Power Dynamos is a Zambian

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club based in

Kitwe Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development (after Lusaka and Ndola) and second largest city in terms of size and population (after Lusaka) in Zambia. With a population of 517,543 (''2010 census provisional'') Kitwe is ...

that plays in the MTN/FAZ Super Division. They play their home games at

Arthur Davies Stadium Arthur Davies Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kitwe, Zambia, named after Arthur Walter Davies who was a FIFA-accredited referee and active member of the Zambian FA. Whilst General Manager of the Copperbelt Power Corporation (now the Copperbelt E ...

in Kitwe. The club is currently sponsored by

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. Power Dynamos is known for playing beautiful passing football and their matches are usually enjoyed by the Zambian Premier League fans. Their main rivals are

Nkana FC Nkana FC is a football club based in Kitwe, Zambia. The football team is competing in the MTN/FAZ Super Division, and is regarded as one of the country's most popular teams. Nkana FC has won 13 League titles, which made it to be Zambia's most ...

and

Zesco United FC ZESCO United Football Club (simply often known as ZESCO) is a Zambian professional football club based in Ndola in Zambia, that competes in the Zambia Super League, Founded in 1974. The team plays its home matches at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. ...

. Games involving Power Dynamos and any of these two clubs are always highly attended by the soccer fans. In 1991, Power Dynamos became the first southern African club to win a continental trophy after they won the African Cup Winners' Cup.

Honours

National

* Zambian Premier League: 6 ::1984, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2011 *

Zambian Cup According to records from the RSSSF, there were many association football cup competitions organized in Zambia since 1962, some of which are the Independence Cup, the Zambian Challenge Cup (both organized in 1961), the Champion of Champions Cup ( ...

: 7 ::1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2003 ::''Finalist'' : 2002 * ABSA Cup: 2 ::2009, 2011 ::''Finalist'' : 2008, 2012 *

Zambian Charity Shield The Zambian Charity Shield officially called Samuel ‘Zoom’ Ndhlovu Charity Shield since 2003 is a season opener match between the champions of the previous Super League season and the holders of the ABSA Cup. If the Super League champions al ...

: 6 ::1998, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016 *

Zambian Challenge Cup According to records from the RSSSF, there were many association football cup competitions organized in Zambia since 1962, some of which are the Independence Cup, the Zambian Challenge Cup (both organized in 1961), the Champion of Champions Cup ( ...

: 2 ::1990, 2001 *

Zambian Coca-Cola Cup According to records from the RSSSF, there were many association football cup competitions organized in Zambia since 1962, some of which are the Independence Cup, the Zambian Challenge Cup (both organized in 1961), the Champion of Champions Cup ( ...

: 1 ::2003 *

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: 2 ::2009, 2011

International

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: 1 *''Champions 1991'' ''*Finalists 1982'' ''*Quarter finalists 1981, 1983, 1988, 1999 & 2002'' ''*Second Round 1989, 1994, 2015'' ''*First Round 2013'' *

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:1 *''Champions'' ''1983'' *

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

*''Quarter finalists 1985 *Second Round 1998, 2001 & 2012 *First Round 1995''

Performance in CAF competitions

: 3 appearances ::

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– Second Round ::

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

– First Round ::

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– Second Round *

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: 2 appearances ::

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– Second Round ::

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– First Round *

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 10 appearances ::1981 – Quarter-finals ::1982 – ''Finalist'' ::1986 – Quarter-finals ::1988 – Second Round ::1989 – Second Round ::1991 – Champion ::1992 – Second Round ::1994 – First Round ::1999 – Quarter-finals ::2003 – Quarter-finals

Squad

Coaches

Fred Mwila Sr Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico R ...

(Coach) *

Ben Bamfuchile Ben Bamfuchile (12 April 1960 – 27 December 2007), also known as Ben Pabili, was a Zambian football defender and coach. Bamfuchile played for the Nkana Red Devils in the 1980s and later coached the same team, as well as the Zambia national fo ...

(Coach) ''(late)'' * Aggrey Chiyangi (Coach) *

Jones Mwewa Jones Mwewa (12 March 1973 – 18 November 2011) was a Zambian footballer who was part of the Zambian squad that finished third in the 1996 African Cup of Nations. Career Mwewa played club football for Railway Express Power Dynamos and Konkola ...

(Assistant) ''(late)'' *

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(Coach) *

Alex Chola Alexander “Alex” Chola (6 June 1956 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and coach. Voted Zambian Footballer of the Year in 1976, he is regarded as one of the greatest Zambian players in history and is the country's second highest go ...

(Coach) ''(late)'' (1985–90), (1992–93) * Jimmy Bone (Coach) (1988-91) * Gaston Mutobo (Coach) (1999-2000) *

Mohamed Fathy Mohamed Fathy is an Egyptian football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Pyramids FC since 2018. He was called to the Egypt national football team by Héctor Cúper for the match against Uganda for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificat ...

(Coach) (2009) * Tenant Chilumba (Coach) (2014–16) * Dan Kabwe (Coach) (2016–18) * Kelvin Kaindu (Coach) (2018–19) * Fordson Kabole (Coach) (2019) * Gaston Mutobo (Coach) (2019) *

Perry Mutapa Perry Mutapa (born 18 November 1979 in Lusaka) is a Zambian association football, football midfielder. He was part of the Zambia national football team, Zambian 2000 African Nations Cup team, who finished third in group C in the first round of c ...

(Coach) (2020-2021 * Masautso Phiri * Mwenya Chipepo (present)

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in Zambia Association football clubs established in 1971 1971 establishments in Zambia Kitwe African Cup Winners Cup winning clubs {{Zambia-footyclub-stub