Grupo Desportivo de Maputo

Grupo Desportivo de Maputo, also briefly Desportivo Maputo or GDM, is a sports club based in Maputo, capital of Mozambique. The football team secured the 1957-2006 eight times the championship of Moçambique. The roller hockey team of the club counts with 15 won 1976-2010 National Championships to the top. In colonial times, they also won the championship three times of Portugal.

In Desportivo Maputo there are among other departments for athletics, basketball, indoor soccer, and swimming.

History

The club was founded on 31 May 1921 as Grupo Desportivo de Lourenço Marques Sá Couto by Professor José Maria Rodrigues, Alfredo Fragoso, Américo Costa, Martinho Carvalho Durão and Professor Cabanelas. After the independence of Mozambique in 1976, the club was renamed Grupo Desportivo de Maputo. The logo of the club was changed.

1925 won the city championship Desportivo of Lourenço Marques, which was held until 1961, his first title. In 1957, the club won its first of eight Mozambican championships. The last success in this first competition was in 1956 discharged Desportivo celebrate 2006. 2012, the football team fell prey to the first descent.

The first known player of Desportivo, which in the Portuguese mainland had success was, Mário Wilson, who was with Sporting CP Masters. Then he won titles as a coach with SL Benfica and was also the national team before. Mário Coluna followed in 1954 and won with Benfica, among others, in 1961 and 1962 the European Cup of Champions. With the national team, he was third at the 1966 World Cup.

Stadium

Grupo Desportivo de Maputo plays its home matches at the 4,000 -seat Estádio do Desportivo.

Achievements

  • Master of Mozambique: Colonial times: 1957, 1964.
  • After independence: 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2006.
  • Master of Moçambique: 1976, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010.
  • Master of Portugal: 1969, 1971, 1973.

Performance in African competitions

  • CAF Champions League: Best result in 2006/ 07, excreted in the Round of 32 against Mamelodi Sundowns ( sat. 1:3 )
  • African Cup Winners' Cup: Best result in 1989/90 excreted against BBC Lions ( sat. 3:7 )
Roller hockey (Quad) Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. C.D. Costa do Sol CD Maxaquene
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