Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 10- 4-83 Khartoum Sudan 1-2 African Cup Qual.
2 9-10-83 Lusaka Egypt 1-0 [!] Olympic Games Q.
3 29-10-83 Cairo Egypt 0-2 [!] Olympic Games Q.
4 12- 2-84 Blantyre Malawi 0-1
5 15- 2-84 Lilongwe Malawi 1-0
6 10- 6-84 Lusaka Zimbabwe 1-1
7 1- 7-84 Harare Zimbabwe 1-2
8 15- 7-84 Lusaka Congo-Brazz. 2-1
9 29- 7-84 Ndola Uganda 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
10 25- 8-84 Kampala Uganda 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
11 2-12-84 Kampala Zimbabwe 2-0 CECAFA Cup
12 5-12-84 Kampala Tanzania 2-1 CECAFA Cup
13 7-12-84 Kampala Uganda 1-1 CECAFA Cup
14 12-12-84 Kampala Kenya 2-0 CECAFA Cup
15 15-12-84 Kampala Malawi 0-0 [1] CECAFA Cup
16 3- 2-85 Gweru Zimbabwe 3-2
17 25- 3-85 Lusaka Malawi 2-2
18 7- 4-85 Lusaka Cameroon 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 21- 4-85 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
20 13- 7-85 Alger Algeria 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
21 28- 7-85 Lusaka Algeria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
22 10- 8-85 Lagos Nigeria 0-0 African Cup Qual.
23 18- 8-85 Lusaka Nigeria 1-0 African Cup Qual.
24 6-10-85 Bulawayo Malawi 2-2 CECAFA Cup
25 8-10-85 Bulawayo Uganda 0-3 CECAFA Cup
26 19-11-85 Kinshasa Zaire 1-0 International Tourn.
27 22-11-85 Kinshasa Ivory Coast 1-0 International Tourn.
28 23-11-85 Kinshasa Egypt 0-1 International Tourn.
29 15- 2-86 Ndola Botswana 6-0
30 16- 2-86 Lusaka Botswana 3-0
31 23- 2-86 Khobar Saudi Arabia 0-1
32 8- 3-86 Alexandria Cameroon 2-3 African Nations Cup
33 11- 3-86 Alexandria Algeria 0-0 African Nations Cup
34 14- 3-86 Alexandria Morocco 0-1 African Nations Cup
35 21- 6-86 Blantyre Malawi 2-0
36 22- 6-86 Lilongwe Malawi 1-0
37 27- 9-86 Ndola Zaire 2-2
38 28- 9-86 Lusaka Zaire 0-1
39 10-12-86 Luanda Angola 1-0 MPLA Cup
40 5- 4-87 Lusaka Malawi 3-1 African Games Q.
41 15- 4-87 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0
42 19- 4-87 Blantyre Malawi 0-2 African Games Q.
43 13- 6-87 Gaborone Botswana 4-0 [!] Olympic Games Q.
44 21- 6-87 Lusaka Botswana 3-0 [!] Olympic Games Q.
45 28- 6-87 Lusaka Ivory Coast 2-0
46 4-10-87 Kampala Uganda 1-2 [!] Olympic Games Q.
47 15-11-87 Lusaka Uganda 5-0 [!] Olympic Games Q.
48 14-12-87 Asmara Uganda 0-4 CECAFA Cup
49 17- 1-88 Lusaka Ghana 2-0 [!] Olympic Games Q.
50 31- 1-88 Accra Ghana 0-1 [!] Olympic Games Q.
51 8- 5-88 Harare Zimbabwe 2-1
52 14- 5-88 Kampala Uganda 1-1
53 4- 6-88 Lusaka Zimbabwe 3-2
54 5- 6-88 Lusaka Zimbabwe 1-1
55 19- 6-88 Suwon South Korea 0-4 President's Cup
56 8- 7-88 Lilongwe Malawi 1-0
57 10- 7-88 Mzuzu Malawi 0-0
58 4- 8-88 Lusaka Malawi 7-1
59 3- 9-88 Kitwe Malawi 4-1
60 17- 9-88 Daejeon Iraq 2-2 [!] Olympic Games
61 19- 9-88 Gwangju Italy Olympic 4-0 [!] Olympic Games
62 21- 9-88 Gwangju Guatemala 4-0 [!] Olympic Games
63 25- 9-88 Gwangju W. Germany Ol. 0-4 [!] Olympic Games
64 5-11-88 Blantyre Ethiopia 0-0 CECAFA Cup
65 11-11-88 Blantyre Zimbabwe 1-1 CECAFA Cup
66 14-11-88 Blantyre Uganda 3-0 CECAFA Cup
67 17-11-88 Blantyre Kenya 1-0 CECAFA Cup
68 19-11-88 Blantyre Malawi 1-3 CECAFA Cup
69 20-12-88 Kitwe Egypt 1-2
70 8- 1-89 Rabat Morocco 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
71 22- 1-89 Lusaka Zaire 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
72 31- 3-89 Addis Adaba Ethiopia 1-0
73 2- 4-89 Addis Adaba Ethiopia 2-2
74 16- 4-89 Maputo Mozambique 1-0 African Cup Qual.
