Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene, usually known simply as Maxaquene, is a sports club based in

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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Mala ...

. The club is nicknamed ''Maxaca''. Currently besides

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there are two indoor sports namely

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( CD Maxaquene Basketball) and handball. In such sports Maxaquene is only the club with the most national titles after independence.Africa UPENN
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, 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

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played for the club.

Name history

* 1920–76: Founded as ''Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques''. * 1976–78: The club is renamed ''Sporting Clube de Maputo''. * 1978–''present'': The club is renamed ''Clube de Desportos Maxaquene''. Between December 1981 and February 1982, the club took the name ''Asas de Moçambique''.Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques – Uma breve história no 99º aniversário da sua fundação – 6 de Maio de 1920.
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Stadium

The club plays their home matches at

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. Maxaquene Clube de D ...

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

Achievements

* Campeonato de Moçambique: (5) ::1984, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2012 *

: (9) ::1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2010 * Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique: ::1960, 1962 *

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: (9) ::1922, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1960 * Taça de Honra de Maputo: ::2006

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– First Round *

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: 1 appearance ::

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airpor ...

– Preliminary Round *

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: 1 appearance :: 2011 – Preliminary Round *

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: 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 *

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: 2 appearances ::1998 – First Round ::2003 – First Round

Performance in African competitions

: 2 appearances ::Best: 2003–04 Preliminary Round – Lost against

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7–4 on aggregate *

: 2 appearances ::Best: 2002–03 First Round – Lost against

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1–1 on aggregate *

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 Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and wa ...

: 6 appearances ::Best: 1994–95 Semi-finals – Lost against Julius Berger 1–0 on aggregate

Current squad

Former coaches

* Litos (2009)

References

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