Grupo Desportivo de Maputo, usually known as Desportivo de Maputo, Desportivo Maputo or by the acronym GDM, is an

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club from

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 ...

History

The club was founded on May 31, 1921, as ''Grupo Desportivo de Lourenço Marques'' by Professor Sá Couto, José Maria Rodrigues, Alfredo Fragoso, Américo Costa, Martinho Carvalho Durão and Professor Cabanelas. In 1976, after Mozambique's independence from

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, the club was renamed to ''Grupo Desportivo de Maputo''. The club's logo was also changed. 1925 Desportivo won the District Championship of Lourenço Marques, a competition held between 1922 and 1961. A further eleven wins followed. In 1957 Desportivo achieved its first of altogether eight Mozambican championships 1956, which was held first in 1956. The club won its last national championship in 2006. In 2012 Desportivo was relegated for the first time. Most famous of all players from Desportivo is

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, who won with Benfica amongst others the European Champion's Cup of 1961 and 1962 and achieved with Portugal the third place in the 1966 World Cup.

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto, which has a maximum capacity of 42,000 people.

Club colors

The club colors are black and white.

Achievements

Football

* Championship of Mozambique: :: colonial era (2): 1957, 1964. :: after independence (6): 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2006. * District Championship of Lourenço Marques: (12) ::1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959. * Cup of Mozambique: (2) ::1981, 2006. * Honour Cup of Maputo: (2) ::2007, 2008.

Roller Hockey

* Championship of Mozambique: (15) ::1976, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010. * Championship of Portugal: (3) ::1969, 1971, 1973.

Performance in African competitions

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: 1 appearance ::2006–07: Last 32 - Lost against

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(3–1 on aggregate) *

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: 1 appearance ::1989–90: Semi-finals - Lost against

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(7–3 on aggregate)

Current squad

Other sports

Besides football, Desportivo de Maputo also has other sports sections, such as

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, and

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References

* Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language Wikipedia article (retrieved June 12, 2006).

External links

Desportivo de Maputo's official website
{{Moçambola 2006 Association football clubs established in 1921 Desportivo Sport in Maputo 1921 establishments in Mozambique