2022–23 Zambia Super League

Zambia Super League

Season	2022–23
Dates	20 August 2022 – 27 May 2023
Matches played	259
Goals scored	523 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kennedy Musonda
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 15 April 2023.

The 2022–23 Zambia Super League, known as the MTN Super League for sponsorship purposes, is the 62nd season of the top-tier association football league in Zambia which began on 20 August 2022. Red Arrows are the defending champions.

Teams

The league is composed of 18 teams; the 15 teams from the previous season and the promoted teams: Muza, NAPSA Stars, Nchanga Rangers and Lumwana Radiants.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Buildcon	Ndola	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium	49,800
Chambishi	Chambishi	Chambishi Stadium	5,000
Forest Rangers	Ndola	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium	49,800
Green Buffaloes	Lusaka	Independence Stadium	30,000
Green Eagles	Lusaka	Independence Stadium	30,000
Kabwe Warriors	Kabwe	Godfrey Chitalu Stadium	10,000
Kansanshi Dynamos	Solwezi	Solwezi Stadium	5,000
Lumwana Radiants	Solwezi	Lumwana Football Pitch	3,000
Muza	Mazabuka	Nakambala Stadium	5,000
Napsa Stars	Lusaka	Nkoloma Stadium	5,000
Nchanga Rangers	Chingola	Nchanga Stadium	20,000
Nkana FC	Kitwe	Nkana Stadium	10,000
Nkwazi FC	Lusaka	Edwin Imboela Stadium	6,000
Power Dynamos	Kitwe	Arthur Davies Stadium	15,500
Prison Leopards	Kabwe	Godfrey Chitalu Stadium	10,000
Red Arrows	Lusaka	Nkoloma Stadium	5,000
Zanaco	Lusaka	Sunset Stadium	5,100
ZESCO United	Ndola	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium	49,800

Ndola

Chambishi

Lusaka

Kabwe Warriors
Prison Leopards

Kansanshi Dynamos
Lumwana Radiants

Muza

Nchanga Rangers

Kitwe

Kitwe teams

Nkana FC
Power Dynamos

Ndola teams

Buildcon
Forest Rangers
ZESCO United

Lusaka teams

Green Buffaloes
Green Eagles
Napsa Stars
Nkwazi FC
Red Arrows
Zanaco

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Locations of the 2022–23 Zambia Super League teams

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Power Dynamos	28	13	13	2	37	13	+24	52	Qualification for Champions League
2	Napsa Stars	29	12	9	8	35	22	+13	45	Qualification for Confederation Cup
3	Green Buffaloes	29	10	15	4	33	23	+10	45
4	Red Arrows	29	11	11	7	34	27	+7	44
5	Muza	29	12	8	9	28	25	+3	44
6	ZESCO United	29	11	10	8	37	24	+13	43
7	Forest Rangers	29	10	13	6	27	20	+7	43
8	Nkana	29	10	12	7	29	23	+6	42
9	Green Eagles	29	12	6	11	32	31	+1	42
10	Prison Leopards	29	9	13	7	32	30	+2	40
11	Kabwe Warriors	29	8	13	8	27	23	+4	37
12	Kansanshi Dynamos	28	8	12	8	24	26	−2	36
13	Nchanga Rangers	29	8	11	10	29	35	−6	35
14	Nkwazi	29	8	10	11	26	26	0	34
15	Zanaco	29	8	10	11	25	28	−3	34	Relegation to Zambian Division One
16	Lumwana Radiants	29	7	10	12	26	31	−5	31
17	Chambishi	28	8	4	16	28	47	−19	28
18	Buildcon (R)	28	2	4	22	14	69	−55	10

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2023. Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BUI	CHA	FOR	BUF	EAG	KAB	KAN	LUM	MUZ	NAP	NCH	NKA	NKW	POW	PRI	RED	ZAN	ZES
Buildcon	—	1–2	0–5	20 May	0–3	26 Apr	0–4	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–4	0–5	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–6
Chambishi	27 May	—	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	13 May	1–0	1–2	26 Apr	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–0
Forest Rangers	1–1	2–0	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	26 Apr	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	13 May	1–0	1–1	1–0	27 May
Green Buffaloes	1–0	2–0	1–1	—	0–1	13 May	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	27 May	26 Apr
Green Eagles	4–0	0–2	29 Apr	0–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	20 May	2–1	0–0
Kabwe Warriors	1–1	20 May	0–1	2–2	2–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	29 Apr	0–0
Kansanshi Dynamos	16 Apr	2–3	2–2	29 Apr	2–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	20 May	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0
Lumwana Radiants	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	—	27 May	1–0	1–1	0–0	20 May	0–0	29 Apr	1–0	1–1	1–1
Muza	29 Apr	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	20 May	1–0
Napsa Stars	5–0	1–2	20 May	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	29 Apr	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	3–1	1–2	2–1
Nchanga Rangers	1–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	27 May	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	26 Apr	1–1	2–2	2–1	13 May
Nkana	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	26 Apr	0–0	27 May	2–1	1–0	13 May	3–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0
Nkwazi	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	27 May	1–1	0–1	3–0	13 May	0–1	2–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–1	29 Apr	0–0	0–1
Power Dynamos	4–0	16 Apr	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	29 Apr	1–1	—	20 May	4–0	0–0	1–1
Prison Leopards	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	13 May	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	27 May	1–0	0–0	26 Apr	0–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–1
Red Arrows	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	13 May	26 Apr	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	27 May	3–1	—	0–0	0–3
Zanaco	13 May	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	26 Apr	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	—	1–0
ZESCO United	3–2	29 Apr	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	20 May	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2023. Source: BetExplorer
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top goalscorers

Rank.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kennedy Musonda	Power Dynamos FC	11
2	Andy Boyeli	Chambishi FC	6
	Moyela Libanda	Forest Rangers FC
	Andrew Phiri	Maestro United
	Lubinda Mundia	Prison Leopards F.C.

External links

• 2022–23 League season summary via BetExplorer.com
• 2022–23 League season summary via RSSSF