Zambia Super League Football: Table, Fixtures, Results, Champions and African Kick Off Times

The Zambia Super League is the top football division in Zambia, branded the MTN Super League, and Power Dynamos won the title in 2025-26, their ninth, ahead of Red Arrows. It had 18 clubs in 2025-26, and the 2026 transition league, with 20 clubs in two streams of 10, was scheduled to start on 12 September 2026, ahead of the first full calendar year season in March 2027. South African readers who know it as Zambian soccer can trace the competition through its table, title history and routes into CAF tournaments.

Changing a league calendar is a bit like a Lagos family moving its December owambe to March: everybody still turns up, but the invitations need explaining. Zambia's transition brings two streams and a championship final into the picture. The table, fixtures and results explain the sporting stakes, while the title records and player connections offer Nigerian, Kenyan, Ugandan, Ghanaian and South African supporters routes into the Zambian game.

How Do You Read the Zambia Super League Table, Fixtures and Results?

The Zambia Super League table ranks every club by points and updates itself after each match, so the order you see on the Zambia Super League table reflects completed results. Read the table or log by checking points first, followed by goal difference and the remaining rules that separate tied clubs. During the 2026 transition league, the 20 clubs occupy two streams of 10. Leading a stream earns a place in the championship final, making each stream a distinct contest.

For Zambian match dates, opponents and local viewing times, consult the Zambia Super League fixtures. Meetings involving Nkana, Power Dynamos and Mufulira Wanderers offer a way to explore the Copperbelt's football history. Dates can move when clubs have continental commitments, so checking a Zambian fixture close to matchday keeps your plans on track.

The Zambia Super League results group completed matches by round and record each date, pairing and full time score. Compare those scores with the standings to understand how a Zambian club has earned its points. Home and away results add context to the table, rather like checking both the fuel gauge and the traffic before leaving Lekki in the evening.

Games played deserve attention alongside points. If two Zambian clubs have completed different numbers of fixtures, their totals describe different amounts of football. A match still to be played offers an opportunity to collect points, but those points belong in the comparison only after the result is recorded. For supporters following a potential CAF opponent from Nigeria or East Africa, reading games played, goals scored and goals conceded together gives a fuller picture than the club's place alone.

How Do You Read the Zambia Super League Scoring Charts, and Where Are the African Connections?

The Zambia Super League stats contain the scoring charts, assists and discipline records, with updates after each round. Read each scoring total alongside appearances and the team's wider goal distribution, since another completed match can change the order. A Zambian club relying on one forward presents a different scoring profile from a team whose goals are shared across several players.

Individual careers make Zambia's connections across African football easier to trace. Patson Daka played for Nchanga Rangers and Power Dynamos before joining Red Bull Salzburg in 2017. Fashion Sakala played for Nchanga Rangers and Zanaco before moving to Spartak Moscow in 2017. Those named clubs give supporters in South Africa, Ghana and elsewhere specific starting points for exploring the Zambian roots of international players.

For Nigerian supporters, CAF club ties provide another connection with Zambian football. When a Nigerian side draws Zambian opposition, the scoring charts help identify the players contributing goals for that opponent. Kenyan, Ugandan and Ghanaian supporters can use the same approach when their clubs meet Zambian teams in continental competition.

Use the charts to frame questions about how a Zambian team creates chances. Where the data separates penalties from other goals, that distinction helps explain a forward's total. Assists can point towards the players supplying the final pass, while appearances show how much opportunity each player has had to contribute. These measures become more useful together: a leading scorer identifies an attacking contribution, and the surrounding figures help African supporters understand the team supporting it.

What Time Do Zambia Super League Matches Kick Off in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and South Africa?

Zambia keeps the same clock as South Africa, so a Zambia Super League kick off time reads the same in SAST, one hour earlier in WAT, one hour later in EAT and two hours earlier in GMT. As an example, a match kicking off at 15:00 in Zambia starts at 15:00 SAST in Johannesburg, 14:00 WAT in Lagos, 16:00 EAT in Nairobi and Kampala, and 13:00 GMT in Accra. None of those zones moves its clocks during the year, so the gap stays fixed across the whole season.

