Clube Ferroviário de Maputo

Ferroviário de Maputo
Full name Clube Ferroviário de Maputo
Nickname(s) Os Locomotivas
Founded 1924
Ground Estádio da Machava
Maputo, Mozambique
(Capacity: 45,000)
Chairman Osório Lucas
Manager Chiquinho Conde
League Moçambola
2011 5th
Home colours
Away colours

Ferroviário de Maputo, or simply Ferroviário, is a Mozambique football club from Maputo.

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History

The club was founded in 1924, as Clube Ferroviário de Lourenço-Marques. In 1976, the club was renamed to Clube Ferroviário de Maputo. In 1982, the club won its first two titles, the Cup of Mozambique, and the Mozambican League. After winning the Moçambola in 2008 and in 2009, they finished in the fifth position in the 2011 edition of the league, concluded on November 6, 2011.[1] They won the Taça de Moçambique in the same year, after they defeated Chingale de Tete in the final.[2]

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio da Machava, which has a maximum capacity of 45,000 people.

Achievements

Performance in African competitions

1997 - Group Stage
1998 - Second Round
2000 - Second Round
2003 - First Round
2006 - First Round
2009 - Preliminary Round
1983: Second Round
1990: First Round
2004 - Preliminary Round
2005 - First Round
1994 - First Round
1992 - Semi-Finals
1993 - First Round
1994 - Second Round
1995 - Quarter-Finals
1996 - Second Round
2001 - Quarter-Finals
2002 - First Round

Notable players

References