Zanaco football Club has won the 2016 MTN/FAZ super League. The Bankers have now won 7 titles surpassing the likes Green Buffaloes,Kabwe Warriors and Power Dynamos.
Zanaco FC beat Lumwana Radiants 1 nil to officially confirm their 7th title. Isaac Chansa struck in the 65th minute to take the Bankers to 75 points , three more than the highest points their closest rivals Zesco United can attain.
Sensational went into wednesday encounter needing only a point to win the league. The Bankers had a chance to win a double but lost the final of the Barclays cup last Saturday to last year’s league Champions Zesco United.
The lusaka based out-fit last won the league in 2012.It has been a great year for the sunset faithfuls as their club as been exceptional this year scoring a huge number of goals and just conceding a few. As a matter of fact Green Eagles remains as the only team to score at Sunset this year.
They are now the third most successful Zambian club in terms of league championships behind Nkana and Mufulira Wanderers who have twelve and nine titles respectively. Their previous titles were won in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012.
The Bankers, who were unchallenged at the top
of the standings since Week 15 when they
displaced Nkana into second place, became
certain of winning the league when they came
from behind to defeat Napsa Stars 2-1 at Sunset Stadium a week ago but they needed a single point from any of their remaining three matches to confirm their title.
Their last two matches are both away from home against Mufulira Blackpool and Nkwazi on 3rd and 10th December respectively.
They will receive the trophy on Saturday, 3rd
December after their Week 34 match with
Mufulira Blackpool at Shinde Stadium, live on
Super Sport.
