C.D. Maxaquene

CD Maxaquene

Full name	Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene
Nickname(s)	Maxaca
Founded	20 de Maio de 1920
Ground	Estádio do Maxaquene Maputo, Mozambique
Ground Capacity	15.000
Chairman	Jose Solomone Cossa
Manager	Chiquinho Conde
League	Moçambola
2014	6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Maxaquene, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.^[2]

Achievements

• Campeonato de Moçambique: (5)

1984, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2012

• Taça de Moçambique: (9)

1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2010

• Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique:

1960, 1962

• District Championship of Lourenço Marques: (9)

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

• 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.

No. Position Player GK Soarito DF Campira DF Gabito DF Eusebio DF Vovote DF Narciso DF Fanuel MF Liberty MF Kito

No. Position Player MF Dário Chissano MF Mfiki MF Josemar MF Genito MF Marvin Oakes MF Paíto FW Tony Afonso FW Pelembe

Famous players

• Eusébio (1957–60)
• Hilário (19??–58)

• Bwirabuchiza Shamavu

• Godfrey Makande (2008-2009)
• Liberty Ndandzunira (2008-2010)^[3]
• Michael Nhamukasa (2008)

Former coaches

• Litos (2009)

References