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Super League Of Malawi
Super League of Malawi, also known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top football division in Malawi. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Malawi Regional Football Leagues. Malawian mobile telecommunications company TNM sponsors the league with K65 million annually. History It was created in 1986 and was first sponsored by Gillet Nacet. It was composed of eight teams: five teams from Blantyre and Districts Football League (BDFL) and three teams from Lilongwe and Districts Football League (LDFL). The eight inaugural members of the Super League of Malawi were Bata Bullets, Limbe Leaf Wanderers, MDC United, Red Lions, ADMARC Tigers, Silver Strikers, Civo United and MITCO. Competition format There are 16 clubs in the Super League. During the course of a season (from April to December) each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their oppon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FISD Challenge Cup
The FDH Bank Knockout Cup, also known as the Malawi FAM Cup is the national association football cup competition in Malawi, on a knock-out-basis. 383 teams participated in the 2009 edition of the Standard bank FAM Cup. It was the third time that Standard bank was the sponsor of the tournament. List of winners ;Stanbic/Standard Bank Knockout Cup ;FISD Challenge Cup ;FDH Bank Cup ReferencesMalawi - List of Cup Winners rsssf.com Football competitions in Malawi National association football cups {{Africa-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty Wanderers FC
Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Football Club is a Malawian football (soccer), football club based in Blantyre, Malawi, Blantyre. They currently play in Malawi's TNM Super League. History The Mighty Mukuru Wanderers FC is one of the most successful teams in the Malawi Premier Division, based in Blantyre. Mighty Mukuru Wanderers is a Malawian Club based in Blantyre, Malawi. Founded in 1962 by Portuguese immigrants. It is the oldest active club in Malawi and one of the first to play in Association football. The founders of the club had a background of supporting FC Porto back in their home land and they adopted the Blue and White colors of Wanderers from the Portuguese giants. The clubs first official base was Portuguese club at Chichiri in Blantyre. Rumor has it that the current club house was built after a white Portuguese girl fell in love with club legend Yasin Osman which did not please the white Portuguese, and the club house was built specifically for African players after this inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilongwe
Lilongwe (, , ) is the capital and most populated city of the African country of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020 that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi. It is named after the Lilongwe River. History Lilongwe was first set up as a boma by the local leader Njewa in 1902. It became an administrative center in 1904. In the 1920s, its location at the junction of several major roadways increased its importance as an agricultural market centre for the fertile Central Region Plateau.Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 156 As a trading post, Lilongwe was officially recognised as a town in 1947. After gaining independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Eagles FC
Blue Eagles Football Club is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Lilongwe that currently plays in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. History Blue Eagles FC was founded in 1988 and is sponsored by the Malawi Police Service as tool to bring interaction between the community they serve and them. The Cops clinched their first trophy, Chibuku Cup, in 1995, defeated Bata Bullets with 2–0 at the Civo Stadium. Blue Eagles finished 8th in the top flight in the 2011–12 season and won the 2011 Standard Bank Cup after 2–1 victory over Moyale Barracks at the Silver Stadium in Lilongwe. The 2019 season saw "The Cops" finished 3rd in the Super League, won the FISD Challenge Cup and qualified for the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup, but declined to participate in the competition. On 21 December 2020, Blue Eagles has announced the appointment of Gerald Phiri as Head Coach, replaced Deklerk Msakakuona who took over as the coach for the Under 17 Malawi Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blantyre
Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is the capital of the country's Southern Region as well as the Blantyre District. History Blantyre was founded in 1876 through the missionary work of the Church of Scotland. It was named after Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, birthplace of the explorer David Livingstone. The site was chosen by Henry Henderson, who was joined there on 23 October 1876 by Dr T. T. Macklin and others. Dr Macklin took over the leadership of the mission and began the work of building; but it was not until 1878 that the first ordained minister, Rev. Duff MacDonald, joined the mission. The original missionaries, for various reasons, faced local opposition and three of them were recalled. From 1881–1898 the mission was run by David Clement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangwe All Stars FC
Bangwe is a town located in southern Malawi, situated between Mpingwe Mpingwe is a town located in Southern Malawi, situated between Mpingwe Hill and Bangwe Hill Bangwe is a town located in southern Malawi, situated between Mpingwe Mpingwe is a town located in Southern Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi ... Hill and Malabvi, and is also nearby to Bangwe Hill. References Populated places in Malawi {{Malawi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup. The winners will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League in the 2024 CAF Super Cup. Association team allocation All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached. For the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 CAF Champions League
The 2023–24 CAF Champions League (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) is the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title. The winners of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2024 CAF Super Cup. While there is no official news yet, the qualifying rounds for the Champions League may have been pushed back to August and September and the group stage pushed forward to start in December because of the introduction of CAF's newest competition, the African Football League, which is set to begin on 20 October 2023. Association team allocation All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indiv ... in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants/teams are eliminated after a certain number of losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ''ruban'', meaning "ribbon". Over a long period of time, the term was Folk etymology, corrupted and idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civo United
Civil Service United Football Club-Civo (CIVO United), which represents Civil Services, is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Lilongwe area 9, the team currently plays in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawi football. The team is now led by an executive committee which is chaired by Mr Victor Lungu and the current General Secretary is Edgar Chipalanjira. The technical panel is led by Wilson Chidati who is deputized by coach Charles Ben. In 1987 the team won the TNM Super League. Stadium Currently the team plays at the Civo Stadium. Honours Super League of Malawi Super League of Malawi, also known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top football division in Malawi. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Malawi Regional Football Leagues. Mal ... * Winners (1): 1987 References External linksClub profile- ''Soccerway''Tag archives- ''Nyasatimes.com'' {{Super League of Malawi Football clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Strikers FC
Silver Strikers Football Club is a Malawian professional football club based in Lilongwe, currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. The club was founded in 1977 as a social team for Reserve Bank of Malawi staff members. hence the nickname ''the bankers''. They have won eight Malawi league titles, one Malawi National Championship, three Malawi FAM Cup and three Top 8 Cups. History The early years (1977–1989) Reserve Bank of Malawi was headquartered in Blantyre and its football team played in the fourth tier of the Blantyre and Districts Football League (BDFL). ''The bankers'' promoted quickly to the 3rd Division and finished as runners-up gained promotion to the 2nd Division the following season. They went on to earn promotion to 1st Division in their maiden 2nd Division season, this time as Champions. Reserve Bank of Malawi Head Office was transferred to Lilongwe, and with them went their football team. In Lilongwe, they started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
