Malawi national football team

Malawi

Nickname(s)	The Flames
Association	Football Association of Malawi
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Kinnah Phiri
Home stadium	Kamuzu Stadium
FIFA code	MWI
FIFA ranking	87
Highest FIFA ranking	53 (December 1992)
Lowest FIFA ranking	138 (December 2007, March 2008)
Elo ranking	99
Highest Elo ranking	47 (June 1988)
Lowest Elo ranking	145 (December 1999)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Nyasaland 0–12 Gold Coast  (Malawi; 15 October 1962) [1]
Biggest win
Malawi 8–1 Botswana  (Malawi; 13 July 1968) Malawi 8–1 Djibouti  (Blantyre, Malawi; 31 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
Nyasaland 0–12 Gold Coast  (Malawi; 15 October 1962)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (First in 1984)
Best result	Round 1, 1984 and 2010

The Malawi national football team, nicknamed The Flames, is the national team of Malawi and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. Before 1966 they were known as the Nyasaland national football team. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and have twice reached the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. Their best performance was winning the bronze medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games. The most successful football club from Malawi are Big Bullets.

Achievements

COSAFA Cup :

• 2 Times Runners-up

CECAFA Cup :

• 3 Times Champion (1978, 1979, 1988)
• 3 Times Runners-up

All Africa Games :

• 1 Third Place (1987)

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974: Did not enter
• 1978 to 1990: Did not qualify
• 1994: Withdrew from qualification
• 1998 to 2010: Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

• 1957 to 1974: Did not enter
• 1976 to 1982: Did not qualify
• 1984: Round 1
• 1986 to 2008: Did not qualify
• 2010: Round 1

Fixtures and Recent Results

Date	Opposition	Result	Venue	Competition	Notes
12 May 2010	Yemen	Lost 0–1	Sana'a	International Friendly
May 2010	Angola	Drew 1–1	Angola	2011 African Championship of Nations Qualifier
June 2010	Angola	Lost 0–2	Blantyre, Malawi	2011 African Championship of Nations Qualifier	Knocked Out of Tournament
9 July 2010	Togo	Drew 1–1	Lomé, Togo	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier
11 August 2010	Botswana	Drew 1–1	Blantyre, Malawi	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier
3 September 2010	Tunisia	Drew 2–2	Tunis, Tunisia	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier
8 October 2010	Chad	Won 6–2	Blantyre, Malawi	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier
17 November 2010	Rwanda	Won 2–1	Blantyre, Malawi	International Friendly
29 November 2010	Kenya	Won 3–2	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	2010 CECAFA Cup
2 December 2010	Uganda	Drew 1–1	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	2010 CECAFA Cup
4 December 2010	Ethiopia	Drew 1–1	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	2010 CECAFA Cup	Qualified for Quarter-finals
7 December 2010	Côte d'Ivoire	Lost 0–1	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	2010 CECAFA Cup	Knocked out of tournament. First defeat in nine games
5 February 2011	Namibia	Won 2–1	Windhoek, Namibia	International Friendly
25 March 2011	Togo	Won 1–0	Blantyre, Malawi	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier
28 May 2011	Swaziland	Drew 1–1	Mhlume, Swaziland	International Friendly
3 June 2011	Botswana	Drew 0–0	Gaborone, Botswana	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier	Unbeaten in four games
6 July 2011	Namibia	Lost 0–1	Blantyre, Malawi	International Friendly
2 September 2011	Tunisia	Drew 0–0	Blantyre, Malawi	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier	Will qualify for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations if they defeat Chad in final qualifying game
7 October 2011	Chad	Drew 2–2	N’Djamena, Chad	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier	Knocked Out of Tournament

2012 African Cup of Nations Qualification

Drawn in Group K alongside Tunisia, Chad, Botswana and Togo. Top 2 teams will qualify for 2012 African Cup of Nations.

Group K

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Botswana	5	4	1	0	6	2	+4	13
Tunisia	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
Malawi	4	1	3	0	10	6	+4	6
Togo	5	0	3	2	5	7	−2	3
Chad	5	0	2	3	5	12	−7	2

9 July 2010	Togo	1 – 1	Malawi	Lomé, Togo
	Backer Aloenouvo  85'		Hellings Mwakasungula  17'

---

11 August 2010	Malawi	1 – 1	Botswana	Blantyre, Malawi
	Davi Banda  74'		Jerome Ramatlhakwane  63'

---

3 September 2010	Tunisia	2 – 2	Malawi	Tunis, Tunisia
	Issam Jemâa  11', 27'		Chiukepo Msowoya  45' Essau Kanyenda  82' (pen.)

