The Tournament officially named Samuel “Zoom” Ndhlovu Memorial Cup since 2003 is a soccer season opener which brings up winners of the previous season to compete and open the gates for the rest. It’s been counted since 1967 .

The 2018 edition is hence the 52nd time the Charity shield will be held and Nkana still stand as the record holders with 15 shields adding to the the big record of winning the shield five times in a row from 1993 to 1997.

Kabwe Warriors who have also been very good in this season opener won the shield four times in a row and are second ranked with 7 shields. Power Dynamos have won it 6 times while Green Buffaloes follow closely on five.

Mufulira Wanderers and Zesco United share the shields on four with Nchanga Rangers and Zanaco on three each.

Red Arrows have won it twice with Ndola United and Vitaform getting it once.

Here is the distribution of the 51 shields as far back as 1967:

1967 Mufulira Wanderers
1968 Mufulira Wanderers
1969 Kabwe Warriors
1970 Kabwe Warriors
1971 Kabwe Warriors
1972 Kabwe Warriors
1973 Kabwe Warriors
1974 Green Buffaloes
1975 Red Arrows
1976 Mufulira Wanderers
1977 Mufulira Wanderers
1978 Green Buffaloes
1979 Nchanga Rangers
1980 Green Buffaloes
1981 Ndola United
1982 Rhokana United
1983 Nkana
1984 Nkana
1985 Nkana
1986 Vitafoam United
1987 Nkana
1988 Kabwe Warriors
1989 Nkana
1990 Nkana
1991 Nkana
1992 Kabwe Warriors
1993 Nkana
1994 Nkana
1995 Nkana
1996 Nkana
1997 Nkana
1998 Power Dynamos
1999 Nchanga Rangers
2000 Nkana
2001 Zanaco
2002 Nchanga Rangers
2003 Zanaco
2004 Power Dynamos
2005 Red Arrows
2006 Zanaco
2007 Zesco United
2008 Green Buffaloes
2009 Power Dynamos
2010 Green Buffaloes
2011 Zesco United
2012 Power Dynamos
2013 Power Dynamos
2014 Nkana
2015 Zesco United
2016 Power Dynamos
2017 Zesco United
2018??

Who will win the 2018 Edition?