Moçambola

Moçambola
Founded	1976
Country	Mozambique
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Segunda Divisão
Domestic cup	Taça de Moçambique Super Taça (Current champions AB Bulls)
International cup(s)	Champions League ; Confederation Cup
Current champions	UD Songo ; (2025)
Most championships	Ferroviário Maputo (18)
	Current: 2026 Moçambola

Moçambola (or Campeonato Moçambicano de Futebol, Portuguese for Mozambican Football Championship) is the top division of Mozambican football. It is organized by the Liga Moçambicana de Futebol.^[1]

History

In 1976, shortly after the country's independence from Portugal, the competition's first season was contested. Only five clubs took part: Académica Maputo, AD Pemba, Desportivo de Maputo, Desportivo Tete, and Textáfrica.^[2]

Until 2005, the competition was named Liga 2M. In 2005, the league was renamed to Moçambola.

Competition format

The league consists of 12 clubs, with each team competing against each other team twice, round-robin style, for a total of 24 matches per season. The bottom two clubs in the league table are relegated to the second division. It currently takes place between the months of March/April and October.^[3]^[4]

Moçambola – clubs 2022

List of champions

Years	Champions
1976	Textáfrica do Chimoio (1)
1977	Desportivo de Maputo (1)
1978	Desportivo de Maputo (2)
1979	Costa do Sol (1)
1980	Costa do Sol (2)
1981	Têxtil do Punguè (1)
1982	Ferroviário Maputo (1)
1983	Desportivo de Maputo (3)
1984	Maxaquene (1)
1985	Maxaquene (2)
1986	Maxaquene (3)
1987	Matchedje (1)
1988	Desportivo de Maputo (4)
1989	Ferroviário Maputo (2)
1990	Matchedje (2)
1991	Costa do Sol (3)
1992	Costa do Sol (4)
1993	Costa do Sol (5)
1994	Costa do Sol (6)
1995	Desportivo de Maputo (5)
1996	Ferroviário Maputo (3)
1997	Ferroviário Maputo (4)
1998–99	Ferroviário Maputo (5)
1999–2000	Costa do Sol (7)
2000–01	Costa do Sol (8)
2002	Ferroviário Maputo (6)
2003	Maxaquene (4)
2004	Ferroviário Nampula (1)
2005	Ferroviário Maputo (7)
2006	Desportivo Maputo (6)
2007	Costa do Sol (9)
2008	Ferroviário Maputo (8)
2009	Ferroviário Maputo (9)
2010	Liga Desportiva (1)
2011	Liga Desportiva (2)
2012	Maxaquene (5)
2013	Liga Desportiva (3)
2014	Liga Desportiva (4)
2015	Ferroviário Maputo (10)
2016	Ferroviário da Beira (1)
2017	UD Songo (1)
2018	UD Songo (2)
2019	Costa do Sol (10)
2020–21	Associação Black Bulls (1)
2022	UD Songo (3)
2023	Ferroviário da Beira (2)
2024	Associação Black Bulls (2)
2025	UD Songo (4)

Qualification for CAF competitions

Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season

The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.

Legend

CL: CAF Champions League
CC: CAF Confederation Cup
≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.

