CD Costa do Sol

Mozambican sports club

For the club's basketball team, see CD Costa do Sol (basketball).

Football club

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 (65 years ago) as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
Ground| Estádio do Costa do Sol
Capacity| 10,000[1]
President| Alberto Banze
Head Coachh|  Horácio Gonçalves
League| Moçambola
2024| Moçambola, 3.
Website| www.costadosol.co.mz

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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.

The club is sponsored by Meridianbet.[3]

## Name history

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* 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

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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

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* Moçambola
* Winners (10): 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999/2000, 2001, 2007, 2019
* Taça de Moçambique[4]
* 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

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* CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

1999 – first round
2001 – first round
2002 – group stage
2008 – preliminary round
2008 – first round
2019-20 – preliminary round

* African Cup of Champions Clubs: 6 appearances

1980 – first round
1981 – second round
1992 – second round
1993 – second round
1994 – second round
1995 – first round

* CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2010 – first round
2018 – preliminary round

* CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 6 appearances

1984 – first round
1989 – second round
1996 – quarter-finals
1998 – quarter-finals
2000 – first round
2003 – second round

## Players

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### First-team squad

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As of 25 December 2021[5]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  MOZ | Victor Guambe
2  | DF |  MOZ | Abú
3  | DF |  MOZ | Chico Mioche
4  | DF |  MOZ | Danilo
5  | MF |  MOZ | Nené
6  | DF |  MOZ | Mambucho
7  | MF |  MOZ | Nelson Divrassone
8  | MF |  MOZ | Nilton
9  | FW |  TOG | Kissimbo
10  | FW |  MOZ | Isac de Carvalho
11  | FW |  MOZ | Telinho
12  | GK |  MOZ | Pinto
14  | DF |  MOZ | Bernardo
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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15  | DF |  MOZ | Jorge
16  | MF |  NAM | Elmo Kambindu
17  | FW |  MOZ | Mário Capena
19  | MF |  LBR | Stephen Seameh
20  | FW |  KEN | Raymond Murugi
21  | FW |  MOZ | Chelito Omar
22  | DF |  MOZ | Manucho
23  | MF |  MOZ | Carrasco
24  | GK |  MOZ | Wilson
30  | DF |  MOZ | Salomão Mondlane
32  | MF |  MOZ | Nandinho
33  | DF |  MOZ | Osama Eduardo

## Personnel

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### Technical staff

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Position  | Staff

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Head coach |  Horácio Gonçalves
Assistant coaches |  Jossias Macamo
António Chirindza
Goalkeeper coach |  Antoninho Guambe

Last updated: 25 December 2020
Source: Costa do Sol

## References

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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. ^ "ZA MERIDIAN NEMA GRANICA: Domaća kompanija podržala i Biatlon savez Srbije - da olimpijski sport više ne bude na začelju!". TVM News. June 20, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
4. ^ "Mozambique – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
5. ^ "Senior - Futebol Profissional" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.

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