Moçambola
Mozambican football league
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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]
| 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 | |
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
- Associação Black Bulls
- Costa do Sol (Maputo)
- Associação Desportiva de Vilankulos
- Incomati Xinavane
- Ferroviário Beira
- Ferroviario Lichinga
- Ferroviário Maputo
- Ferroviário Nacala
- Ferroviário Nampula
- Liga Desportiva de Maputo
- Matchedje Mocuba
- UD Songo (Songo)
List of champions
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 | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | ||
| 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 |
| Isac | Ferroviário de Nampula | ||
| 2023 | Dayo António | UD Songo | 12 |
| 2024 | Kadre | Black Bulls | 14 |
| 2025 | Luís Miquissone | UD Songo | 15 |
Multiple hat-tricks
| Rank | Country | Player | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Dayo António | 2 |
| 2 | |
Betinho | 1 |
|
Cantolo | ||
|
Chester | ||
|
Fortinho | ||
|
Lau King | ||
|
Luís Miquissone | ||
|
Parkim | ||