Nyasa Big Bullets is a Malawian professional

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club based in

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, L ...

, currently playing in the

TNM Super League 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 ...

, the top division of Malawian football. The club was formerly known as Bata Bullets, Total Big Bullets and Bakili Bullets. Bullets are regarded as the number one football club in Malawi in terms of supporters, league title winning and financial background.

History

The club was formed in 1967 by a group of players who split from

Mighty Wanderers Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Football Club is a Malawian football club based in 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, ...

. The original name was Nyasaland Bullets, but the club managed to source good sponsorship from Bata Shoe Company and was renamed as Bata Bullets. 1970 season was a great success as Bullets achieved a treble after winning the Blantyre and Districts Football League (BDFL), the Chibuku Cup and Castle Cup. In 2003, then Malawi President

Bakili Muluzi Elson Bakili Muluzi (born March 17, 1943 in Machinga, Nyasaland) is a Malawian politician who was the first freely elected president of Malawi from 1994 to 2004. He was also chairman of the United Democratic Front (UDF) until 2009. He succeeded ...

adopted the team and renamed it Bakili Bullets. It was during this period that the team enjoyed one of its glamorous periods, reaching the lucrative group stages of

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. It was also during the same period that the club had a training camp in the United Kingdom in readiness for the

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. Currently the team is sponsored by Nyasa Manufacturing Company (NMC). Its nickname ever since is Maulle (native language for bullets). On 8 October 2018, Rodgers Yasin was sacked as Nyasa Big Bullets head coach along with assistant Elijah Kananji. Bullets are currently coached by former Zimbabwe national team manager

Callisto Pasuwa Callisto Pasuwa is a Zimbabwean soccer coach who is currently the head coach of the Malawi Big Bullets FC. He is also former coach of Dynamos Football Club. Pasuwa led Dynamos to four consecutive league titles as coach from 2011 to 2014 writing h ...

, with former captain and Malawi national team defender

Peter Mponda Peter Mponda (born 4 September 1981) is a retired Malawian association footballer. He played as a central defender and was the captain of the Malawi national team. In November 2019, he was appointed coach of the Malawi national under-20 footba ...

as his assistant.

Stadium

Kamuzu Stadium is a stadium located in

, with a capacity of 50,000 seats. It is located next to the Malawi National Council of Sports Offices.

The Blantyre derby

The Blantyre derby between Big Bullets and

is a fiercely contested match and in contrast to most of the other games played in the Malawi

, matches between the two rivals always attract a large fanbase.

Honours

Domestic

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 (16):

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

* Runners-up (4): 2008,

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Castle Cup (Malawi) * Winners (4): 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975 Kamuzu Cup * Winners (7): 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986 555 Challenge Cup: * Winners (1): 1990 Embassy Trophy: * Winners (1): 2003 Chombe Tea: * Winners (2): 1998, 1999 Carlsberg Cup: * Winners (3): 2002, 2014, 2017 Tutulane Charity Cup: * Winners (1): 2007 Airtel Top 8 Cup Winners (1) : 2021 Carlsberg Charity Cup: * Winners (1): 2012 Presidential Cup: * Winners (2): 2012, 2016 Chifundo Charity Shield: * Winners (3): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022

Continent

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* Runners-up (1):

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Performance in CAF competitions

: 7 appearances ::

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

– Group Stage ::

– First Round :: 2018–19 – Preliminary Round :: 2019–20 – Preliminary Round ::

– Withdrew :: 2021–22 – First Round *

African Cup of Champions Clubs The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...

: 3 appearances ::

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

: Second Round ::

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

: Withdrew in First Round ::

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

: Withdrew in Preliminary Round *

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: 5 appearances ::

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

– First Round ::

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

– Second Round ::

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

– First Round ::

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

– Preliminary Round ::

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

– First Round

Current squad 2020–21

''As of June 2020''

Club officials/technical team

* Chief Executive Officer: Suzgo Nyirenda * Board President: Konrad Buckle * Board Members: 1. Stone Mwamadi, 2. Fleetwood Haiya, 3. Malinda Chinyama, 4.Sadick Malinga, 5. Dimitri Kalaitzis, 6.Democrotos Kalaitzis, 7 Rev. Moyenda Kanjerwa, 8. Chifundo Makande, 9.Albert Chigoga, 10. Noel Lipipa, 11. Konrad Buckle, 12. Escort Chinula * Head Coach: Kalisto Pasuwa * Assistant coach: Peter Mponda (1st), Heston Munthali (2nd) * Team Manager: James Chilapondwa * Goalkeeper Trainer: Swadick Sanudi * Team Doctor: Felix Mwalule * Kitmaster: Malumbo Chikoko * Media Manager: Kimpho Loka

References

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