Zambia | World Cup | Competitions
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4‑2 | 1‑2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2 | 1‑0‑1 | 5‑4 | |||
| 2022 | 2‑1 | 0‑2 | 0‑2 | 1‑1 | 4‑0 | 1‑3 | 6 | 2‑1‑3 | 8‑9 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2018 | 1‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑2 | 1‑1 | 3‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 2‑2 | 8 | 4‑2‑2 | 11‑7 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2014 | 3‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 4‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑2 | 6 | 3‑2‑1 | 11‑4 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2010 | 0‑1 | 0‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑2 | 0‑1 | 0‑1 | 0‑0 | 10 | 3‑3‑4 | 4‑6 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2006 | 4‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 0‑1 | 1‑0 | 3‑2 | 2‑0 | 1‑4 | 2‑1 | 0‑1 | 5‑0 | 12 | 7‑2‑3 | 21‑11 | Did not qualify |
| 2002 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑2 | 2‑0 | 0‑1 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑3 | 2‑2 | 4‑2 | 10 | 5‑2‑3 | 16‑11 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1998 | 0‑2 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 0‑0 | 2‑2 | 3‑0 | 0‑3 | 2‑0 | 8 | 3‑2‑3 | 10‑8 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 1994 | 2‑0 | 4‑0 | 0‑2 | 3‑1 | 4‑0 | 3‑1 | 2‑1 | 0‑0 | 4‑0 | 0‑1 | 10 | 7‑1‑2 | 22‑6 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1990 | 0‑1 | 4‑2 | 1‑0 | 2‑1 | 0‑1 | 0‑1 | 6 | 3‑0‑3 | 7‑6 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1986 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 4‑1 | 1‑1 | 0‑2 | 0‑1 | 6 | 2‑1‑3 | 8‑6 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1982 | 0‑0 | 4‑0 | 0‑2 | 2‑0 | 4 | 2‑1‑1 | 6‑2 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1978 | 4‑0 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 4‑2 | 0‑2 | 0‑0 | 6 | 3‑1‑2 | 9‑5 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1974 | 0‑0 | 6‑1 | 0‑0 | 4‑2 | 2‑0 | 2‑2 | 4‑0 | 0‑2 | 1‑2 | 0‑2 | 10 | 4‑3‑3 | 19‑11 | Did not qualify | ||
| 1970 | 4‑2 | 2‑4 | 2 | 1‑0‑1 | 6‑6 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| Home games in bold. Data from RSSSF. | ||||||||||||||||