CD Maxaquene
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| Full name | Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Maxaca | ||
| Founded | May 20th, 1920 | ||
| Ground | Estádio do Maxaquene Maputo, Mozambique | ||
| Capacity | 15.000 | ||
| Chairman | José Solomone Cossa | ||
| Manager | Chiquinho Conde | ||
| League | Moçambola | ||
| 2019 | 12th (relegation) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene, usually known simply as Maxaquene, is a sports club based in Maputo, Mozambique. The club is nicknamed Maxaca. Currently besides football (soccer) there are two indoor sports namely basketball (CD Maxaquene Basketball) and handball. In such sports Maxaquene is only the club with the most national titles after independence.[1] Maxaquene won its first post-independence title in football, the Taça de Moçambique, in 1978. Prior to Mozambique's independence from Portugal, Maxaquene were known as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques or simply Sporting de Lourenço Marques (Lourenço Marques being the name for Maputo before independence). Under this name, the legendary Eusébio played for the club.
Name history[]
- 1920–76: Founded as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques.
- 1976–78: The club is renamed Sporting Clube de Maputo.
- 1978–present: The club is renamed Clube de Desportos Maxaquene. Between December 1981 and February 1982, the club took the name Asas de Moçambique.[2]
Stadium[]
The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Maxaquene, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.[3]
Achievements[]
- 1984, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2012
- Taça de Moçambique: (9)
- 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2010
- 1960, 1962
- 1922, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1960
- Taça de Honra de Maputo:
- 2006
Performance in CAF competitions[]
- CAF Champions League: 1 appearance
- 2004 – First Round
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance
- 1987 – Preliminary Round
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 2011 – Preliminary Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 8 appearances
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- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
- 1998 – First Round
- 2003 – First Round
Performance in African competitions[]
- CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
- Best: 2003–04 Preliminary Round – Lost against Amazulu 7–4 on aggregate
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
- Best: 2002–03 First Round – Lost against Black Rhinos 1–1 on aggregate
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 6 appearances
- Best: 1994–95 Semi-finals – Lost against Julius Berger 1–0 on aggregate
Current squad[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former coaches[]
Litos (2009)
References[]
- ^ Africa UPENN
- ^ Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques – Uma breve história no 99º aniversário da sua fundação – 6 de Maio de 1920.
- ^ "World Stadiums". Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2006-01-05.
- Football clubs in Mozambique
- Association football clubs established in 1978
- Sport in Maputo
- C.D. Maxaquene