Mighty Wanderers FC
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| Full name | Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Nomads | ||
| Founded | 1962 | ||
| Ground | Kamuzu Stadium Blantyre | ||
| Capacity | 65,000 | ||
| Chairman | Thom Mpinganjira | ||
| Manager | Foster Namwera | ||
| Coach | Eddington Ng`onamo | ||
| League | TNM Super League | ||
| 2022 | TNM Super League, 3rd of 16 | ||
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Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Football Club is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Blantyre. They currently play in Malawi's TNM Super League.
History
The Mighty Mukuru Wanderers FC is one of the more successful teams in the Malawi Premier Division, based in Blantyre. They have won 6 titles in the league. In 2005 and 2006 their leading striker, Aggrey Kanyenda was the top goal scorer in the 2005–06 season.[1]
Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was previously known as Limbe Leaf Wanderers, Telecom Wanderers, MTL Wanderers, Be Forward Wanderers.
In 2014, the club won sponsorship of about 70 million Malawi Kwacha from Be Forward, a Japanese Car Exporter.[2]
In 2017, coached by Yasin Osman, Wanderers won their first league title in 11 years.
In January 2021, Wanderers will change its name again after the Japanese second-hand car dealers, Be Forward, concludes its sponsorship contract.[3]
Achievements
- 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2017
- Bp Top 8: 1
- 2004
- 1999
- 2005,2015
- 2004, 2006
- Bingu Cup: 1
- 2008
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 4 appearances
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 2000 – First Round
Players
Current squad
- As of 28 September 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ^ "Mighty Wanderers F.C". Soccer Way.
- ^ Nomads Seal be Forward sponsorship deal and renamed the club to Mighty Be Forward Wanderers Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wanderers to change name, colours as BE Forward departs". malawi24.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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