75 30- 4-89 Lusaka Mozambique 3-0 African Cup Qual.
76 11- 6-89 Lusaka Tunisia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
77 16- 6-89 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0
78 25- 6-89 Lusaka Morocco 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
79 16- 7-89 Lusaka Gabon 3-0 African Cup Qual.
80 30- 7-89 Libreville Gabon 1-2 African Cup Qual.
81 13- 8-89 Kinshasa Zaire 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
82 27- 8-89 Tunis Tunisia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
83 1-12-89 Gaborone Botswana 1-2 Independence Cup
84 6-12-89 Mombasa Zanzibar 1-0 [*] CECAFA Cup
85 9-12-89 Mombasa Malawi 0-0 CECAFA Cup
86 13-12-89 Mombasa Uganda 1-3 CECAFA Cup
87 3- 3-90 Annaba Cameroon 1-0 African Nations Cup
88 6- 3-90 Annaba Kenya 1-0 African Nations Cup
89 9- 3-90 Annaba Senegal 0-0 African Nations Cup
90 12- 3-90 Annaba Nigeria 0-2 African Nations Cup
91 15- 3-90 Alger Senegal 1-0 African Nations Cup
92 12- 8-90 Lusaka Zaire 0-0
93 19- 8-90 Lusaka Swaziland 5-0 African Cup Qual.
94 25- 8-90 Gaborone Zimbabwe 3-1 SADCC Tourn.
95 14- 4-91 Luanda Angola 2-1 African Cup Qual.
96 28- 4-91 Lobamba Swaziland 1-2 African Cup Qual.
97 14- 7-91 Lusaka Madagascar 2-1 African Cup Qual.
98 27- 7-91 Lusaka Angola 1-0 African Cup Qual.
99 13- 1-92 Ziguinchor Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
100 15- 1-92 Ziguinchor Ghana 0-1 African Nations Cup
101 20- 1-92 Dakar Ivory Coast 0-1 African Cup Qual.
102 15- 8-92 Lusaka Mauritius 2-1 African Cup Qual.
103 30- 8-92 Johannesburg South Africa 1-0 African Cup Qual.
104 11-10-92 Lusaka Tanzania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
105 25-10-92 Windhoek Namibia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
106 17-11-92 Mwanza Ethiopia 3-2 CECAFA Cup
107 19-11-92 Mwanza Malawi 0-1 CECAFA Cup
108 21-11-92 Mwanza Zanzibar 8-0 [*] CECAFA Cup
109 23-11-92 Mwanza Tanzania 2-1 CECAFA Cup
110 25-11-92 Mwanza Uganda 0-0 [2] CECAFA Cup
111 20-12-92 Antananarivo Madagascar 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
112 28- 2-93 Lusaka Madagascar 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
113 27- 3-93 Lilongwe Malawi 0-1
114 10- 4-93 Lusaka Zimbabwe 0-0 African Cup Qual.
115 25- 4-93 Belle-Vue-Harel Mauritius 3-0 African Cup Qual.
NB: Efford Chabala died two days after his final international match in the 1993 Zambia
national football team air disaster on April 27, 1993, near Libreville. RIP.
[1] Zambia won 3-0 on penalty kicks.
[2] Zambia lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[!] the Olympic matches are not recognized as full A-internationals by FIFA, but they
are for the Zambian FA.
[*] the matches against Zanzibar are not recognized as full A-internationals by FIFA,
but they are for the Zambian FA.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
115 58 23 34 172- 101 139 60.43
Types of Matches
Friendlies 30
CECAFA Cup 21
African Cup Qual. 17
World Cup Qualifier 16
African Nations Cup 10
Other Tournaments 9
Olympic Games Qualifier 8
Olympic Games 4
Total 115
Thanks to 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: 13 Feb 2024
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