2015 Moçambola Explained

Competition:Moçambola
Season:2015
Winners:Ferroviário Maputo
Relegated:1º de Maio
Desportivo de Nacala
Ferroviário Quelimane
Relegation:Regional Groups
Continentalcup1:2016 CAF Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Ferroviário Maputo
Continentalcup2:2016 CAF Confederation Cup
Biggest Home Win:LD Maputo 5–0 Desportivo de Nacala
(11 April 2015)
Biggest Away Win:Ferroviário Quelimane 0–5 LD Maputo
(10 May 2015)
Matches:182
Total Goals:291
Longest Wins:Costa do Sol (4)
Longest Unbeaten:LD Maputo (9)
Longest Winless:Ferroviário Quelimane (20)
Longest Losses:1º de Maio
Ferroviário Quelimane
Maxaquene (5)
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016
Updated:1 November 2015

The 2015 Moçambola is the 38th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 14 March 2014. Ferroviário Maputo won the league title by a single point with a 1–1 draw at Ferroviário Nampula. Costa do Sol could have taken the championship with a win or pulled even with a draw, but fell 1–0 at Chibuto to finish second despite leading the league for seven of the last 10 weeks. The championship was the 10th overall for Ferroviário Maputo and first since 2009.

1º de Maio, Desportivo de Nacala and Ferroviário Quelimane finished as the bottom three teams in the league table and were relegated to regional groups for the 2016 season.

Teams

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from 2014 regional groups, Ferroviário Nacala, 1º de Maio and Vilankulo.

On the other hand, Têxtil do Punguè, Ferroviário Pemba and Estrela Vermelha Beira were the last three teams of the 2014 season and are playing in regional groups for the 2015 season. LD Maputo are the defending champions from the 2014 season.

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2014 season
1º de Maio de QuelimaneMaputoEstádio 1º de Maio18,000Regional groups
FC ChibutoChibutoCampo do Chibuto2,0007th in Moçambola
CD Costa do SolMaputoEstádio do Costa do Sol10,0008th in Moçambola
Desportivo MaputoMaputoEstádio 1º de Maio18,0004th in Moçambola
Desportivo de NacalaNampulaEstadio 25 de Junho5,000
Clube Ferroviário da BeiraBeiraEstádio do Ferroviário7,0003rd in Moçambola
Clube Ferroviário de MaputoMaputoEstádio da Machava45,00010th in Moçambola
Clube Ferroviário de Nacala VelhaNacalaEstádio do Nacala Velha15,000Regional groups
Clube Ferroviário de NampulaNampulaEstadio 25 de Junho5,0002nd in Moçambola
Ferroviário de QuelimaneQuelimaneCampo do Ferroviário de Quelimane3,00011th in Moçambola
GD HCB SongoSongoEstádio 27 de Novembro2,0005th in Moçambola
Liga Muçulmana de MaputoMatolaEstádio Da Liga Muçulmana5,000Moçambola Champions
C.D. MaxaqueneMatolaCampo do Matchedje15,0006th in Moçambola
Vilankulo F.C.VilankuloEstádio Municipal de Vilankulo5,000Regional groups

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).