Napsa Stars endured a nightmare season last campaign after suffering relegation but Kenyan international David ‘Calabar’ Owino is delighted to earn promotion that came along with a Cup win.The Pensioners beat newly crowned Zambian Super League champions Red Arrows in the Absa Cup final last Saturday to deny them the double and claim their first title since 2012.Calabar scoops top award in ZambiaThe former Gor Mahia defender was elated to be back in the Zambian top flight which hands players a better platform and is hoping the team can learn from their previous mistakes that led to their relegation.“As a player, I am happy to be back in the Super League at least there is more exposure there than in the National First Division. First of all, we won’t be under pressure. We have achieved the first objective which was to return to the Super League.As a team, I am sure we have a plan and we won’t repeat the same mistakes so that we don’t come back to the National League. But I am sure we will compete with the big boys,” Owino told African Football.Napsa Stars will now represent Zambia in the CAF Confederation Cup after the Absa Cup win where they knocked Gor Mahia out of the playoffs last time out to book a place in the Group Stages of the competition.Owino noted that they possess a squad that boast of players who have Super League experience as he admitted that the Absa Cup final against Red Arrows was a challenging game.Zesco United head coach provides Vincent Oburu’s transfer update“I believe we are in Division One just because of a slip-up. If you look at the majority of players in our team, we have all-seasoned players who have been in the Premier League before.”I think the game was tough. They are truly champions and we had to dig deep and luckily that is how we were able to win. As a player, you always want to win something and I am happy to have been part of it on Saturday and now I have added to the three that I have already won,” added Owino.
