Full name | Mbabane Swallows Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Umkhonto Kashaka | ||
Founded | 1948 | ||
Ground | Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Eswatini | ||
Capacity | 20,000 | ||
Chairman | Lloyd Maziya [1] | ||
Manager | N/A [2] | ||
League | Premier League of Eswatini | ||
2022–2023 | 3rd | ||
Mbabane Swallows Football Club is a Eswatini football club based in Mbabane.
The club was established in 1948. It was the first Swazi club to participate in the CAF Champions League, when they did it in 2018.
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 | |
2014 | PR | Nkana | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–5 | |
2015 | PR | ZESCO United | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
2018 | PR | Bantu | 1–3 | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
1R | Zanaco | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | ||
Group D | ZESCO United | 1–1 | TBD | |||
1º de Agosto | 1–0 | |||||
Étoile du Sahel |
as of 1 May 2018 [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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All players presented during his career the nationalside of his homeland. [9]
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