CD Maxaquene

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 in 1975, CD Maxaquene were known as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques or simply Sporting de Lourenço Marques (Lourenço Marques being the name for Maputo before independence), and was an affiliate team of Lisbon-based Sporting Clube de Portugal. Under this name, the legendary Eusébio played for the club.[2]

CD Maxaquene
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Full nameClube de Desportos do Maxaquene
Nickname(s)Maxaca
FoundedMay 20th, 1920
GroundEstádio do Maxaquene
Maputo, Mozambique
Capacity15.000
ChairmanJosé Solomone Cossa
ManagerChiquinho Conde
LeagueMoçambola
201912th (relegation)
WebsiteClub website

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.[3]

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Maxaquene, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.[4]

Achievements
1984, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2012
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
2004 – First Round
1987 – Preliminary Round
2011 – Preliminary Round
1998 – First Round
2003 – First Round

Performance in African competitions
Best: 2003–04 Preliminary Round – Lost against Amazulu 7–4 on aggregate
Best: 2002–03 First Round – Lost against Black Rhinos 1–1 on aggregate
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Mozambique MOZ Soarito
— DF Mozambique MOZ Campira
— DF Mozambique MOZ Gabito
— DF Zimbabwe ZIM Eusebio
— DF Mozambique MOZ Vovote
— DF Mozambique MOZ Narciso
— DF Mozambique MOZ Fanuel
— MF Zimbabwe ZIM Liberty
— MF Mozambique MOZ Kito
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Mozambique MOZ Dário Chissano
— MF South Africa RSA Mfiki
— MF Mozambique MOZ Josemar
— MF Mozambique MOZ Genito
— MF South Africa RSA Marvin Oakes
— MF Mozambique MOZ Paíto
— FW Mozambique MOZ Tony Afonso
— FW Mozambique MOZ Pelembe

Former coaches

References
  1. Africa UPENN
  2. "Eusébio: "O Sporting de Lourenço de Marques era um clube de elite, um clube da polícia, que não gostava das pessoas de cor"". Tribuna Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  3. Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques – Uma breve história no 99º aniversário da sua fundação – 6 de Maio de 1920 (in Portuguese).
  4. "World Stadiums". Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2006-01-05.
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