Forest Rangers F.C. is a

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club from

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, currently playing in the top flight

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History

In 1975, Forest Rangers Football Club started as Community Football Team at Dola Hill Forest Station in Ndola and joined the Ndola District Amateur League in 1976. After a period of 3 years, the club was promoted to Division 3 under the Copperbelt Amateur League up to the end of the 1988 soccer season. The club played Division 1 football from 1989 to 1991. During the 1991 soccer season, the club finished as runners up in the Independence Cup Competition after losing 5–1 to Nkana Football Club. This was after the club had eliminated

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in the semi-final by a lone goal at Nkana Stadium. At the end of the same soccer season, the club won promotion to the Super League Division. The club stayed in the Super League Division up to the end of the 1994 soccer season. During the 1994 season, the club finished among the top eight clubs of the Super League Division. In 1995, the sponsors
ZAFFICO
Limited) under the cost saving measures policy disbanded the team. In 1998, the team was revamped through social football. In 1999, the team merged with Strike Rovers Football club and played Division 1 Football under the club name of Forest Strikes Football Club up to 2000. In 2001, the club retained the name of Forest Rangers Football Club when ZAFFICO Limited became the sole sponsors of the club. The club's Premier League Football performance since 2002 has been as follows: * In 2020, Forest Rangers finished the FAZ Super League in second position, losing the title to Nkana Football Club on goal difference. As a result, they qualified for the

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2020/2021 season. This was the first time the club had finished as runners up since its inception in 1975 and the first time it had qualified for the CAF Champions League.

Colors

Traditionally, the club has always worn yellow and green home kits, with green and white as their away and third colors respectively.

Achievements

* Zambian Coca-Cola Cup: 1 (2005) * FAZ MTN Super League - runners-up in 2020 * CAF Champions league - 2020/2021 qualifiers *

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: 1 (2023)

Squad

References

{{Zambian Premier League Football clubs in Zambia Ndola Forest Rangers F.C.