Football in Mozambique
Football in Mozambique | |
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Country | Mozambique |
Governing body | Mozambican Football Federation |
National team(s) | men's national team |
National competitions | |
Club competitions | |
International competitions | |
African Cup of Nations (National Team) |
The
History
Since the arrival of
Already since 1922 regular championships in Mozambique were played out, at first only as a district championship of Lourenço Marques (today Maputo), from 1956 as the national championship of the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique.
In 1975, Mozambique became independent from Portugal, and in 1976 the National Football Association of the Republic of Mozambique, the Mozambican Football Federation was founded. Since then, FMF has been directing football leagues in the country and is responsible for the national football teams.
Domestic football
Since 1976, FMF has organized the country's top division, the Campeonato Moçambicano de Futebol, better known as Moçambola. Record champions are each with nine titles founded in 1924 Clube Ferroviário de Maputo and existing since 1955 CD Costa do Sol. In 2014, for the fourth time in five years, the league Muçulmana became national champion.
The moçambola's three last-placed clubs are relegated to the second division, the single-track Segunda Divisão with 21 clubs. Under this second league follow the eleven supreme leagues of the football associations of the eleven Mozambican provinces.
The national trophy of the FMF, the Taça de Moçambique, has been played since 1978. The first winner was CD Maxaquene, who won the cup nine times (as of December 2014). However, the CD Costa do Sol is also in the cup competition record champion, with 11 won trophies. In 2013 and 2014, the Clube Ferroviário da Beira won the trophy.
Mozambique clubs have often played in the CAF Champions League and the African Cup Winners' Cup. So far, however, none of the clubs could win a title there (as of January 2015)
National team
The Mozambican national football team has participated in FIFA tournaments since the 1980 FIFA World Cup finals. So far they have not qualified for a World Cup.
Mozambique has already participated in the
For the African Nations Championships Mozambique could qualify in 2014 for the first time, but retired there in the preliminary round.
At the Nations Cup of Southern Africa, the COSAFA Cup, Mozambique participated in each edition so far. The best placement reached his selection thereby with the second place in the year 2009 (conditions: 2014).
Mozambique also took part in every edition of the football tournaments in the framework of the Jogos da Lusofonia, the "
In December 2014, Mozambique finished 98th in the FIFA World Ranking. The highest FIFA placement reached by the national team in November 1997 with the 66th place, the worst in July 2005 with the 134th place. Chiquinho Conde head coach of the Mozambique national team until 2026
Women's football
The women's Mozambique national football team took part in the first
In December 2014, Mozambique finished 133rd in the FIFA Women's World Ranking.
Felice Lemos caused quite a stir in 2013. She was known as the first female coach of a male football team, when she took over the first team of the club Zixaxa in the capital Maputo. She reported a lot of encouragement from the players and the fans, but she also experienced misogynist discrimination on the part of her coaches colleagues.<ref>"Futebol no feminino em Maputo - Moçambique - DW - 18.04.2013". DW.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
League system
Level |
League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||||||
1 |
Moçambola | |||||||||||
↓↑ 3 clubs | ||||||||||||
2 |
Mozambican Provincial Leagues |
Football stadiums in Mozambique
# | Stadium | Capacity | City | Tenants | Image |
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1 | Estádio da Machava | 45,000 | Maputo | ||
2 | Estádio do Zimpeto | 42,000 | Maputo | Mozambique national football team | |
3 | Estádio do Maxaquene | 15,000 | Maputo | ||
4 | Estádio do Costa do Sol | 10,000 | Maputo | CD Costa do Sol |
See also
References
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- ^ "Out of Africa: the story of Eusebio's roots in Mozambique". 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Eusebio: The Black Pearl". 10 April 2002. Retrieved 16 December 2017 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Hayward, Paul (5 June 2010). "From Africa to posterity: How Eusébio lit up the World Cup". Retrieved 16 December 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Eusebio obituary: Footballer acknowledged as one of the greatest ever". 5 January 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2017.