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Moçambola (or Campeonato Moçambicano de Futebol, Portuguese for Mozambican Football Championship) is the top division of Mozambican football. It is organized by the Liga Moçambicana de Futebol.

History

In 1976, shortly after the country's independence from Portugal, the competition's first season was contested. Only five clubs took part: Académica Maputo, AD Pemba, Desportivo de Maputo, Desportivo Tete, and Textáfrica.

Until 2005, the competition was named Liga 2M. In 2005, the league was renamed to Moçambola.

Competition format

The league consists of 12 clubs, with each team competing against each other team twice, round-robin style, for a total of 24 matches per season. The bottom two clubs in the league table are relegated to the second division. It currently takes place between the months of March/April and October.

Moçambola – clubs 2022

• Associação Black Bulls
• Costa do Sol (Maputo)
• Associação Desportiva de Vilankulos
• Incomati Xinavane
• Ferroviário Beira
• Ferroviario Lichinga
• Ferroviário Maputo
• Ferroviário Nacala
• Ferroviário Nampula
• Liga Desportiva de Maputo
• Matchedje Mocuba
• UD Songo (Songo)

List of champions

Titles by team

Top goalscorers

Season	Player	Team	Goals
1960	Eusebio	Sporting Lourenço Marques	16
2002	Genito	CD Maxaquene	11
2004	Ruben	Ferroviário da Beira
2005	Maurício Pequenino	Desportivo de Maputo	14
2006	Maurício Pequenino	Desportivo de Maputo	11
2007	Tó	CD Costa do Sol	16
2008	Luis	Ferroviário de Maputo	15
2009	Jerry Sitoe	Ferroviário de Maputo	16
2010	Jerry Sitoe	Ferroviário de Maputo	16
2011	Betinho	CD Maxaquene	15
2012	Sonito	Liga Desportiva	9
2014	Isaac de Carvalho	CD Maxaquene	13
2016	Luís Miquissone	UD Songo	15
2017	Telinho	Liga Muçulmana	17
2018	Telinho	Liga Muçulmana	11
2019	Bienvenu Eva Nga	Costa do Sol	24
2021	Ejaita	AB Bulls	15
2022	Lau King	UD Songo	9
	Isac	Ferroviário de Nampula
2023	Dayo António	UD Songo	12

Multiple hat-tricks

Rank	Country	Player	Hat-tricks
1		Dayo António	2
2		Betinho	1
		Parkim

References

1. "ASSEMBLEIA GERAL DA LIGA: LMF sugere novo figurino do “Moçambola” Archived 2018-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
2. "RSSSF Moçambola – 1976 season Archived 2023-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
3. "RSSSF – Moçambola 2005 Season Archived 2023-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
4. "RSSSF – Moçambola 2007 Season Archived 2023-03-25 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Moçambola at FIFA.com
• Moçambola at the RSSSF

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