---

8 October 2010	Malawi	6 – 2	Chad	Blantyre, Malawi
	Jimmy Zakazaka  14' Essau Kanyenda  21', 56' Chiukepo Msowoya  68', 72' Robert Ng'ambi  80'		Marius Mbaiam  27' Ezechiel Ndouassel  76'

---

26 March 2011 14:30 UTC+2	Malawi	1 – 0	Togo	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
	Chavula  18'

---

5 June 2011 15:00 UTC+2	Botswana	0 – 0	Malawi	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone

---

3 September 2011 14:30 UTC+2	Malawi	0 – 0	Tunisia	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

---

8 October 2011 16:00 UTC+1	Chad	2 – 2	Malawi	Stade National, N'Djamena
	Labbo  64' Barthelemy  90+4'		Ng'ambi  35' Nyirenda  81'

Current squad

The following players were called up for the African Nations Cup 2010.

Caps as of 11 January 2010, subsequent to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations against Algeria.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Swadic Sanudi 21 October 1983 (1983-10-21) (age 28) 43 Dynamos 16 1GK Simplex Nthala 24 February 1988 (1988-02-24) (age 23) 1 MTL Wanderers 22 1GK Charles Swini 28 February 1985 (1985-02-28) (age 26) 1 Super ESCOM 3 2DF Moses Chavula 8 August 1985 (1985-08-08) (age 26) 31 AmaZulu 5 2DF James Sangala 20 August 1986 (1986-08-20) (age 25) 23 Primeiro de Agosto 6 2DF Allan Kamanga 29 December 1981 (1981-12-29) (age 29) 29 Dynamos 8 2DF Peter Mponda (Captain) 4 September 1981 (1981-09-04) (age 30) 61 Black Leopards 12 2DF Elvis Kafoteka 17 January 1978 (1978-01-17) (age 33) 20 APR 21 2DF Maupo Msowoya 14 May 1982 (1982-05-14) (age 29) 33 Super ESCOM 23 2DF Harry Nyirenda 25 August 1990 (1990-08-25) (age 21) 2 MTL Wanderers 2 3MF Jester Young 23 March 1989 (1989-03-23) (age 22) 22 Silver Strikers 7 3MF Jacob Ngwira 7 September 1985 (1985-09-07) (age 26) 11 Carara Kicks 10 3MF Joseph Kamwendo 23 October 1986 (1986-10-23) (age 25) 36 Vasco da Gama 13 3MF Hellings Mwakasungula 5 May 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 31) 21 Silver Strikers 15 3MF Robert Ng'ambi 11 September 1986 (1986-09-11) (age 25) 28 Platinum Stars 18 3MF Peter Wadabwa 14 September 1988 (1988-09-14) (age 23) 13 Thanda Royal Zulu 19 3MF Davi Banda 29 December 1983 (1983-12-29) (age 27) 17 Red Lions 4 4FW Chiukepo Msowoya 23 September 1988 (1988-09-23) (age 23) 19 Orlando Pirates 9 4FW Russel Mwafulirwa 24 February 1983 (1983-02-24) (age 28) 28 IFK Norrköping 11 4FW Essau Kanyenda 27 September 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 29) 40 Dynamo 14 4FW Victor Nyirenda 23 August 1988 (1988-08-23) (age 23) 6 APR 17 4FW Jimmy Zakazaka 27 December 1984 (1984-12-27) (age 26) 22 African Warriors 20 4FW Atusaye Nyondo 25 July 1988 (1988-07-25) (age 23) 8 SuperSport United

Recent call-ups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Valence Kamzere 5 November 1980 MTL Wanderers MF Fisher Kondowe 6 November 1982 Bloemfontein Celtic MF Tawonga Chimodzi 26 August 1988 Santos GK Trust Lunda (Friendly v South Africa, 30 September) Big Bullets MF Noel Mkandawire (Friendly v South Africa, 30 September) 25 December 1982 ESCOM United 8 Charles Kalayire (WCQ v Djibouti, 5 September) 13 DF Godfrey Banda (WCQ v Djibouti, 5 September) 17 April 1983 Silver Strikers

Head coaches

Young Chimodzi (1999–2000) Kim Splidsboel (2001–2002) Allan Gillet (2002–2003) Edington Ng'onamo (2003–2004), (caretaker) John Kaputa (2004) Yassin Osman (2004–2005)

Michael Hennigan (2005), (caretaker) Burkhard Ziese (2005–2006) Kinnah Phiri (2006–2007), (caretaker) Stephen Constantine (2007–2008) Eli Cohen (2008–2009) Kinnah Phiri / Young Chimodzi (2009–)

References

External links

• Football Association of Malawi official website
• Malawi at FIFA.com