Godfrey Chitalu - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Zambian player, who obtained 111 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps; he scored 79 international goals for his National Team and thereby entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Cap  Goals      Date	Venue    	Opponent       Score	Competition

  1	      29- 6-68	Lusaka   	Uganda  	2-2		 
  2  2	  2    4- 7-68	Kitwe   	Uganda  	2-2	
  3  1	  3    9-10-68	Kampala  	Uganda  	3-2	
  4	  3   12-10-68	Mbale    	Uganda  	1-1		 
  5  1	  4   13-10-68	Nairobi  	Kenya   	1-2	
  6  3	  7   22-10-68	Kitwe    	Tanzania	7-1	
  7  2	  9   27-10-68	Ndola    	Sudan   	4-2	World Cup Qualifier
  8  1	 10    8-11-68	Khartoum	Sudan    	2-4 [1]	World Cup Qualifier
  9  1	 11   17-11-68	Lusaka   	Mauritius	2-2	African Cup Qual.
 10  1	 12    8-12-68	Port Louis	Mauritius	3-2	African Cup Qual.
 11	 12   29- 6-69	Lusaka   	Cameroon	2-2	African Cup Qual. 
 12  1	 13    3- 8-69	Yaoundé  	Cameroon	1-2	African Cup Qual.
 13	 13   30- 8-69	Lusaka   	Malawi  	4-0		 
 14  1	 14   31- 8-69	Ndola   	Malawi  	5-0	
 15  1	 15    2- 9-69	Kitwe   	Malawi  	7-0	
 16	 15   17-10-70	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	1-1	African Cup Qual.
 17  1	 16    1-11-70	Lusaka   	Tanzania	5-1	African Cup Qual.
 18  2	 18   18- 3-71	Zomba   	Malawi  	4-5	
 19	 18   20- 3-71	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-3		 
 20  2	 20   23- 3-71	Blantyre	Malawi  	3-0	
 21      20    1- 6-71	Lusaka  	Ethiopia 	5-1
 22	 20    6- 6-71	Ndola   	Zaire   	2-1	African Cup Qual.
 23	 20   20- 6-71	Kinshasa	Zaire   	0-3	African Cup Qual.
 24	 20    5- 7-71	Lusaka  	Cyprus		3-0 [*]
 25  1   21    8- 7-71	Kitwe    	Cyprus		3-0 [*]
 26  2   23   11- 7-71	Ndola    	Cyprus 		3-0 [*]
 27	 23   18- 7-71	Lusaka  	Guinea  	4-2		 
 28  1	 24   25- 7-71	Ndola   	Guinea  	2-1	
 29	 24   17-10-71	Ndola    	Kenya   	0-2	P. Stuyvesant Cup
 30	 24   20-10-71	Kitwe    	Kenya   	3-1	P. Stuyvesant Cup
 31	 24   24-10-71	Lusaka  	Kenya   	0-1	P. Stuyvesant Cup
 32	 24    5-12-71	Nairobi 	Kenya   	0-1	Jamhuri Cup	 
 33  1	 25    8-12-71	Nakuru  	Kenya   	2-3	Jamhuri Cup
 34	 25   12-12-71	Nairobi 	Kenya   	2-0	Jamhuri Cup
 35	 25   30- 4-72	Maseru  	Lesotho 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 36  2	 27    4- 6-72	Ndola    	Lesotho 	6-1	World Cup Qualifier
 37	 27    1- 4-73	Addis Adaba	Ethiopia	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 38  1	 28   22- 4-73	Ndola   	Madagascar	3-1	African Cup Qual.
 39  1	 29    6- 5-73	Antananarivo 	Madagascar	1-2	African Cup Qual.
 40	 29   15- 7-73	Lusaka   	Nigeria 	5-1	African Cup Qual.
 41	 29   29- 7-73	Lagos    	Nigeria 	2-3	African Cup Qual.
 42	 29    4-11-73	Lusaka   	Zaire   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 43   1  30   18-11-73	Kinshasa	Zaire   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 44	 30   25-11-73	Tétouan 	Morocco 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 45	 30   10-12-73	Nairobi 	Uganda  	0-2	Jamhuri Cup	 
 46  1	 31   12-12-73	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-3	Jamhuri Cup
 47	 31    2- 3-74	Meh. Al-Qubra   Ivory Coast	1-0	African Nations Cup
 48  1	 32    4- 3-74	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-3	African Nations Cup
 49	 32    6- 3-74	Meh. Al-Qubra   Uganda  	1-0	African Nations Cup
 50	 32   14- 3-74	Cairo   	Zaire   	0-2	African Nations Cup
 51	 32   28-10-74	Dar-es-Salaam	Kenya   	3-2	CECAFA Cup	 
 52	 32   30-10-74	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	0-1	CECAFA Cup	 
 53	 32   15- 2-76	Chingola 	Nigeria 	1-3		 
 54	 32   13- 2-77	Kampala  	Uganda  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 55  2	 34   27- 2-77	Ndola    	Uganda   	4-2 [1]	World Cup Qualifier
 56  3	 37   26- 3-77	Lusaka   	Malawi  	8-1	
 57	 37    9- 6-77	Alger      	Algeria 	0-2	African Cup Qual.
 58      37   16- 6-77	Kitwe    	Cuba    	0-1
 59  2	 39   26- 6-77	Lusaka   	Algeria  	2-0 [2]	African Cup Qual.
 60	 39   15- 7-77	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 61	 39   31- 7-77	Lusaka   	Egypt   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 62      39    3-10-77	Lusaka  	India 		3-1 
 63  1   40    9-10-77	Ndola	  	India 		3-1
