{{Short description|Zambian football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Green Buffaloes | image = Green Buffaloes FC.jpg | upright = 0.8 | fullname = Green Buffaloes Football Club | nickname = {{ubl|GBFC|Mboo|International Buffalo|Go, fight and Conquer}} | founded = {{start date and age|1965}} (''as Zambian Army F.C.'') | ground = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]] | capacity = 30,000 | chairman = [[lieutenant colonel|Lt.Col]] Jack Mbewe | manager = Masauso Tembo | league = [[Zambia Super League]] | season = [[2024–25 Zambia Super League|2024–25]] | current = | position = 7th | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 228B22 | body1 = 228B22 | rightarm1 = 228B22 | shorts1 = 228B22 | socks1 = 228B22 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF }}
'''Green Buffaloes Football Club''' is a Zambian professional [[football team|football club]] based in [[Lusaka]] that competes in the [[Zambia Super League]], the top flight of [[Zambian football]]. Founded in 1965 as the '''Zambian Army Football Club''', an [[association football]] extension of the [[Zambian Army]], it plays its home matches at the [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]].
Having previously dominated Zambian football from the early 1970s until the late 1990s, it is one of the country's most successful club winning every single current and historic title on offer. This collection includes 5 League Cups, 4 Shield Challenge Cups, 3 [[Zambian Charity Shield|Charity Shields]], 2 Heroes and Unit Cups, 3 [[History of football cup competitions in Zambia#Champion of Champions Cup|Champion of Champions Cups]] and one of the [[Zambian Challenge Cup]], [[History of football cup competitions in Zambia#Mosi Cup|Mosi Cup]] and [[ABSA Cup|Barclays/ABSA Cup]].
Green Buffaloes is among four Zambian teams to have won three league titles in a row. In 1975 and 1979, the club won [[treble (association football)|the domestic treble]] of the League, Champion of Champions and Shield Challenge Cup titles.
==Honours== {| class="wikitable" !Competition !Year(s) Won |- |League |1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 |- |Shell and BP Challenge Cup |1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 |- |[[Zambian Charity Shield|Charity Shield]] |1974, 1978, 1980 |- |[[History of football cup competitions in Zambia#Champion of Champions Cup|Champion of Champions Cup]] |1975, 1979, 1982 |- |Heroes and Unity Cup |1978, 1986 |- |[[Zambian Challenge Cup|BP Challenge Cup]] |1985 |- |[[History of football cup competitions in Zambia#Mosi Cup|Mosi Cup]] |2005 |- |[[ABSA Cup|Barclays/ABSA Cup]] |2015 |}
==Performances in CAF competitions== *[[CAF Confederation Cup]] ::[[2006 CAF Confederation Cup|2006]] – preliminary round ::[[2010 CAF Confederation Cup|2010]] – first round ::[[2017 CAF Confederation Cup|2017]] – preliminary round ::[[2018 CAF Confederation Cup|2018]] – preliminary round
== References== *[http://zambianfootball.co.zm/green-buffaloes-ponder-signing-foreign-players Green Buffaloes ponder signing foreign players] – zambianfootball.co.zm
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.greenbuffaloesfc.com}}
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