Football in Malawi

Football in Malawi
Country	Malawi
Governing body	Football Association of Malawi
National team(s)	national football team
Club competitions
Malawi Premier Division
International competitions
Champions League CAF Confederation Cup Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA World Cup(National Team) African Cup of Nations(National Team)

The sport of football in the country of Malawi is run by the Football Association of Malawi. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The association administers the national football team, as well as the Super League of Malawi. Football is the most popular sport in Malawi. ^[4]

History

The Nyasaland Football Association was formed in 1938. ^[5]

National team

In the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Malawi reached the second round of the competition for the first time. ^[6]

Bibliography

• A History of Nyasaland and Malawi Football: Volume 1 1935 to 1969 ISBN   9781665598408

Football stadiums in Malawi

#	Tenants	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Image
1	Mighty Wanderers, Nyasa Big Bullets	Blantyre	Kamuzu Stadium	65,000
2	Malawi national football team, Silver Strikers	Lilongwe	Bingu National Stadium	41,100
3	Civil Service United, Kamuzu Barracks, Mchinji Extreme FC	Lilongwe	Civo Stadium	25,000
4	Chitipa United, Karonga United	Karonga	Karonga Stadium	20,000
5	Ekwendeni Hammers, Moyale Barracks	Mzuzu	Mzuzu Stadium	15,000
6	Bangwe All Stars	Blantyre	Mpira Stadium	6,244
7	Dedza Dynamos	Dedza	Dedza Stadium	6,000
8	Blue Eagles	Lilongwe	Nankhaka Stadium	5,000

Support

Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Malawi was Arsenal, with 29% of Malawian Premier League fans following the club, closely followed by Manchester United (26%) and Chelsea (16%). ^[7]

See also

• Lists of stadiums

References

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3. Sumbuleta, Aubrey (2004-08-13). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Fifa freezes Malawi funds". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
4. "Most Popular Spectator Sports in the World". Imgur.com . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
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6. "Malawi and Cape Verde among five to reach last 16". BBC Sport.
7. "Which is Africa's favourite Premier League team?". BBC News. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2024-10-18.