Mighty Wanderers FC
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Full name | Mighty Wanderers Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Nomads | ||
Founded | 1962 | ||
Ground | Balaka Stadium, Kamuzu Stadium Blantyre | ||
Capacity | 65,000 | ||
Chairman | Gift Mkandawire | ||
Manager | |||
Coach | Bob Mpinganjira | ||
League | TNM Super League | ||
TNM Super League, 2 3rd of 16 | |||
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Mighty Wanderers Football Club is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Blantyre. They currently play in Malawi's TNM Super League.
History[]
The Mighty Wanderers FC is one of the more successful teams in the Malawi Premier Division, based in Blantyre. They have won 6 titles in the league. In 2005 and 2006 their leading striker, Aggrey Kanyenda was the top goal scorer in the 2005–06 season.[1]
Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was previously known as Limbe Leaf Wanderers, Telecom Wanderers, MTL Wanderers, Be Forward Wanderers.
In 2014, the club won a sponsorship of about 70 million Malawi Kwacha from Be Forward, a Japanese Car Exporter.[2]
In 2017, coached by , Wanderers won their first league title in 11 years.
In January 2021, Wanderers will change its name again after the Japanese second-hand car dealers, Be Forward, concludes its sponsorship contract.[3]
Achievements[]
- 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2017
- : 1
- 2004
- :1
- 1999
- Malawi FAM Cup: 2
- 2005,2015
- Malawi Charity Shield: 2
- 2004, 2006
- Bingu Cup: 1
- 2008
Performance in CAF competitions[]
- CAF Champions League: 4 appearances
- 1997 – Preliminary Round
- 1998 – First Round
- 1999 – First Round
- 2018 – Preliminary Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 2000 – First Round
Players[]
Current squad[]
- As of 14 November 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References[]
- ^ "Mighty Wanderers F.C". Soccer Way.
- ^ Nomads Seal be Forward sponsorship deal and renamed the club to Mighty Be Forward Wanderers Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wanderers to change name, colours as BE Forward departs". malawi24.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
External links[]
- Football clubs in Malawi
- Association football clubs established in 1962
- Blantyre
- 1962 establishments in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland