CD Costa do Sol

Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol, commonly known as CD Costa do Sol or simply Costa do Sol, is a Mozambican sports club based in Maputo. It is best known for the professional football team playing in Moçambola, the top division in Mozambican football.

Full nameClube de Desportos da Costa do Sol
Nickname(s)Canarinhos
Short nameCosta do Sol
Founded15 of October 1955 (62 years ago) as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
GroundEstádio do Costa do Sol
Capacity15,000[1]
PresidentAmosse Chicualacuala
Head Coach Leonardo Costas
LeagueMoçambola
2017Moçambola, 2nd
WebsiteClub website

Founded in 15 of October 1955, Costa do Sol won its first title in 1979, the Mozambican league, and today is the club with the most titles won since national independence. They are nicknamed canarinhos (little canaries[2]) for their equipment colour.

Name history
  • 15 Oct 1955 – 76 : Founded as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
  • 1976 – 78 : The club is renamed Sport Maputo e Benfica
  • 1978 – : The club is renamed Clube de Desportos Costa do Sol

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Costa do Sol and has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. The venue is located about 500 metres (550 yards) from the Costa do Sol beach in Maputo - which inspired the refoundation of the club's name in 1978.

Honours

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Winners (10): 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993,1994,1999/2000, 2001, 2007, 2019
Winners (12): 1980, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2017
  • Supertaça de Moçambique
Winners (7): 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2018

Performance in African competitions
1999 – First Round
2001 – First Round
2002 – Group stage
2008 – Preliminary Round
2008 – First Round
  • African Cup of Champions Clubs: 6 appearances
1980 – First Round
1981 – Second Round
1992 – Second Round
1993 – Second Round
1994 – Second Round
1995 – First Round
2010 – First Round
2018 – Preliminary Round
  • CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 6 appearances
1984 – First Round
1989 – Second Round
1996 – Quarter-Finals
1998 – Quarter-Finals
2000 – First Round
2003 – Second Round

Players

First-team squad
As of 3 Feb 2018[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK  MOZ José Guirrugo
24 GK  MOZ Wilson Tembe
24 GK  MOZ Víctor Guambe
4 DF  MOZ Isaías Julião Adamo
22 DF  MOZ Agero Jonasse (Manucho)
30 DF  MOZ Salomão Mondlane
25 DF  MOZ Daniel Mutambe (Danito)
3 DF  MOZ Francisco Mioche
15 DF  MOZ Jorge Muholove
27 DF  MOZ Hibraimo Jhalo Adamo
6 DF  MOZ Sarmento Namburete (Samito)
26 MF  MOZ Hilário Sampaio
5 MF  MOZ Feliciano Jone (Nené)
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF  MOZ Nelson Divrassone
23 MF  MOZ Artur Mudena
21 MF  MOZ José Silva Junior (Zequito)
8 MF  MWI Chawanangwa Kaonga (Chawa)
17 MF  MOZ Nilton Ernesto
20 MF  GHA Isaac Morgan
11 MF  MOZ Salimo Mustafa (Raul)
18 MF  LBR Terrence Tisdell (on loan from LISCR FC)
28 FW  MOZ Laquene Rede Renha (Kino)
10 FW  MOZ Isac de Carvalho (Captain)
13 FW  NGA Chigozie Christopher Onyimah (Chris)
9 FW  MWI Mathews Peter Sibale
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References
  1. "Estádio - O nosso clube" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.
  2. "Maputo.co.mz". Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2006.
  3. "Mozambique - List of Cup Winners". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  4. "Senior - Futebol Profissional" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.


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