Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene, usually known simply as Maxaquene, is a football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 club based in Maputo

Maputo

Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...

, Mozambique

Mozambique

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. The club is nicknamed Maxaca. Maxaquene won its first post-independence title, the Taça de Moçambique

Taça de Moçambique

The Taça de Moçambique, also known as Taça Moçambique is the second most important football competition of Mozambique, and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation...

, 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

Eusébio

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM , commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans...

 played for the club.

Name history

• 1920–1976: Founded as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques
• 1976–1978: The club is renamed Sporting Clube de Maputo
• 1978–present: The club is renamed Clube de Desportos Maxaquene

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Maxaquene

Estádio do Maxaquene

Estádio do Maxaquene is a multi-purpose stadium in Maputo, Mozambique. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene. The stadium holds 15,000 people....

, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.

Achievements

• Moçambola
  Moçambola
  Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...
  
  : 4

1984, 1985, 1986, 2003

• Taça de Moçambique
  Taça de Moçambique
  The Taça de Moçambique, also known as Taça Moçambique is the second most important football competition of Mozambique, and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation...
  
  : 9

1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2010

• Taça de Honra de Maputo: 1

2006

• Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique
  Moçambola
  Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...
  
  : 2

1960, 1962 (as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques)

• Campeonato Distrital de Lourenço Marques: 9

1922, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1960 (as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques)

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 1 appearance

2004 - First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1987

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1987

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: Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup
  CAF Confederation Cup
  The CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...
  
  : 1 appearance

2011

2011 CAF Confederation Cup

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 - Preliminary Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 8 appearances

1979 - First Round

1983 - First Round

1988 - First Round

1991 - First Round

1995 - Semi-Finals

1997 - First Round

1999 - Second Round

2002 - First Round

• CAF Cup
  CAF Cup
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  : 2 appearances

1998 - First Round

2003 - First Round

Performance in African competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 2 appearances

Best: 2003-04 Preliminary Round - Lost against AmaZulu

Amazulu

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 7 - 4 on aggregate

• CAF Confederation Cup
  CAF Confederation Cup
  The CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...
  
  : 2 appearances

Best: 2002-03 First Round - Lost against Black Rhinos 1 - 1 on aggregate

• African Cup Winners' Cup
  African Cup Winners' Cup
  The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederations Cup...
  
  : 6 appearances

Best: 1994-95 Semi Finals - Lost against Julius Berger

Julius Berger

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 1 - 0 on aggregate

Current squad