Nickname(s) Maxaca Chairman Jose Solomone Cossa Website Club home page League Moçambola Ground Estádio do Maxaquene Capacity 15 | Ground Capacity 15.000 2014 6th Manager Chiquinho Conde Location Maputo, Mozambique Founded 20 May 1920 | |
Full name Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene | ||
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. 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.
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Name history
Stadium
The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Maxaquene, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.
Achievements
Performance in CAF competitions
Performance in African competitions
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.