CD Costa do Sol

Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol, commonly known as Costa do Sol, is a Mozambican sports club based in Maputo. It is best known for the professional football team playing in Moçambola, the top division in Mozambican football.

Costa do Sol
Full nameClube de Desportos da Costa do Sol
Nickname(s)Canarinhos
Short nameCosta do Sol
Founded15 of October 1955 (65 years ago) as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
GroundEstádio do Costa do Sol
Capacity10,000[1]
PresidentJonas Chitsumba
Head Coach Horácio Gonçalves
LeagueMoçambola
2019Moçambola, Champions
WebsiteClub website

Founded in 15 of October 1955, Costa do Sol won its first title in 1979, the Mozambican league, and today is the club with the most titles won since national independence. They are nicknamed canarinhos (little canaries[2]) for their equipment colour.

Name history
  • 15 Oct 1955 – 76 : Founded as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
  • 1976 – 78 : The club is renamed Sport Maputo e Benfica
  • 1978 – : The club is renamed Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Costa do Sol and has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. The venue is located about 500 metres (550 yards) from the Costa do Sol beach in Maputo - which inspired the refoundation of the club's name in 1978.

Honours
Winners (10): 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999/2000, 2001, 2007, 2019
Winners (12): 1980, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2017
  • Supertaça de Moçambique
Winners (10): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2020

Performance in African competitions
1999 – First Round
2001 – First Round
2002 – Group stage
2008 – Preliminary Round
2008 – First Round
2019-20 – Preliminary Round
1980 – First Round
1981 – Second Round
1992 – Second Round
1993 – Second Round
1994 – Second Round
1995 – First Round
2010 – First Round
2018 – Preliminary Round
1984 – First Round
1989 – Second Round
1996 – Quarter-Finals
1998 – Quarter-Finals
2000 – First Round
2003 – Second Round

Players

First-team squad
As of 25 Dec 2020[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK  MOZ Victor Guambe
- GK  MOZ Pinto
- GK  MOZ Horácio
- DF  MOZ Agero Jonasse (Manucho)
- DF  MOZ Francisco Mioche (Chico)
- DF  MOZ Jose Cassimiro (Abú)
- DF  MOZ Danilo Muzé
- DF  MOZ Bernardino José (Bernardo)
- DF  MOZ Jorge Muholove
- MF  MOZ Salomão Mondlane
- MF  MOZ Geraldo Matsimbe
- MF  MOZ Feliciano Jone (Nené)
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF  LBR Stephen Seameh
- MF  MOZ Nelson Divrassone
- MF  MOZ Nilton Ernesto
- MF  MOZ Kayns Abdala
- MF  MOZ Fernando Nacorro (Nandinho)
- FW  MOZ Telinho
- FW  MOZ Mário Capena
- FW  MOZ Chelito Omar
- FW  TOG Ayi Hunlede (Kissimbo)
- FW  MOZ Isac de Carvalho (Captain)

Personnel

Technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Horácio Gonçalves
Assistant coaches Jossias Macamo
António Chirindza
Goalkeeper coach Antoninho Guambe

Last updated: 25 December 2020
Source: Costa do Sol

References
  1. "Estádio - O nosso clube" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.
  2. "Maputo.co.mz". Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2006.
  3. "Mozambique - List of Cup Winners". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  4. "Senior - Futebol Profissional" (in Portuguese). CD Costa do Sol.


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