Malawi national football team

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Malawi

Nickname(s)	The Flames
Association	Football Association of Malawi
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Kinnah Phiri
Home stadium	Kamuzu Stadium
FIFA code	MWI
FIFA ranking	103
Highest FIFA ranking	53 (December 1992)
Lowest FIFA ranking	138 (December 2007, March 2008)
Elo ranking	120
Home colours Away colours
First international
Nyasaland 0 - 12 Gold Coast (Malawi; October 15, 1962)
Biggest win
Malawi 8 - 1 Botswana (Malawi; July 13, 1968) Malawi 8 - 1 Djibouti (Blantyre, Malawi; May 31, 2008)
Biggest defeat
Nyasaland 0 - 12 Gold Coast (Malawi; October 15, 1962)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1984)
Best result	Round 1, 1984

The Malawi national football team, nicknamed The Flames, is the national team of Malawi and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.

Their best performance was winning the bronze medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games. Currently the coach of the team is Kinnah Phiri.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 World Cup record 3 African Nations Cup record 4 Fixtures and Recent results (12 Months) 5 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 5.1 Second Round 5.2 Group 12 5.3 Third Round 5.4 Group 5 5.5 Scorers in Qualifiers 6 Notable players 7 Head coaches 8 Current squad 8.1 Recent call-ups

[edit] 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)

[edit] World Cup record

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• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew from qualifying
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify
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[edit] African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1980 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1984 - Round 1
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1988 - Did not enter
• 1990 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Fixtures and Recent results (12 Months)

Date	Opposition	Result	Venue	Competition	Note
Nov. 18, 2007	Swaziland	Won 3-0	Manzini, Swaziland	International Friendly	First Win in 10 Matches
Mar. 26, 2008	Namibia	Won 3-1	Windhoek, Namibia	International Friendly
Apr. 06, 2008	Mozambique	Won 2-1	Lilongwe, Malawi	2009 African Championship of Nations Qualifier
Apr. 12, 2008	Mozambique	Lost 0-1	Nampula, Mozambique	2009 African Championship of Nations Qualifier	Knocked Out of Tournament
May. 25, 2008	Tanzania	Drew 1-1	Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania	International Friendly
May. 31, 2008	Djibouti	Won 8-1	Blantyre, Malawi	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier	Tied 40 year record for biggest win
Jun. 08, 2008	Congo DR	Lost 0-1	Kinshasa, Congo DR	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Jun. 14, 2008	Egypt	Won 1-0	Blantyre, Malawi	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Jun. 22, 2008	Egypt	Lost 0-2	Cairo, Egypt	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier	left with two must win games
Jul. 06, 2008	Kenya	Drew 0-0	Mzuzu, Malawi	International Friendly	Part of Independence Day Celebrations
Jul. 20, 2008	Lesotho	Won 1-0	Mpumalanga, South Africa	Cosafa Cup
Jul. 22, 2008	Comoros	Won 1-0	Mpumalanga, South Africa	Cosafa Cup
Jul. 24, 2008	Namibia	Lost 0-1	Mpumalanga, South Africa	Cosafa Cup	Knocked out of Tournament
Sep. 05, 2008	Djibouti	Won 3-0	Djibouti, Djibouti	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Sep. 30, 2008	South Africa	Lost 0-3	Germiston Stadium, South Africa	International Friendly
Oct. 11, 2008	Congo DR	Won 2-1	Blantyre, Malawi	2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier	Qualified For Third Qualifying Round

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Second Round

Qualified from group 12 as one of 8 best runners-up, along with 12 group winners, advancing to the third round.

[edit] Group 12

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Egypt 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 15  Malawi 6 4 0 2 14 5 +9 12  Congo DR 6 3 0 3 14 6 +8 9  Djibouti 6 0 0 6 2 30 −28 0

Congo DR  — 5 – 1 0 – 1 1 – 0 Djibouti  0 – 6 — 0 – 4 0 – 3 Egypt  2 – 1 4 – 0 — 2 – 0 Malawi  2 – 1 8 – 1 1 – 0 —

[edit] Third Round

Drawn in Group 5, and will play a full round-robin in 2009 (home and away), against other group members. Group winners of each group will qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the top three in each group will qualify for the African Cup of Nations.