For Nigerian and Ghanaian readers, that time difference is kind to an afternoon fixture, because the match arrives earlier in your day rather than later. Kenyan and Ugandan readers sit an hour ahead, which can push an evening match closer to the end of the working day. South African readers have the simplest arrangement of all, since the time shown in Zambia is the time on your wall. Use the converted Zambian fixture time when arranging your viewing.

The Zambia Super League predictions pair match calls with probabilities and reference prices. Compare a call with the Zambian clubs' recorded results to understand its context. The accompanying kick off conversion helps supporters across the five countries plan when to follow the match.

How Can You Watch the MTN Super League in Africa?

TopStar is the broadcaster of the MTN Super League, under a five year deal signed in August 2025. Before that, SuperSport held the rights from 2007 to 2025, which is why many older references still name it as the home of Zambian league football. If you remember watching Zambian matches on that older arrangement, the change is worth knowing, because coverage under the new deal may reach your country through different channels. Where the league is shown, and on which package, varies from country to country.

Check listings for Zambian league coverage in your country before arranging a match night. Availability across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and South Africa can vary during a broadcast agreement. Where live coverage is unavailable, the Zambian fixtures establish the schedule, the results record completed games and the table shows their effect on the competition.

Match the listing to the exact Zambian fixture, including both club names and the date. Then distinguish the programme's start from the match's kick off, since a coverage window can include discussion before play. Supporters arranging a shared viewing across Accra, Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Kampala can circulate one fixture with all four time zones attached. That keeps the conversation centred on the same match and makes the timing clear for everyone joining.

How Does the Zambia Super League Work, and What Is the Transition League?

In a normal season, the Zambia Super League is a single table of clubs playing each other across the campaign, and the club with the most points at the end is champion. The 2025-26 season had 18 clubs, 14 returning from the previous campaign and four promoted from the National Division One. Zambia's standings connect the championship contest with continental qualification and relegation, giving supporters several races to follow.

The 2026 transition league is a bridge season that moves the league from an August to May calendar back to a March to November one. Its 20 clubs are split by their 2025-26 finishing positions into an odd position stream and an even position stream, each of 10 clubs, and the two stream winners meet in a single final to decide the champion. That means Power Dynamos, who finished first, and Red Arrows, who finished second, sit in different streams, so the two leading clubs of 2025-26 could only meet in that final.

The distinction changes how supporters should interpret the standings. Within each stream, points measure progress towards its final place. Comparing totals across the streams requires care because the clubs face different sets of opponents. A higher total in one stream does not itself settle the championship; the final provides that decision. For readers accustomed to following African club group stages, the useful habit is to establish which group or stream a result belongs to before assessing its effect.

How Do CAF Places and Relegation Work in the Zambian Super League?

When Zambia sits in the top 12 of CAF's five year ranking, the top four clubs in the Zambian Super League qualify for Africa. The top two enter the CAF Champions League and the next two enter the Confederation Cup. That ranking depends on how Zambian clubs perform in Africa over several seasons, so a good run by one club helps the clubs that follow it. Power Dynamos qualified for the 2026-27 CAF Champions League as champions of 2025-26, and Red Arrows qualified for the Confederation Cup.

The 2026 transition season brings one more route. The KCM Cup replaces the usual ABSA Cup during the transition, and its winner could take Zambia's 2027 Confederation Cup place, subject to official confirmation. The cup therefore adds a continental qualification question alongside the two league streams, with its outcome relevant to supporters following Zambia's representatives in Africa.

At the bottom, the three lowest clubs are relegated to the National Division One, and the top three clubs from that division are promoted. For a Zambian side seeking to climb towards safety, stronger home results and contributions from several scorers can improve its prospects. Compare its points with the safety places in the standings, then use the results to see where progress has been made.

Who Has Won the Zambia Super League, and Which Records Still Stand?

Nkana's record stood at 13 Zambia Super League titles through 2025-26, the highest total in the competition. Nkana were declared champions in 2019-20 after COVID-19 ended the season following 27 matches. Their championship history gives supporters across Africa a starting point for understanding the Kitwe club's place in Zambian football.

