CD Maxaquene

The Clube de Desportos because Maxaquene, often abbreviated Maxacca, a sports club from the capital of Mozambique, Maputo, formerly Lourenço Marques as is known. The club was founded in 1920 by the Portuguese under the name Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques primarily as a football club. The most famous football player in club history is Eusébio, who with SL Benfica won the European Cup in the 1960s and record scorer in the World Cup of 1966 was.

You football teams of the club have won numerous championships since 1922 and Maxaquene also counts today among the top teams in the country. Besides football, the club also operates successfully handball and basketball. The basketball team won in the colonial period several times the Cup of Portugal, and giants of today Mozambique. also won both the men's and women's teams the African Cup of Champions.

General Club history / Football

The association goes back to the high school students October 5 ( Liceu 5 de Outubro ), the 1915 football team formed and named in tribute to the Lisbon club Sporting. Five years later, the club was officially founded. In the statutes of the association of 20 May 1920 is noted as the founding date; on the letterhead of the SC Lourenço Marques was in the 1950 May 1, 1920. , the club became a partner at the sixth club to the Lisssaboner Sporting Clube de Portugal and took the name with pride 6 ª Branch do SCP. The club crest was the Lion of Sporting, the colors were just as green and white, horizontally striped jerseys as well.

Sporting remained throughout its history a club of the people who sent the Portuguese motherland to manage its colony. Coaches and players - - In the main, the members recruited primarily from the police and the SMAE, the Serviço Municipalizado de Água e Electricidade, the public sector such as urban water and electricity works. African- Africans needed either extraordinary talent, just as Eusébio, or someone who supported their inclusion.

1922, the club first city of Lourenço Marques was champion. In the discharged until 1961 competition followed by eight more tracks. The first title in a the entire Provcia de Moçambique Championship unfassenden succeeded the Brussels residents in 1960.

After independence in 1976, the club renamed to Sporting Clube de Maputo. Only two years later it was renamed the Clube de Desportes do Maxaquene because the club is located in the same name, close to the center of Maputo district. In addition, the club colors were changed to blue - white-red.

The most successful period in the club's history was the 1980s, when reach 1984 to 1986 three championships in a row. Last Maxaquene was 2012 winner of the Mozambican League, Moçambola.

The greatest international success was the 1995 semi-finals of the African Cup Winners' Cup.

Achievements

  • Cup of Mozambique: (7 ) 1960, 1962, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2012.
  • City championship of Lourenço Marques: (9) 1922, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1960
  • Cup of Mozambique: (9) 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2010
  • Taça de Honra de Maputo: (1) 2006

Placements

Placements since the introduction of the single-track National League:

Performance in international competitions

  • CAF Champions League: 2 participations
  • African Cup Winners' Cup: 8 participations
  • CAF Cup: 2 appearances

Stadium

The club plays its home matches at the 15,000 -seat Estádio do Maxaquene.

Basketball

1968, 1971, and in 1973 won the basketball team of the club the championship, and the 1961 Cup of Portugal. Maxaquene has since 1978 also 18 -time champions of Mozambique. 1985 CD Maxaquene won the Taça de Champ Africanos de basquetebol, the Africa Cup of Champions. Star the club's history is Simão Mataveia.

  • Championships: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2010

The Basketball Women of the club have won numerous titles - including 1991, once the African Cup of Champions. As the leading player in club history applies Aurélia Manave.

Handball

The handball section was founded in 1977 and the following year took part in the first team in competitions. Back in 1983, won the championship Maxaquene of Mozambique. In later years the club won some African Zone Championships. Since 1980, the Maxaquene Handball operates on women's and youth level and must also demonstrate here successful.

Other sports

In the 1950s, the swimming at SC Lourenço Marques was very popular. Approximately in the 1950s and 1960s also operational Sporting roller hockey ( Hóquei em Patins ), one on the entire Iberian peninsula very popular sport, but could not achieve a significant title here.

Roller hockey (Quad)
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