 64	 40   27-11-77	Mogadishu	Tanzania	4-2	CECAFA Cup	 
 65	 40   29-11-77	Mogadishu	Malawi  	0-1	CECAFA Cup	 
 66  2	 42    5-12-77	Mogadishu	Kenya   	4-2	CECAFA Cup
 67  1	 43    9-12-77	Mogadishu	Uganda   	0-0 [3]	CECAFA Cup
 68  2	 45   28- 1-78	Ndola   	Zanzibar	6-1	
 69  1	 46   29- 1-78	Ndola   	Zanzibar	5-0	
 70  3	 49    5- 2-78	Lusaka   	Swaziland      11-2 [4]
 71	 49    5- 3-78	Accra   	Ghana   	1-2	African Nations Cup
 72	 49   10- 3-78	Accra   	Nigeria 	0-0	African Nations Cup
 73	 49   18- 6-78	Blantyre	Malawi  	2-1		 
 74	 49   25- 6-78	Lusaka   	Malawi  	0-0		 
 75	 49   28-10-78	Lusaka   	Algeria 	0-3		 
 76  1	 50    7-11-78	Blantyre	Uganda  	2-1	CECAFA Cup
 77  2	 52    9-11-78	Blantyre	Somalia 	4-0	CECAFA Cup
 78	 52   11-11-78	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-2	CECAFA Cup	 
 79  3	 55   13-11-78	Blantyre	Kenya   	9-0	CECAFA Cup
 80  4	 59   17-11-78	Blantyre	Uganda  	4-0	CECAFA Cup
 81  1	 60   19-11-78	Blantyre	Malawi  	2-3	CECAFA Cup
 82  1	 61   15- 4-79	Blantyre	Malawi  	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 83  1	 62   29- 4-79	Lusaka   	Malawi  	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 84	 62   24- 6-79	Lusaka   	Zaire   	4-1		 
 85  1	 63   30- 6-79	Kinshasa	Zaire   	2-1	
 86	 63   11- 8-79	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	0-1	African Cup Qual.
 87	 63   26- 8-79	Lusaka   	Tanzania	1-1	African Cup Qual.
 88  1	 64    4-11-79	Nairobi 	Uganda  	2-1	CECAFA Cup
 89  1	 65    6-11-79	Nairobi 	Tanzania	2-2	CECAFA Cup
 90	 65   10-11-79	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-3	CECAFA Cup
 91  2	 67   25-11-79	Maseru  	Lesotho 	5-0	Olympic Games Q.
 92	 67   22- 2-80	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-4	Olympic Games Q.
 93  1	 68   19- 4-80	Bulawayo	Tanzania	2-0	Zimbabwe Cup
 94	 68   20- 4-80	Salisbury	Zimbabwe	1-2	Zimbabwe Cup	 
 95	 68    4- 5-80	Lusaka   	Malawi  	1-1		 
 96	 68   18- 5-80	Addis Adaba	Ethiopia	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 97  2	 70    1- 6-80	Ndola   	Ethiopia	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 98	 70    7- 6-80	Ndola    	Zimbabwe	2-1		 
 99	 70   15- 6-80	Blantyre	Malawi  	0-2		 
100  3	 73   29- 6-80	Ndola   	Kenya   	5-0	
101	 73   20- 7-80	Leningrad	Cuba    	0-1 [!]	Olympic Games
102  1	 74   22- 7-80	Moskva  	Soviet Union	1-3 [!]	Olympic Games
103  1	 75   24- 7-80	Leningrad	Venezuela	1-2 [!]	Olympic Games
104  1	 76   30- 8-80	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	1-1	
105	 76   31- 8-80	Salisbury	Zimbabwe	2-1		 
106  1	 77    2-11-80	Lusaka   	Angola  	1-1	
107	 77   16-11-80	Fès     	Morocco 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
108	 77   30-11-80	Lusaka   	Morocco  	2-0 [5]	World Cup Qualifier
109  1   78    7-12-80	Kisumu  	Kenya 		1-1 
110      78   10-12-80	Nakuru  	Kenya		0-2 
111  1   79   12-12-80	Nairobi 	Kenya		1-2

[1] After extra time
[2] Zambia won 6-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] Zambia lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
[4] match occasionally confused with Zambia B 9-1 Swaziland on 4- 2-1978 in Mufulira
[5] Zambia lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.

[!] the Olympic matches are not recognized as full A-internationals by FIFA, but they 
    are for the Zambian FA.

[*] these three matches are considered official although it appears the opponents officially
    were a Cyprus League XI rather than the Cyprus national team

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   111    51   19   41   237- 147     121       54.50

Types of             Matches  Goals
Friendlies		41	35
African Cup Qual.	18	10
CECAFA Cup		15	16
World Cup Qualifier	16	10
Olympic Games Qualifier  2	 2
Olympic Games  		 3	 2
African Nations Cup	 6	 1
Other Tournaments	10	 3

Total caps / goals:    111	79



About this document

Thanks to Neil Morrison; sources included: Times of Zambia and Zambia Daily Mail

Prepared and maintained by Jerry Muchimba and Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Jerry Muchimba and Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com)
Last updated: 28 Jan 2016

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