Mogadishu City Club () is a professional

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in

Mogadishu Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

. They play at

Mogadishu Stadium Mogadishu Stadium ( Somali: Garoonka Muqdisho) is a stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia. During the Somali Civil War, the stadium was heavily damaged by foreign troops who used the structure as a base. The stadium has been completely rebuilt and artific ...

, it is one of the most successful football clubs in the country. The club plays with

Elman FC Elman Sports Club () is a Somali football club based in the Wadajir District, Wadajir district of Mogadishu. Being the best known football team in Somalia, it competes in the top level of the Somali National League, Locally, it is known primarily ...

in the Mogadishu Derby. Formerly known as Banadir Sports Club, in 2019, the club was renamed to Mogadishu City Club. In 2019, Mohamed Mistri Lamjed is named the new manager of Mogadishu City Club.

History

Early years (1963–1990)

Mogadishu City Club, abbreviated as MCC, is a Somalia multi-Sports club present in the Capital City of Somalia MCC. Established in 1963-58 Years Ago, the Club which was nicknamed by Municipio Club, created by the highly motivated young sports players composed of boys and girls playing all types of Sports, by the Support of the Mayor of Mogadishu Capital City in 1963, The Mayor of Mogadishu Capital City Council in 1963 give a title that was named Mogadishu Club, The club consisted 9 of Sports teams: Football team, Basketball team, Handball team, Table tennis team, tennis team, Volleyball team, Swimming Team, Athletic team, Cycle team.

After Civil War (1991–2018)

Following the start of the civil war in early 1991, the stadium of Mogadishu Club was kept save and used by the Youth club known as Banaadir Sports Club which they have been established Group of youth who were neighborhoods of the Club Stadium & Club Camp, this title has been changed By Mogadishu City Club, abbreviated as MCC, which is going to present by Mogadishu Capital city of Somalia the Club name was re-established after 30 years by the Mayor of Mogadishu Capital City Mr. Abdurrahman Omar Osman Eng. Yariisow, by the Support of the neighborhoods where among the youth who kept the property of the club safe for 30 years.

Squad 2021–22

Coaching staff

Achievements

Somalia League The Somali National League (), formerly the Somali Premier League, is the Somali professional league for men's association football. It has been active for over 50 years, having been established in 1967. Somalia has 12 professional clubs playing ...

: 11 ::1976, 1986, 1989, 1999, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2024–25 *

Somalia Cup The Somalia Cup is the top knockout football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''fo ...

: 3 ::2003, 2012, 2020 *

Somalia Super Cup The Somalia Super Cup is the football super cup competition in Somalia, played between the winners of the Somali First Division and the Somalia Cup. Results References Football competitions in Somalia Somalia Somalia, officially th ...

: 1 ::2024

References

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