[edit] Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Burkina Faso  — 20-Jun 28-Mar 14-Nov Côte d'Ivoire  5-Sep — 14-Nov 29-Mar Guinea  10-Oct 6-Jun — 20-Jun Malawi  6-Jun 10-Oct 5-Sep —

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3 March 2009 15:30	Côte d'Ivoire	v	Malawi	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

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6 June 2009	Malawi	v	Burkina Faso	Blantyre, Malawi

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20 June 2009	Guinea	v	Malawi

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5 September 2009	Malawi	v	Guinea	Blantyre, Malawi

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10 October 2009	Malawi	v	Côte d'Ivoire	Blantyre, Malawi

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14 November 2009	Burkina Faso	v	Malawi

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[edit] Scorers in Qualifiers

Player	Total goals	By round
		R2	R3
Esau Kanyenda	3	3
Chiukepo Msowoya	3	3
Moses Chavula	2	2
Robert Ng'ambi	2	2
Joseph Kamwendo	1	1
Elvis Kafoteka	1	1
Atusaye Nyondo	1	1
Noel Mkandawire	1	1

[edit] Notable players

• Kennedy Malunga
• Ernest Mtawali
• John Maduka
• Patrick Mabedi
• Esau Kanyenda
• Peter Mponda
• Joseph Kamwendo
• Niko Munthali
• Jimmy Zakazaka
• Gift Zakazaka
• Agrey Kanyenda

[edit] Head coaches

• 1998-1999: Jack Chamangwana
• 1999-2000: Young Chimodzi
• 2001-2002: Kim Splidsboel
• 2002-2003: Allan Gillet
• 2003-2004: Edington Ng'onamo (caretaker)
• 2004: John Kaputa
• 2004-2005: Yassin Osman
• 2005: Michael Hennigan (caretaker)
• 2005-2006: Burkhard Ziese
• 2006-2007: Kinnah Phiri (caretaker)
• 2007-2008: Stephen Constantine
• 2008- : Kinnah Phiri/Young Chimodzi

[edit] Current squad

Malawi's squad for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against DR Congo on October 11, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Swadick Sanudi October 21, 1983 Dynamos 2 MF Fisher Kondowe November 6, 1982 Bloemfontein Celtic 3 DF Moses Chavula August 8, 1985 Nathi Lions 4 FW Chiukepo Msowoya September 23, 1988 ESCOM United 5 DF James Sangala August 20, 1986 Thanda Royal Zulu 6 DF Wisdom Ndhlovu December 27, 1984 Young Africans 7 DF Peter Mponda September 4, 1981 Black Leopards 8 DF Jacob Ngwira September 7, 1985 ESCOM United 9 FW Russel Mwafulirwa February 24, 1983 IFK Norrköping 10 MF Joseph Kamwendo October 23, 1986 Orlando Pirates 11 FW Esau Kanyenda September 27, 1982 FC KAMAZ 12 DF Elvis Kafoteka January 17, 1978 Rangers 13 MF Hellings Mwakasungula May 5, 1980 Moroka Swallows 14 MF Daniel Chitsulo March 7, 1983 Rot Weiss Ahlen 15 MF Robert Ng'ambi September 11, 1986 Black Leopards 16 GK Valence Kamzere November 5, 1980 MTL Wanderers 17 FW Jimmy Zakazaka December 27, 1984 Bay United 18 MF Tawonga Chimodzi August 26, 1988 Santos

[edit] Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Trust Lunda (Friendly v. South Africa, 30 September) MF Noel Mkandawire December 25, 1987 ESCOM United (Friendly v. South Africa, 30 September) MF Dave Banda Red Lions (Friendly v. South Africa, 30 September) FW Peter Wadabwa September 14, 1988 ESCOM United (Friendly v. South Africa, 30 September) 8 Charles Kalayire (WCQ v. Djibouti, 5 September) 9 FW Atusaye Nyondo Silver Strikers (WCQ v. Djibouti, 5 September) 13 DF Godfrey Banda April 17, 1983 Silver Strikers (WCQ v. Djibouti, 5 September) 6 DF Clement Kafwafwa October 4, 1974 Lolland-Falster (WCQ v. Egypt, 22 June)

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