Mbabane Swallows F.C.
Football club
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Mbabane Swallows Football Club is an Eswatini professional football club based in Mbabane. The club was established in 1948. It was the first Eswatini club to participate in the CAF Champions League, when they did it in 2018. Mbabane Swallows regularly play home games in front of thousands of spectators.
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Full nameMbabane Swallows Football Club
NicknameUmkhonto Kashaka
Founded1948
GroundSomhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Eswatini
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| Full name | Mbabane Swallows Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | Umkhonto Kashaka | ||
| Founded | 1948 | ||
| Ground | Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Eswatini | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Lloyd Maziya[1] | ||
| League | Premier League of Eswatini | ||
| 2024–25 | 6th of 14 | ||
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Achievements
- Swazi Cup: 4
- 1986, 2006, 2013, 2016.
- 1993, 1999, 2004, 2014, 2017, 2018
- Swazi League Cup: 6
- 1997, 1999, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Swazi top 8 Cup:
- 2013,2015,2016
- PLS Ultimate Cup: 1
- 2012
- King Mswati III Cup: 1
- 2015
- Mbabane Mayoral Cup (Town Century celebration): 1
- 2002
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 10 appearances
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance
- 1994 – Preliminary round
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
- 1995 – First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 1987 – Preliminary round
African record
| Year | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1987 | African Cup Winners' Cup | PR |  Royal Lesotho Defence Force |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| 1994 | African Cup of Champions Clubs | PR |  JS Saint-Pierroise |
4–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
| 1995 | CAF Cup | 1R |  Malindi FC |
0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| 1998 | CAF Champions League | PR | Royal Lesotho Defence Force |
1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 |
| 2006 | PR |  Orlando Pirates |
0–5 | 2–2 | 2–7 | |
| 2010 | PR | Supersport United |
1–3 | 2–2 | 3–5 | |
| 2013 | PR |  Zanaco |
0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | |
| 2014 | PR | Nkana |
2–0 | 5–2 | 4–5 | |
| 2015 | PR | ZESCO United |
1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| 2016 | PR |  APR |
1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | |
| 2017 | CAF Confederation Cup | PR |  Orapa United |
3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| 1R | Azam |
3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | ||
| PO |  AC Léopards |
4–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | ||
| Group B |  CS Sfaxien |
1–3 | 0–1 | 3rd | ||
| Platinum Stars |
4–2 | 2–2 | ||||
 MC Alger |
0–0 | 1–2 | ||||
| 2018 | CAF Champions League | PR |  Bantu |
1–3 | 2–4 | 5–5 |
| 1R | Zanaco |
2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Group D | ZESCO United |
0–3 | 1–1 | 4th | ||
 1º de Agosto |
1–0 | 1–2 | ||||
| Étoile du Sahel |
0–3 | 0–2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | PR | Simba |
0–4 | 1–4 | 1–8 | |
| 2020–21 | CAF Confederation Cup | PR | Sagrada Esperança |
– | – | w/o |
| 2024–25 | CAF Champions League | 1R |  Ferroviário da Beira |
1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2R | Mamelodi Sundowns |
0–4 | 0–4 | 0–8 |
Staff
Notable coaches
Walter Rautmann
Alou Badara
Jani Simulambo[9]- Nyanga 'Crooks' Hlophe (2013)
- Chris Tembo (2014)[10]
- Siyabonga Bhembe[11]
Crest
Old crest
Present crest
Notable former players
All players presented during his career the nationalside of his homeland.[12]
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