Mighty Wanderers FC

Be Forward Wanderers Football Club is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Blantyre. They currently play in Malawi's TNM super league.

BE FORWARD Wanderers FC
Full nameBe Forward Wanderers Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)The Nomads
Founded1962
GroundBalaka Stadium, Kamuzu Stadium
Blantyre
Capacity65,000
ChairmanGift Mkandawire
ManagerSteve Madeira
CoachBob Mpinganjira
LeagueTNM Super League
2018TNM Super League, 2nd

History

The BE FORWARD Wanderers F.C is one of the more successful teams in the Malawi Premier Division, based in Blantyre. They have won 6 titles in the league, and they are the current defending Champions as of January, 2018. In 2005 and 2006 their leading striker, Aggrey Kanyenda was the top goal scorer in the 2005–06 season.[2] They boast to have the second largest support base after their arch rivals and sworn enemies on the field Big Bullets. Even though there are no real stats on the number of fans the two teams have, it is estimated that Big Bullets have a slightly bigger fan base than Wanderers. The most popular striker to have played in this club is Yasin Osman the current head coach. The most serving player is Joseph Kamwendo who has played for the team from early 2000s up today

Recent memorable derbys

The rivalry between Big Bullets and BE FORWARD wanderers starts to kick off every time both clubs meet in 2006–07 both clubs met wanderers went ahead in the first half. Deep second half Bullets scored a goal but it was offside. The Bullets fans went angry started throwing things on to the pitch and the ref in charge abandoned the game, Wanderers had won that match 3–0 because of disqualification. The two teams have met domestic in cup finals few times since the early 1990s, most notably the 1999 Malawi Carlsberg Cup final. The match ended 1–1 after 90 minutes and went to extra time, Wanderers scored a dramatic golden goal to lift the cup. Few years later Bullets got their revenge when they beat Wanderers 1–0 in 2001 final of the same cup, to make matters worse it was Wanderers' old boy Mc Donald Yobe who scored the only goal against his former employers. The infamous 2003 final, probably the most anticipated, the two teams clashed in final of the same competition, Wanderers took an early lead in the first half when their wonderkid Joseph Kamwendo scored, he was only 17 at the time. Bullets equalized through their veteran striker Ganizani M'bobo Malunga. Wanderers scored two more goals but were disallowed for offside. This caused the fans to clash in the terraces, the match was abandoned and has never been replayed.[3] Due to crowd troubles Carlsberg ended their sponsorship and other companies have also terminated contracts most notably Bp Top 8, Malawis biggest football competition in terms of prize money to date. The pair clashed again in the semi final of this trophy, wanderers won 3–1 to reach the finals. This time it was Bullets fans against the riot police in the stands and went on to the streets of Blantyre. Wanderers went on to win the trophy after beating northern regions biggest club Moyale Barracks FC 1–0 in Lilongwe.

In 2014, the club won a sponsorship of about 70 million Malawi Kwacha from BE FORWARD, a Japanese Car Exporter.

Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was previously known as Limbe Leaf Wanderers, Telecom Wanderers, MTL Wanderers and currently BE FORWARD Wanderers.

Achievements
1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2017
  • Bp Top 8: 1
2004
  • Malawi Carlsberg Cup:1
1999
  • Malawi FAM Cup: 2
2005,2015
  • Malawi Charity Shield: 2
2004, 2006
  • Bingu Cup: 1
2008

Performance in CAF competitions
1997 – Preliminary Round
1998 – First Round
1999 – First Round
2018 – Preliminary Round
  • CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
2000 – First Round

Players

Current squad
As of 14 November 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MWI Richard Chipuwa
2 DF  MWI Bongani Kaipa
3 MF  MWI Mike Kaziputa
4 DF  MWI Ted Sumani
5 DF  MWI Peter Cholopi
6 FW  MWI Vincent Nyangulu
7 DF  MWI Francis Mulimbika
8 MF  MWI Lapson Richard
9 FW  NGA Babatunde Adepeju
10 MF  MWI Fransisco Madinga
11 MF  MWI Alfred Manyozo (Captain)
12 DF  MWI Stanley Sanudi
13 FW  MWI Peter Katsonga
14 MF  MWI Francis Mkonda
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  MWI Lucky Malata
16 GK  MWI Nenani Juwaya
17 MF  MWI Isaac Kaliati
18 MF  MWI Simeone Singa
19 DF  MWI Dennis Chembezi
20 MF  MWI Rafiq Namwera
21 GK  MWI William Thole
23 DF  MWI Hankie Machira
24 MF  MWI Chikondi Kamanga
25 MF  MWI Felix Zulu
26 FW  MWI Zicco Mkanda
29 FW  MWI Misheki Botomani
30 DF  MWI Harry Nyirenda
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References
  1. Nomads Seal be Forward sponsorship deal and renamed the club to Mighty Be Forward Wanderers Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Mighty Wanderers F.C". Soccer Way.
  3. "Carlsberg Milawi Cup". Football Association of Malawi Official Website.
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