CD Costa do Sol
{{Short description|Mozambican sports club}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}
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| nickname = Canarinhos
| ground = Estádio do Costa do Sol
| capacity = 10,000{{cite web |url=http://www.costadosol.co.mz/pt/o-nosso-clube/estadio/o-nosso-estadio/ |title=Estádio - O nosso clube |publisher=CD Costa do Sol |language=Portuguese}}
| clubname = Costa do Sol
| image = CD Costa do Sol.png
| image_size = 240px
| fullname = Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol
| founded = 15 of October 1955 (65 years ago) as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
| chairman = Alberto Banze
| manager = {{flagicon|Portugal}} Horácio Gonçalves
| league = Moçambola
| season = 2024
| position = Moçambola, 3th
| current = 2024 CD Costa do Sol season
| website = {{URL|www.costadosol.co.mz}}
| chrtitle = President
| short name = Costa do Sol
| mgrtitle = Head Coachh
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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{{Cite web |url=http://www.maputo.co.mz/article/articleview/5837/1/4 |title=Maputo.co.mz |access-date=January 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314024345/http://www.maputo.co.mz/article/articleview/5837/1/4 |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}) for their equipment colour.
The club is sponsored by Meridianbet.{{cite web | last= | first= | title=ZA MERIDIAN NEMA GRANICA: Domaća kompanija podržala i Biatlon savez Srbije - da olimpijski sport više ne bude na začelju! | website=TVM News| date=20 June 2022 | url=https://meridiansport.rs/specijali/biatlon-savez-srbije-meridian/| access-date=29 May 2024}}
Name history
- 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
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 {{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=off}} from the Costa do Sol beach in Maputo - which inspired the refoundation of the club's name in 1978.
Honours
- Moçambola
- Winners (10): 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999/2000, 2001, 2007, 2019
- Taça de Moçambique{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mozcuphist.html|title=Mozambique – List of Cup Winners|author=|date=|website=RSSSF|access-date=June 7, 2019}}
- 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
- 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
= First-team squad =
{{updated|25 December 2021}}{{cite web|title=Senior - Futebol Profissional|url=http://www.costadosol.co.mz/pt/futebol-profissional/senior|publisher=CD Costa do Sol|language=Portuguese}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1 |nat=MOZ|name=Victor Guambe|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 2 |nat=MOZ|name=Abú|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 3 |nat=MOZ|name=Chico Mioche|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 4 |nat=MOZ|name=Danilo|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 5 |nat=MOZ|name=Nené|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 6 |nat=MOZ|name=Mambucho|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 7 |nat=MOZ|name=Nelson Divrassone|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 8 |nat=MOZ|name=Nilton|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 9 |nat=TOG|name=Kissimbo|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 10 |nat=MOZ|name=Isac de Carvalho|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 11 |nat=MOZ|name=Telinho|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 12 |nat=MOZ|name=Pinto|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 14 |nat=MOZ|name=Bernardo|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no= 15 |nat=MOZ|name=Jorge|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 16 |nat=NAM|name=Elmo Kambindu|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 17 |nat=MOZ|name=Mário Capena|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 19 |nat=LBR|name=Stephen Seameh|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 20 |nat=KEN|name=Raymond Murugi|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 21 |nat=MOZ|name=Chelito Omar|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 22 |nat=MOZ|name=Manucho|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 23 |nat=MOZ|name=Carrasco|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 24 |nat=MOZ|name=Wilson|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 30 |nat=MOZ|name=Salomão Mondlane|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 32 |nat=MOZ|name=Nandinho|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 33 |nat=MOZ|name=Osama Eduardo|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs end}}
Personnel
=Technical staff=
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Position
!Staff
|-
| Head coach || {{flagicon|POR}} Horácio Gonçalves
|-
|rowspan=2| Assistant coaches || {{flagicon|MOZ}} Jossias Macamo
|-
|{{flagicon|MOZ}} António Chirindza
|-
| Goalkeeper coach || {{flagicon|MOZ}} Antoninho Guambe
|-
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|u=25 December 2020
|s=[https://www.costadosol.co.mz Costa do Sol]|date=January 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Moçambola teamlist}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:1950s establishments in Mozambique
Category:1955 establishments in Africa
Category:1955 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
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