CD Costa do Sol

Full name Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol
Nickname(s) Canarinhos
Short name Costa do Sol
Founded 15 of October 1955 (62 years ago) as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
Ground Estádio do Costa do Sol
Capacity 10,000[1]
President Mozambique Amosse Chicualacuala
Head Coach Argentina Leonardo Costas
League Moçambola
2017 Moçambola, 2nd
Website Club website

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.

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

Description

Winners (9): 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993,1994,1999/2000, 2001, 2007
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
  • Campeonato Provincial de Maputo / Campeonato da Cidade de Maputo
Winners (5): 1979, 1980, 1983, 1991, 1997
  • Campeonato Nacional da Zona Sul
Winners (2): 1993, 1995
  • Taça de Honra da Cidade de Maputo
Winners (6): 1993, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2014, 2017
  • Mini-Liga de Moçambique
Winners (1): 1998

Performance in African competitions

1999 – First Round
2001 – First Round
2002 – Group Stage
2008 – Preliminary Round
2008 – First 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 3 Feb 2018[3]

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

No. Position Player
16 Mozambique GK José Guirrugo
24 Mozambique GK Wilson Tembe
24 Mozambique GK Victor Guambe
4 Mozambique DF Isaías Julião Adamo
22 Mozambique DF Agero Jonasse (Manucho)
30 Mozambique DF Salomão Mondlane
25 Mozambique DF Daniel Mutambe (Danito)
3 Mozambique DF Francisco Mioche
15 Mozambique DF Jorge Muholove
27 Mozambique DF Hibraimo Jhalo Adamo
6 Mozambique DF Sarmento Namburete (Samito)
26 Mozambique MF Hilário Sampaio
5 Mozambique MF Feliciano Jone (Nené)
No. Position Player
7 Mozambique MF Nelson Divrassone
23 Mozambique MF Artur Mudena
21 Mozambique MF José Silva Junior (Zequito)
8 Malawi MF Chawanangwa Kaonga (Chawa)
17 Mozambique MF Nilton Ernesto
20 Ghana MF Isaac Morgan
11 Mozambique MF Salimo Mustafa (Raul)
18 Liberia MF Terrence Tisdell (on loan from LISCR FC)
28 Mozambique FW Laquene Rede Renha (Kino)
10 Mozambique FW Isac de Carvalho (Captain)
13 Nigeria FW Chigozie Christopher Onyimah (Chris)
9 Malawi FW Mathews Peter Sibale

References

  1. ↑ "Estádio - O nosso clube" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.
  2. ↑ Maputo.co.mz
  3. ↑ "Senior - Futebol Profissional" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.


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