Power Dynamos won in 2022-23, 2024-25 and 2025-26, the last of those their ninth title. Red Arrows won in 2021-22 and 2023-24, and ZESCO United were champions in 2020-21. Those three clubs shared all six championships from 2020-21 to 2025-26, showing how established the leading clubs were across that period. A Lagos comparison would be the same few names always sitting at the top table at a family gathering.

Zambia's earlier champions provide another part of that history. Mufulira Wanderers secured consecutive championships in 1965, 1966 and 1967. Roan United's 1962 success marks them as the competition's first winners. The champions timeline below records the seven seasons from 2019-20 to 2025-26.

Which African Connections Shape the Zambia Super League, Country by Country?

Nigerian supporters can encounter Zambian clubs through draws in the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup. For an introduction to their title histories, Nkana had collected 13 championships through 2025-26, while Power Dynamos reached nine with their 2025-26 success. Red Arrows won in 2021-22 and 2023-24, and ZESCO United took the 2020-21 title. These dated achievements give context when a Nigerian club meets Zambian opposition.

For Kenyan and Ugandan supporters, continental draws can similarly bring East African clubs into contact with Zambian teams. Nkana, Power Dynamos and Mufulira Wanderers provide three Copperbelt club histories to explore. Ahead of a CAF meeting, compare the Zambian opponent's home and away results and the distribution of its goals to build a clearer picture of the team.

Ghanaian supporters can approach the competition through the same combination of club history and continental football, with GMT conversions making the viewing schedule easy to organise. South African supporters share Zambia's clock and can use that convenience to follow a club across successive fixtures. For both audiences, choosing one Zambian team and tracing its results, scorers and dated honours creates a more connected introduction than following isolated scores. Daka's and Sakala's career histories offer another route into the clubs that helped develop them.

When Does the Zambia Super League Season Start and End?

The 2026 transition league was scheduled to begin on 12 September 2026 and run through the closing months of the year, and the first full calendar year season is expected to begin in March 2027. From then, the Zambia Super League is moving to a March to November calendar. That is a return rather than a new idea, because before 2018 the league was played from March to December. The 2025-26 season, the last on the old calendar, ran from 16 August 2025 to 24 May 2026.

The announced calendar makes 2027 the intended starting point for full seasons running from March to November. For supporters arranging viewing from elsewhere in Africa, confirmed Zambian fixture dates provide the practical guide to the opening and closing stages.

Which Clubs Play in the Zambia Super League?

Nkana, Power Dynamos and Mufulira Wanderers connect the Zambia Super League with the Copperbelt and its championship history. ZESCO United won in 2020-21, while Red Arrows claimed the 2021-22 and 2023-24 championships. For supporters discovering Zambian football from another African country, these dated title records offer useful background to the clubs listed in the standings.

Promotion and relegation change Zambia's top flight membership, so consult the table for the clubs taking part this season. The 2026 transition competition was structured around 20 entrants. Movement from the National Division One gives promoted clubs a route to compete alongside Zambia's established championship winners.

When comparing two Zambian clubs before a meeting, separate their historical honours from the match evidence. Titles explain a club's place in the competition's story; completed results help describe its performances within the selected season. Check the dates and venues of previous meetings before drawing a conclusion from the scores. For African supporters following a familiar club into a CAF tie, this approach gives the Zambian opponent both its historical context and a fair reading of the available match data.

How Did the Zambia Super League Begin?

The Zambia Super League began in 1962 as the Northern Rhodesia National Football League, with Roan United taking the inaugural championship. That starting point places Roan United at the beginning of a club history that supporters across Africa can trace through the competition's winners.

Mufulira Wanderers added three successive titles between 1965 and 1967, while Nkana's championship collection reached 13 by the end of 2025-26. Following those dated achievements connects the league's early years with the clubs encountered in Zambian fixtures and CAF competitions.

A sponsorship agreement signed in 2018 established the MTN Super League branding. Zambia also changed its league calendar from March to December to August to May in 2018, before announcing the 2026 transition towards a March to November schedule. Read each confirmed fixture alongside its result and the relevant standings to follow how that Zambian competition develops.