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Costa do Sol
Full nameClube de Desportos da Costa do Sol
Nickname(s)Canarinhos
Short nameCosta do Sol
Founded15 of October 1955 (65 years ago) as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
Ground Estádio do Costa do Sol
Capacity10,000 [1]
PresidentJonas Chitsumba
Head Coachh Portugal Horácio Gonçalves
League Moçambola
2023Moçambola, 4.
Website Club website
Current season

Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol, commonly known as 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.

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 da 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

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 (10): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2020

Performance in African competitions

1999 – first round
2001 – first round
2002 – group stage
2008 – preliminary round
2008 – first round
2019-20 – preliminary round
1980 – first round
1981 – second round
1992 – second round
1993 – second round
1994 – second round
1995 – first round
2010 – first round
2018 – preliminary round
1984 – first round
1989 – second round
1996 – quarter-finals
1998 – quarter-finals
2000 – first round
2003 – second round

Players

First-team squad

As of 25 December 2021 [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
1 GK Mozambique  MOZ Victor Guambe
2 DF Mozambique  MOZ Abú
3 DF Mozambique  MOZ Chico Mioche
4 DF Mozambique  MOZ Danilo
5 MF Mozambique  MOZ Nené
6 DF Mozambique  MOZ Mambucho
7 MF Mozambique  MOZ Nelson Divrassone
8 MF Mozambique  MOZ Nilton
9 FW Togo  TOG Kissimbo
10 FW Mozambique  MOZ Isac de Carvalho
11 FW Mozambique  MOZ Telinho
12 GK Mozambique  MOZ Pinto
14 DF Mozambique  MOZ Bernardo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Mozambique  MOZ Jorge
16 MF Namibia  NAM Elmo Kambindu
17 FW Mozambique  MOZ Mário Capena
19 MF Liberia  LBR Stephen Seameh
20 FW Kenya  KEN Raymond Murugi
21 FW Mozambique  MOZ Chelito Omar
22 DF Mozambique  MOZ Manucho
23 MF Mozambique  MOZ Carrasco
24 GK Mozambique  MOZ Wilson
30 DF Mozambique  MOZ Salomão Mondlane
32 MF Mozambique  MOZ Nandinho
33 DF Mozambique  MOZ Osama Eduardo

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Portugal Horácio Gonçalves
Assistant coaches Mozambique Jossias Macamo
Mozambique António Chirindza
Goalkeeper coach Mozambique Antoninho Guambe

Last updated: 25 December 2020
Source: Costa do Sol

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". RSSSF. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Senior - Futebol Profissional" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.


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