The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has begun the process of establishing a football league system that will run as an independent body from Football House.
The Zambian Super League and lower divisions have always been run by the country’s soccer governing body but FAZ president Andrew Kamanga announced today that steps are being taken to separate the two entities so that they can run independently.
Kamanga says it is part of his vision for Zambian football that the country can have a strong and sound football league system that will be professionally run separately from FAZ with its own secretariat.
And the FAZ chief says the association is looking at introducing District and Provincial leagues as a way of casting the net wider than the traditional ‘Line of Rail’ concentration.
Kamanga disclosed this in a statement below posted on his Facebook page.
Our Foundation is solid, our vision is attainable and the game of soccer is headed for greater heights in the coming years. I ran for the office of FAZ president on a vision of developing the sport that we all love. I shared the score acronym which highlighted my priority for the game.
Today i want to zero in on the first letter;
S-Structure of the League
For Zambian football to attain any height at all, we must have a strong and sound football league system that will run separately from the FA.
To that effect, we have started the process of de-linking the running of the league from FAZ and the re introduction of youth developmental teams.
We should be introducing the Zambian School league as a way of tapping talent from a tender age.
We are looking at introducing District and Provincial leagues as a way of casting the net wider than the traditional ‘Line of Rail’ concentration. This will culminate into us having developmental District and Provincial Teams from under 11 years for both male and female.
The league will be professionally run separate from FAZ with its own secretariat.