Malawi Armed Forces College FC

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MAFCO
Full nameMalawi Armed Forces College Football Club
Nickname(s)The Soldiers
Ground Chitowe Stadium
Nkhotakota
Capacity1,000
ChairmanCaptain H Subili
ManagerWOII Thomas Kayamba
League TNM Super League
2023 TNM Super League, 10th of 16

Malawi Armed Forces College FC (MAFCO) is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Salima, Central Region and currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. [1]

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History

MAFCO, return to top league in 2010 winning the Central Region Football League after four years in the second division.

After three season finished at the bottom of the league table, struggling with relegation, the soldiers, under the management of head coach Stereo Gondwe, clinched 3rd position in 2013 season and won the President Cup after beating Silver Strikers FC on the final. [2]

In the following year, the team finished in 7th position and reached the quarter-finals of the Malawi Carlsberg Cup and semi-finals in the Standard Bank Knockout Cup.

In the 2015 season MAFCO finished as Super League runners-up, their highest league placing and reached again the quarter-final of the Malawi Carlsberg Cup.

In 2018, The Salima-based soldiers, ended the nine-year stay in the TNM Super League after finished in 15th position. [3]

Stadium

Currently the team plays at the 1,000 capacity Chitowe Stadium in Nkhotakota.

Honours

Super League of Malawi :

Central Region Football League

President Cup

Central Region Football League

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 Chipiku Stores CRFA Premier Division".
  2. ↑ "MAFCO win president cup". futaa.com. July 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "MAFCO relegated". malawi24.com. November 25, 2018.
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