Clubname: | Ferroviário de Maputo |
Fullname: | Clube Ferroviário de Maputo |
Nickname: | Os Locomotivas |
Ground: | Estádio da Machava Maputo, Mozambique |
Capacity: | 60,000 |
Chairman: | Osório Lucas |
Manager: | João Chissano |
League: | Moçambola |
Season: | 2023 |
Position: | 8th |
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Clube Ferroviário de Maputo, or simply Ferroviário, is a Mozambique multi sports club from Maputo especially known for its football operations but also for its basketball and roller hockey team.
The club was founded in 1924, as Clube Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques. In 1976, the club was renamed to Clube Ferroviário de Maputo. In 1982, the club won its first two titles, the Cup of Mozambique, and the Mozambican League. After winning the Moçambola in 2008 and in 2009, they finished in the fifth position in the 2011 edition of the league, concluded on November 6, 2011.[1] They won the Taça de Moçambique in the same year, after they defeated Chingale de Tete in the final.[2]
The club plays their home matches at Estádio da Machava, which has a maximum capacity of 45,000 people.
Colonial champions:
Winners (8): 1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972
Since independence:
Winners (10): 1982, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998–99, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015
Winners (5): 1984, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2011,2022
Winners (2): 2001–02, 2005
1997 - Group Stage
1998 - Second Round
2000 - Second Round
2003 - First Round
2006 - First Round
2009 - Preliminary Round
1983 - Second Round
1990 - First Round
2004 - Preliminary Round
2005 - First Round
2012 - First Round
2023 - Second Round
1994 - First Round
1992 - Semi-finals
1993 - First Round
1994 - Second Round
1995 - Quarter-finals
1996 - Second Round
2001 - Quarter-finals
2002 - First Round
See main article: Ferroviário de Maputo (basketball). The club has a strong basketball team. Several of the club's players have represented different national teams at the FIBA Africa Championships. Octavio Magolico, for example, has played for the Mozambique national basketball team and Cedrick Kalombo has played for the South Africa national basketball team.[3]