Green Buffaloes F.C.

Green Buffaloes Football Club is a Zambia Army-sponsored football team which was founded in 1965 as Zambian Army and later changed to Green Buffaloes FC. Green Buffaloes is one of the successful club in the history of Zambian football and dominanted largely from the early '70s up to the late '90s.

Green Buffaloes
Full nameGreen Buffaloes Football Club
Nickname(s)Go, fight and Conquer GBFC, Mboo, International Buffalo
Founded1965
GroundIndependence Stadium, Lusaka
Capacity10,000
ChairmanCol. Kelvin Kanguma
ManagerBilton Kuba Musonda
LeagueZambian Premier League
20196th

The club is based in the capital city Lusaka, Zambia, that plays in the FAZ/MTN Super League, the top flight of Zambian football. It has won 5 League Cups, 4 Shield Challenge Cups, 3 Charity Shield Cups, 2 Heroes and Unit Cups, 3 Champions of Champions, 1 BP Challenge Cup, 1 Mosi Cup Champions and 1 Barclays Cup.

GBFC is among the four teams to have won three League trophies in succession. In 1975 Green Buffaloes won three trophies, winning the League, Champions of Champions and Shield Challenge Cup. The team later repeated the feat in 1979 by winning 3 trophies.

Honours

Trophies won by Green Buffaloes
Tournament Year Won
League Cups 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981
Shield Challenge Cup 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981
Charity Shield Trophies 1974, 1978, 1980
Champions of Champions 1975, 1979, 1982
Heroes and Unit Cup 1978, 1986
BP Challenge Cup 1985
Mosi Cup Champions 2005
Barclays Cup 2015


Performance in CAF competitions

  • CAF Confederation Cup
2006 – Preliminary Round
2010 – First Round
2017 – Preliminary Round
2018 – Preliminary Round

References


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