# Green Buffaloes F.C.

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Zambian football club

Football club

Green Buffaloes Full name Green Buffaloes Football Club Nicknames GBFC Mboo International Buffalo Go, fight and Conquer Founded 1965; 61 years ago (1965) (as Zambian Army F.C.) Ground Independence Stadium, Lusaka Capacity 30,000 Chairman Lt.Col Jack Mbewe Manager Masauso Tembo League Zambia Super League 2024–25 7th Home colours Away colours

**Green Buffaloes Football Club** is a Zambian professional [football club](/source/Football_team) based in [Lusaka](/source/Lusaka) that competes in the [Zambia Super League](/source/Zambia_Super_League), the top flight of [Zambian football](/source/Zambian_football). Founded in 1965 as the **Zambian Army Football Club**, an [association football](/source/Association_football) extension of the [Zambian Army](/source/Zambian_Army), it plays its home matches at the [Independence Stadium](/source/Independence_Stadium_(Zambia)).

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 [Charity Shields](/source/Zambian_Charity_Shield), 2 Heroes and Unit Cups, 3 [Champion of Champions Cups](/source/History_of_football_cup_competitions_in_Zambia#Champion_of_Champions_Cup) and one of the [Zambian Challenge Cup](/source/Zambian_Challenge_Cup), [Mosi Cup](/source/History_of_football_cup_competitions_in_Zambia#Mosi_Cup) and [Barclays/ABSA Cup](/source/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 [the domestic treble](/source/Treble_(association_football)) of the League, Champion of Champions and Shield Challenge Cup titles.

## Honours

Competition Year(s) Won League 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 Shell and BP Challenge Cup 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 Charity Shield 1974, 1978, 1980 Champion of Champions Cup 1975, 1979, 1982 Heroes and Unity Cup 1978, 1986 BP Challenge Cup 1985 Mosi Cup 2005 Barclays/ABSA Cup 2015

## Performances in CAF competitions

- [CAF Confederation Cup](/source/CAF_Confederation_Cup)

- - [2006](/source/2006_CAF_Confederation_Cup) – preliminary round - [2010](/source/2010_CAF_Confederation_Cup) – first round - [2017](/source/2017_CAF_Confederation_Cup) – preliminary round - [2018](/source/2018_CAF_Confederation_Cup) – preliminary round

## References

- [Green Buffaloes ponder signing foreign players](http://zambianfootball.co.zm/green-buffaloes-ponder-signing-foreign-players) – zambianfootball.co.zm

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.greenbuffaloesfc.com)

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