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 there are two indoor sports namely basketball and handball. In such sports Maxaquene is only the club with the most national titles after independence. Maxaquene won its first post-independence title in football, the Taça de Moçambique, in 1978. Prior to Mozambique's independence from Portugal, Maxaquene were known as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques or simply Sporting de Lourenço Marques. Under this name, the legendary Eusébio played for the club.

Name history

The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Maxaquene, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.

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Former coaches