuperSport.
“The soccer fans too deserve mention for having been there for all the national teams that qualified to their respective Africa Cup finals,” he said.