Malawi national football team

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Malawi

Nickname(s)

The Flames

Association

Football Association
of Malawi

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Home stadium

MWI

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Highest FIFA ranking

53 (December 1992)

Lowest FIFA ranking

138 (December 2007, March 2008)

Elo ranking

133





First kit





Second kit

First international

Nyasaland 0 - 12 Gold Coast

(Malawi; October 15, 1962)

Biggest win

Malawi 8 - 1 Botswana

(Malawi; July 13, 1968)

Malawi 8 - 1 Djibouti

(Blantyre, Malawi; May 31, 2008)

Biggest defeat

Nyasaland 0 - 12 Gold Coast

(Malawi; October 15, 1962)

African Nations Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1984)

Best result

Round 1, 1984

The Malawi national football team, nicknamed The Flames, is the national team of Malawi and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.

Their best performance was winning the bronze medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games. Currently the coach of the team is Kinnah Phiri.

1 Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Fixtures and Recent results (12 Months)
5 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 Notable players
7 Current squad

[edit] Achievements

COSAFA Cup :

2 Times Runners-up

CECAFA Cup :

3 Times Champion (1978, 1979, 1988)
3 Times Runners-up

All Africa Games :

1 Third Place (1987)

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Withdrew from qualifying
1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
1976 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1980 - Did not enter
1982 - Did not qualify
1984 - Round 1
1986 - Did not qualify
1988 - Did not enter
1990 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Fixtures and Recent results (12 Months)

Date	Opposition	Result	Venue	Competition	Note
Jun. 10, 2007	Senegal	Lost 2-3	Blantyre, Malawi	International Friendly
Jun. 16, 2007	Morocco	Lost 0-1	Blantyre, Malawi	2008 African Nations Cup Qualifier
Jul. 06, 2007	Namibia	Lost 1-2	Blantyre, Malawi	International Friendly
Sep. 09, 2007	Zimbabwe	Lost 1-3	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	2008 African Nations Cup Qualifier
Nov. 18, 2007	Swaziland	Won 3-0	Manzini, Swaziland	International Friendly	First Win in 10 Matches
Mar. 26, 2008	Namibia	Won 3-1	Windhoek, Namibia	International Friendly
Apr. 06, 2008	Mozambique	Won 2-1	Lilongwe, Malawi	2009 African Championship of Nations Qualifier
Apr. 12, 2008	Mozambique	Lost 0-1	Nampula, Mozambique	2009 African Championship of Nations Qualifier	Knocked Out of Tournament
May. 25, 2008	Tanzania	Drew 1-1	Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania	International Friendly
May. 31, 2008	Djibouti	Won 8-1	Blantyre, Malawi	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier	Tied 40 year record for biggest win
Jun. 08, 2008	Congo DR		Kinshasa, Congo DR	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Jun. 14, 2008	Egypt		Blantyre, Malawi	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Jun. 22, 2008	Egypt		Cairo, Egypt	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Sep. 05, 2008	Djibouti		TBA	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Oct. 11, 2008	Congo DR		Blantyre, Malawi	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] First Group Round

Drawn in group 12 on 25 November 2007 during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) draw held in Durban, South Africa. Will play a full round-robin in 2008 (home and away), against other group members and the group winner plus 8 best runners-up will advance to the second group round of CAF 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

[edit] Group 12

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo DR	3	2	1	8	2	+6	6
Egypt	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
Malawi	2	1	1	8	2	+6	3
Djibouti	3	0	3	1	18	-17	0


Congo DR	—	22 Jun	7 Sep	1 – 0
Djibouti	0 – 6	—	0 – 4	5 Sep
Egypt	2 – 1	10 Oct	—	22 Jun
Malawi	11 Oct	8 – 1	14 Jun	—

[edit] Fixtures and Results

31 May 2008 14:30	Malawi	8 – 1	Djibouti	Blanytre, Malawi
	Elvis Kafoteka 2' Esau Kanyenda 21' 46' 49' Joseph Kamwendo 74' Moses Chavula 80' Robert Ng'ambi 88' Noel Mkandawire 92'		Daya Hassan 23'	Blanytre, Malawi

8 June 2008 15:30	Congo DR	1 - 0	Malawi	Kinshasa, Congo DR
	Matumona (penalty) 76'			Kinshasa, Congo DR

14 June 2008 14:30	Malawi	'	Egypt	Blantyre, Malawi
				Blantyre, Malawi

22 June 2008 21:00	Egypt	'	Malawi	Cairo, Egypt
				Cairo, Egypt

5 September 2008 TBA	Djibouti	'	Malawi	TBA
				TBA

11 June 2008 14:30	Malawi	'	Congo DR	Blantyre, Malawi
				Blantyre, Malawi

[edit] Notable players

Kennedy Malunga
Ernest Mtawali
John Maduka
Patrick Mabedi
Esau Kanyenda
Peter Mponda
Joseph Kamwendo
Niko Munthali

[edit] Current squad

Malawi's squad for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Congo DR on June 8 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Valence Kamzere	November 5, 1980	MTL Wanderers
2	MF	Fisher Kondowe	November 6, 1982	Black Leopards
3	DF	Moses Chavula	August 8, 1985	MTL Wanderers
4	FW	Chiukepo Msowoya		ESCOM United
5	DF	James Sangala	August 20, 1986	Thanda Royal Zulu
6	MF	Noel Mkandawire	December 25, 1987	ESCOM United
7	DF	Peter Mponda	September 4, 1981	Black Leopards
8	DF	Jacob Ngwira	September 7, 1985	ESCOM United
9	FW	Russel Mwafulirwa	February 24, 1983	Ajax Cape Town
10	MF	Joseph Kamwendo	October 23, 1986	Orlando Pirates
11	FW	Esau Kanyenda	September 27, 1982	FC KAMAZ
12	DF	Elvis Kafoteka	January 17, 1978	ESCOM United
13	MF	Hellings Mwakasungula	May 5, 1980	Moroka Swallows
14	DF	Clement Kafwafwa	October 4, 1974	Lolland-Falster
15	MF	Robert Ng'ambi	September 11, 1986	Black Leopards
16	GK	Swadick Sanudi	October 21, 1983	Dynamos
17	FW	Jimmy Zakazaka	December 27, 1984	Bay United
18	MF	Tawonga Chimodzi	August 26, 1988	Santos