Grupo Desportivo de Maputo, usually known as Desportivo de Maputo, Desportivo Maputo or by the acronym GDM, is an
association football club from
Maputo,
Mozambique.
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
Portugal, 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 The District Championship of Lourenço Marques was a competition for association football clubs in the then officially Portuguese Province Mozambique and was held 40 times between 1922 ad 1961. Participants were the clubs of Lourenço Marques, toda ...
, 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
Mário Coluna, 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
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Championship of Mozambique:
:: colonial era (2): 1957, 1964.
:: after independence (6): 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2006.
*
District Championship of Lourenço Marques The District Championship of Lourenço Marques was a competition for association football clubs in the then officially Portuguese Province Mozambique and was held 40 times between 1922 ad 1961. Participants were the clubs of Lourenço Marques, toda ...
: (12)
::1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959.
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Cup of Mozambique: (2)
::1981, 2006.
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Honour Cup of Maputo: (2)
::2007, 2008.
Roller Hockey
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Championship of Mozambique: (15)
::1976, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010.
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Championship of Portugal: (3)
::1969, 1971, 1973.
Performance in African competitions
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CAF Champions League
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 co ...
: 1 appearance
::2006–07: Last 32 - Lost against
Mamelodi Sundowns (3–1 on aggregate)
*
CAF Cup Winners' Cup
The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...
: 1 appearance
::1989–90: Semi-finals - Lost against
BCC Lions
BCC Lions Football Club (Benue Cement Company Lions Football Club) is a Nigerian football team based in Gboko, Benue State, that competes in the Nigeria Amateur League, and plays its home games at the J. S. Tarka Stadium.
History
BCC Lions wa ...
(7–3 on aggregate)
Current squad
Other sports
Besides football, Desportivo de Maputo also has other sports sections, such as
athletics,
basketball,
five-a-side football,
rink hockey, and
swimming.
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