{{Infobox football club , clubname = Estrela Vermelha , image = GD Estrela Vermelha.png , fullname = Clube Desportivo
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Estádio da Machava The Estádio da Machava is a multi-purpose stadium in Machava, a mainly residential subdivision of the city of Matola, in the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique. It is used for football matches and can hold 60,000 spectators. The stadium was built by ...

Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the Capital city, capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a popul ...

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

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Moçambola Moçambola (or Campeonato Moçambicano de Futebol, Portuguese for Mozambican Football Championship) is the top division of Mozambican football. It is organized by the Liga Moçambicana de Futebol. History In 1976, shortly after the country's ...

, season = , position = , pattern_la1 = , pattern_b1 = , pattern_ra1 = , leftarm1 = ffff00 , body1 = ffff00 , rightarm1 = ffff00 , shorts1 = 008000 , socks1 = 008000 , pattern_la2 = , pattern_b2 = , pattern_ra2 = , leftarm2 = 008000 , body2 = 008000 , rightarm2 = 008000 , shorts2 = ffff00 , socks2 = 008000 The Clube Desportivo Estrela Vermelha, the ''Red Star Sports Club,'' is a sports club from

, the capital of the south-east African state

. It was founded during the Portuguese colonial era on 4 October 1934 as ''Clube Desportivo Malhangalene'', deriving its name from the historic quarter of the city. In this era the club was associated as ''filial'' with the motherland club

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and carried from ca. 1960 forward the same emblem, except the initials FCP were replaced with CDM. After the independence of Mozambique the club was briefly renamed to ''Centro Popular de Maputo'', a name the club retained until 1978.

History

During its history the club had substantial success in

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

and roller hockey. The basketball team won the Championship of Portugal in 1974, the last year in which clubs from Moçambique participated in this competition. The roller hockey players won seven national championships: three from 1958 to 1960 and four consecutive titles from 1990 to 1993. In addition the team won the

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in 1964. Fernando Amaral Adrião (1939-2006), between 1958 and 1974 five times world champion, commenced his career with CD Malhangalene. The football team has not yet won any major titles. Highlight hitherto has been the national cup final of 1986, which was lost to

CD Maxaquene Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene, usually known simply as Maxaquene, is a sports club based in Maputo, Mozambique. The club is nicknamed ''Maxaca''. Currently besides football (soccer) there are two indoor sports namely basketball ( CD Maxaquene Ba ...

with 0-2. The ensuing campaign in the African Cup of Cup Winners ended in the first round with 0-1 and 0-3 defeats to

Nchanga Rangers FC Nchanga Rangers is a Zambian football club based in Chingola that plays in the MTN/FAZ Super Division. They play their home games at Nchanga Stadium in Chingola. The club is sponsored by Konkola Copper Mines. Achievements *Zambian Premier Leag ...

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. Since the introduction of a unified national first division, the

, in 2000 the footballers of Estrela Vermelha played four seasons in the league, the sixth rank of 2007 being the highlight. Following the relegation after its first season in 2001 the club returned in 2006 to survive relegation play-offs thereafter. The last relegation followed after the 2008 season.

Honours

;Football * Cup of Moçambique: finalist 1986 ;Basketball * Championship of Portugal: 1974 ;Roller Hockey * Championship of Moçambique: (7) 1958, 1959, 1960. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993. *

: 1964

External links

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