Rank			Association	2020–21 (× 1)		2021–22 (× 2)		2022–23 (× 3)		2023–24 (× 4)		2024–25 (× 5)		Total
2025	2024	Mvt	Association	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	Total
1	1	—	Egypt	8	3	7	4	8	2.5	7	7	10	4	190.5
2	2	—	Morocco	4	6	9	5	8	2	2	4	5	5	142
3	4	+1	South Africa	8	2	5	4	4	3	4	1.5	9	3	131
4	3	-1	Algeria	6	5	7	1	6	5	2	3	5	5	130
5	6	+1	Tanzania	3	0.5	0	2	3	4	6	0	2	4	82.5
6	5	-1	Tunisia	4	3	5	1	4	2	6	1	3	0.5	82.5
7	8	+1	Angola	1	0	5	0	2	0	3	1.5	2	2	55
8	7	-1	DR Congo	4	0	0	3	1	2	4	0	2	0	45
9	9	—	Sudan	3	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	41
10	11	+1	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	2	38
11	10	-1	Libya	0	0.5	0	5	0	0.5	0	3	0	0	24
12	12	—	Nigeria	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	21
13	15	+2	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0.5	18.5
14	14	—	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	16
15	13	-2	Guinea	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	12
16	19	+3	Botswana	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	8.5
17	21	+4	Senegal	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
18	17	-1	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8
19	18	-1	Congo	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.5	0	0	7
20	16	-4	Cameroon	0	3	0	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
21	22	+1	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
22	22	—	Uganda	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
23	-	new	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
24	20	-4	Zambia	0	1.5	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5
25	24	-1	Eswatini	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	24	-1	Niger	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	26	-1	Burkina Faso	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5

Titles by team

Club	Titles	Years won
Ferroviário de Maputo	18	1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1982, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2015
Costa do Sol	10	1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2019
Desportivo de Maputo	8	1957, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2006
Maxaquene	7	1960, 1962, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2012
G.D.R. Textáfrica	4	1969, 1971, 1973, 1976
Liga Desportiva	4	2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Ferroviário Beira	4	1958, 1974, 2016, 2023
UD Songo	4	2017, 2018, 2022, 2025
Matchedje Maputo	2	1987, 1990
Associação Black Bulls	2	2021, 2024
Sporting Nampula	1	1959
Têxtil Punguè	1	1981
Ferroviário de Nampula	1	2004

Top goalscorers

Season	Player	Team	Goals
1960	Eusebio	Sporting Lourenço Marques	16
2002	Genito	CD Maxaquene	11
2004	Ruben	Ferroviário da Beira
2005	Maurício Pequenino	Desportivo de Maputo	14
2006	Maurício Pequenino	Desportivo de Maputo	11
2007	Tó	CD Costa do Sol	16
2008	Luis	Ferroviário de Maputo	15
2009	Jerry Sitoe	Ferroviário de Maputo	16
2010	Jerry Sitoe	Ferroviário de Maputo	16
2011	Betinho	CD Maxaquene	15
2012	Sonito	Liga Desportiva	9
2014	Isac de Carvalho	CD Maxaquene	13
2016	Luís Miquissone	UD Songo	15
2017	Telinho	Liga Muçulmana	17
2018	Telinho	Liga Muçulmana	11
2019	Bienvenu Eva Nga	Costa do Sol	24
2021	Ejaita Ifoni	AB Bulls	15
2022	Lau King	UD Songo	9
2022	Isac	Ferroviário de Nampula	9
2023	Dayo António	UD Songo	12
2024	Kadre	Black Bulls	14
2025	Luís Miquissone	UD Songo	15

Multiple hat-tricks

Rank	Player	Hat-tricks
1	Dayo António	2
2	Betinho	1
	Cantolo
	Chester
	Fortinho
	Lau King
	Luís Miquissone
	Parkim

References

↑ "ASSEMBLEIA GERAL DA LIGA: LMF sugere novo figurino do “Moçambola” Archived 2018-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "RSSSF Moçambola – 1976 season Archived 2023-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "RSSSF – Moçambola 2005 Season Archived 2023-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "RSSSF – Moçambola 2007 Season Archived 2023-03-25 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Moçambola at FIFA.com
Moçambola at the RSSSF

[1] "ASSEMBLEIA GERAL DA LIGA: LMF sugere novo figurino do “Moçambola” Archived 2018-08-23 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "RSSSF Moçambola – 1976 season Archived 2023-02-08 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "RSSSF – Moçambola 2005 Season Archived 2023-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "RSSSF – Moçambola 2007 Season Archived 2023-03-25 at the Wayback Machine

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