Zesco United were crowned 2020/2021 Zambian champions on June 13, as they won FAZ Super League title for the ninth time. Zesco beat NAPSA Stars 2-0 on Sunday at home in Ndola gaining unassailable 64 points.

Kenya international striker Jesse Were put ZESCO ahead in the 41st minute to score his 101 competitive goal at Zesco since joining the Ndola club in 2016.

Chipolopolo Zambia midfielder Kelvin Mubanga completed the victory with a long-range shot in the 80th minute to dispatch relegation battling NAPSA to their sixth successive league loss, with two games left for them to avoid demotion.

They’re the joint second most successful Zambian club, tied with ‘Mighty’ Mufulira Wanderers after accomplishing that feat in a space of fifteen years.

Zesco’s league win also marked a memorable first season in charge for coach Mumamba Numba following his appointment last September, after George Lwandamina stepped down when the club relinquished the league title to Nkana at the end of the 2019/2020 campaign.

“We are very happy that we have managed to lift the championship. I think it has been quite a competitive season but we made a difference in the ten-game unbeaten run and today we have been confirmed as the 2020/2021 league champions,” Numba said.

This is Numba’s second Zambian league title as coach after leading Zanaco to the 2016 crown.

The other spot, including the two TotalEngeries CAF Confederation Cup slots, are still up for grabs with Zanaco and four other teams jostling to join Zesco as Zambia’s continental representatives next season.

Zesco, who are eleven points ahead of second placed Zanaco, will be one of Zambia’s two representatives in the 2021/2022 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.

Infor from CAF official Twitter account.