The Zambia Under-17 Women National Team have left for a pre-World Cup camp in Morocco where they will set up base in Rabat.
Coach Carol Kanyemba’s princesses left aboard an Air Link at 14h20 and will have a connecting flight in Johannesburg enroute to Rabat via Paris.
The Copper Princesses will play China on 9 October in an international friendly match with another game on the cards before the commencement of the tournament. Zambia is in Group D at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, where they will face Japan, France and Venezuela.
The tournament will be staged in Morocco from 17 October to 7 November.
FULL SQUAD
(GOALKEEPERS)
Decent Mbewe (National Assembly), Bukata Kakumbi (Police Doves Queens), Winfridah Mutale (The Elite Ladies).
(DEFENDERS)
Faith Kaunda, Gift Mazimba Esther Ngabwe (all The Elite Ladies), Beatrice Njobvu (Red Arrows), Susan Mulungwa (Green Eagles Women), Ethel Njobvu (Young Buffaloes).
(MIDFIELDERS)
Taonga Mubanga, Veronica Phiri (both Yasa Queens), Precious Mwewa, Dorcas Mulosha (both Candice Girls Academy), Lillian Mwenda, Agness Mwaka (both Elite Ladies).
(STRIKERS)
Grace Phiri (Indeni Roses), Prodia Mwiinga (Choma Warriors), Phidah Muzuwa (The Elite Ladies), Elizabeth Mofya (Green Buffaloes), Faith Kapilingo (The Elite Ladies), Jessica Johnson (Aston Villa U21).
