Malawi national football team




This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Malawi women's national football team.


























































































Malawi
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Flames
Association
Football Association of Malawi (FAM)
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach Ronny Van Geneugden
Captain Limbikani Mzava
Most caps
Kinnah Phiri (115)
Top scorer
Kinnah Phiri (71)[1]
Home stadium
Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
FIFA code MWI

















First colours













Second colours


FIFA ranking
Current 129 Increase 1 (7 February 2019)[2]
Highest 53 (December 1992)
Lowest 138 (December 2007, March 2008)
Elo ranking
Current 149 Decrease 20 (2 February 2019)[3]
Highest 53 (6 July 1988)
Lowest 148 (November 2018)
First international

Nyasaland Nyasaland 0–5 Northern Rhodesia 
(Malawi; 1957) [1]
Biggest win

 Malawi 8–1 Botswana 
(Malawi; 13 July 1968)
 Malawi 8–1 Djibouti 
(Blantyre, Malawi; 31 May 2008)
Biggest defeat

Nyasaland Nyasaland 0–12 Gold Coast 
(Malawi; 15 October 1962)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 2 (first in 1984)
Best result Group stage, 1984 and 2010

The Malawi national football team, nicknamed The Flames, is the national team of Malawi, a country in South Eastern Africa, and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. Before 1966, they were known as the Nyasaland national football team.




Contents






  • 1 Honours


  • 2 Competition records


    • 2.1 Africa Cup of Nations record


    • 2.2 FIFA World Cup


    • 2.3 African Games


    • 2.4 All-time record against other nations




  • 3 Recent results and forthcoming fixtures


  • 4 Current squad


  • 5 Records


  • 6 Head coaches


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Honours




COSAFA Cup :

  • 2 Times Runners-up (2002, 2003)

  • 1 Time Plate Winners (2015)

  • 5 Times Winners (2015)




CECAFA Cup :

  • 3 Times Winners (1978, 1979, 1988)

  • 3 Times Runners-up




All Africa Games :
  • 1 Third Place (1987)




Competition records



Africa Cup of Nations record






















































































































































































































































































































































































Africa Cup of Nations record
Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year
 Round
 Position
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
 Squad
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA

Sudan 1957
Did Not Enter
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

United Arab Republic 1959
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Ethiopia 1962
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Ghana 1963
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Tunisia 1965
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Ethiopia 1968
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Sudan 1970
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Cameroon 1972
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Egypt 1974
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Ethiopia 1976
Did Not Qualify
 2
 0
 1
 1
 4
 9

Ghana 1978
 2
 0
 1
 1
 3
 4

Nigeria 1980
 4
 1
 0
 3
 6
 7

Libya 1982
 2
 0
 1
 1
 1
 2

Ivory Coast 1984
Group Stage
7th
3
0
1
2
2
6
Squad
 4
 3
 1
 0
 6
 2

Egypt 1986
Did Not Qualify
 2
 0
 2
 0
 2
 2

Morocco 1988
 2
 0
 0
 2
 1
 4

Algeria 1990
 4
 1
 2
 1
 5
 4

Senegal 1992
 4
 0
 1
 3
 3
 9

Tunisia 1994
 6
 2
 1
 3
 4
 7

South Africa 1996
 6
 1
 3
 2
 6
 7

Burkina Faso 1998
 6
 3
 0
 3
 9
 10

Ghana Nigeria 2000
 2
 1
 0
 1
 2
 2

Mali 2002
 2
 0
 0
 2
 2
 5

Tunisia 2004
 4
 1
 0
 3
 3
 10

Egypt 2006
 12
 2
 4
 6
 15
 27

Ghana 2008
 4
 1
 0
 3
 2
 6

Angola 2010
Group Stage
11th
3
1
0
2
4
5
Squad
 6
 4
 0
 2
 14
 5

Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012
Did Not Qualify
 8
 2
 6
 0
 13
 8

South Africa 2013
 4
 1
 0
 3
 4
 6

Equatorial Guinea 2015
 6
 2
 1
 3
 5
 9

Gabon 2017
 6
 2
 1
 3
 5
 9

Cameroon 2019
 5
 1
 1
 3
 2
 6

Ivory Coast 2021
To be determined
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Guinea 2023
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Total
Group Stage
2/29
6
1
1
4
6
11
–
103
28
26
49
117
160


FIFA World Cup
























































































































































































































































FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year
 Round
 Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
 Squad
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA

Uruguay 1930
Did Not Enter
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Italy 1934
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

France 1938
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Brazil 1950
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Switzerland 1954
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Sweden 1958
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Chile 1962
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

England 1966
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Mexico 1970
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

West Germany 1974
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

Argentina 1978
Did Not Qualify
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 5

Spain 1982
 2
 0
 1
 1
 1
 4

Mexico 1986
 4
 2
 0
 2
 5
 2

Italy 1990
 8
 2
 3
 3
 6
 6

United States 1994
Withdrew
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –

France 1998
Did Not Qualify
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 4

South Korea Japan 2002
 8
 1
 2
 5
 6
 12

Germany 2006
 12
 2
 4
 6
 15
 27

South Africa 2010
 12
 5
 1
 6
 18
 16

Brazil 2014
 6
 1
 4
 1
 4
 5

Russia 2018
 2
 1
 0
 1
 1
 2

Qatar 2022
To be determined
To be determined

United States Canada Mexico 2026
To be determined
To be determined

Total
–
0/20
0
0
0
0
0
0
–
58
14
15
29
56
83


African Games


Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

See also: Malawi national under-23 football team




































































African Games Record
Year
 Result
 GP
 W
 D
 L
 GS
 GA

Republic of the Congo 1965
 - 0 0 0 0 0
0

Nigeria 1973
 - 0 0 0 0 0
0

Algeria 1978
 - 0 0 0 0 0
0

Kenya 1987
 - 0 0 0 0 0
0

1991–present
See Malawi national under-23 football team
Total 4/4 0 0 0 0 0
0


All-time record against other nations


As of 17 November 2018[4]


  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record













































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Opponent

 Pld

 W

 D

 L

 GF

 GA

 GD
 Algeria 7 2 1 4 6 13 −7
 Angola 9 3 3 3 8 10 −2
 Benin 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
 Botswana 23 11 7 5 46 21 +25
 Burkina Faso 4 0 1 3 3 7 −4
 Burundi 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2
 Cameroon 9 1 4 4 6 13 −7
 Chad 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5
 Comoros 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
 Congo 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
 Djibouti 4 4 0 0 17 1 +16
 DR Congo 10 3 3 4 8 9 −1
 Egypt 10 3 2 5 8 14 −6
 Eritrea 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1
 Ethiopia 11 3 6 2 11 9 +2
 Gabon 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Ghana 6 0 1 5 0 17 −17
 Guinea 7 1 3 3 7 10 −3
 Ivory Coast 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5
 Kenya 47 19 18 10 61 46 +15
 Lesotho 19 13 3 3 42 11 +31
 Liberia 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2
 Libya 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2
 Madagascar 10 2 1 7 12 21 −9
 Mali 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3
 Mauritius 20 11 5 4 31 19 +12
 Morocco 9 1 2 6 3 15 −12
 Mozambique 30 12 10 8 33 28 +5
 Namibia 14 3 3 8 13 19 −6
 Nigeria 8 0 2 6 9 20 −11
 Réunion 1 1 0 0 8 2 +6
 Rwanda 9 5 2 2 16 9 +7
 Senegal 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2
 Sierra Leone 4 3 1 0 14 5 +9
 Somalia 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4
 South Africa 12 1 2 9 5 20 −15
 South Sudan 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Sudan 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
 Swaziland 25 11 9 5 39 20 +19
 Tanzania 55 17 25 13 62 52 +10
 Togo 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
 Tunisia 7 2 3 2 8 16 −8
 Uganda 30 8 9 13 32 37 −5
 Yemen 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Zambia 78 19 16 43 66 168 −102
 Zanzibar 15 12 2 1 34 10 +24
 Zimbabwe 64 18 21 25 60 82 −22
Total 606 207 174 225 732 789 −57


Recent results and forthcoming fixtures


Matches in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches.



Tanzania  v  Malawi


















Malawi  v  Mauritius


















Malawi  v  Angola


















Malawi  v  Lesotho


















Uganda  v  Malawi


















Mauritius  v  Malawi


















Malawi  v  Botswana


















Angola  v  Malawi


















Morocco  v  Malawi


















Kenya  v  Malawi


















Cameroon  v  Malawi


















Malawi  v  Cameroon


















Comoros  v  Malawi


















Malawi  v  Morocco


















Current squad


The following players were called for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Morocco on 8 September 2018.[5]


Caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2018.


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No.
Pos.
 Player
 Date of birth (age)
 Caps
 Goals
 Club
1
1GK
Charles Swini
(1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 (age 33)
 13
 0
Malawi Silver Strikers
2
1GK
Brighton Munthali
(1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 21)
 3
 0
Malawi Silver Strikers
3
2DF
Denis Chembezi
(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 22)
 2
 0
Unattached
4
2DF
Stanley Sanudi
(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 24)
 20
 0
Malawi Tigers
5
2DF
Limbikani Mzava
(1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 (age 25)
 31
 0
South Africa Golden Arrows
6
2DF
John Lanjesi
(1993-04-23) 23 April 1993 (age 25)
 12
 0
Malawi CIVO United
7
2DF
Yamikani Fodya
(1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 27)
 16
 0
Malawi Big Bullets
8
2DF
Gomezgani Chirwa
(1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 (age 22)
 4
 0
Malawi Civo United
9
2DF
Precious Sambani
(1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 20)
 1
 0
Malawi Mighty Wanderers
10
3MF
Jabulani Linje
(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 24)
 1
 0
Japan YSCC
11
3MF
Gerald Phiri
(1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 (age 25)
 18
 5
South Africa Bidvest Wits
12
3MF
Frank Banda
(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 28)
 20
 2
Mozambique Songo
13
3MF
John Banda
(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 25)
 20
 6
Mozambique Nampula
14
3MF
Rafick Namwera
(1991-10-30) 30 October 1991 (age 27)
 1
 0
Malawi Mighty Wanderers
15
3MF
Alfred Manyozo
(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 28)
 0
 0
Malawi Mighty Wanderers
16
4FW
Richard Mbulu
(1994-01-25) 25 January 1994 (age 25)
 2
 0
Mozambique Costa do Sol
17
4FW
Gabadinho Mhango
(1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 26)
 17
 4
South Africa Bidvest Wits
18
4FW
Atusaye Nyondo
(1990-11-15) 15 November 1990 (age 28)
 29
 6
South Africa Bloemfontein
19
4FW
Chiukepo Msowoya
(1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 (age 30)
 42
 13
Malawi Big Bullets
20
4FW
Patrick Phiri
unknown
 1
 0
Malawi Big Bullets


Records


As of 29 April 2017










Head coaches





  • Malawi Jack Chamangwana (1998–99)


  • Malawi Young Chimodzi (1999–00)


  • Denmark Kim Splidsboel (2000–02)


  • England Alan Gillett (2003, caretaker)


  • Malawi Edington Ng'onamo (2003–04, caretaker)


  • Malawi John Kaputa (2004)


  • Malawi Yassin Osman (2004–05)


  • England Michael Hennigan (2005, caretaker)


  • Germany Burkhard Ziese (2005–06)


  • Malawi Kinnah Phiri (2006–07, caretaker)


  • England Stephen Constantine (2007–08)


  • Malawi Kinnah Phiri (2009–12)


  • Malawi Edington Ng'onamo (2012–13, caretaker)


  • Belgium Tom Saintfiet (2013, caretaker)


  • Malawi Young Chimodzi (2014–15)


  • Malawi Ernest Mtawali (2015–16, caretaker)


  • Burundi Ramadhan Nsanzurwimo (2016–17, caretaker)


  • Malawi Gerald Phiri Sr. (2017, caretaker)


  • Belgium Ronny Van Geneugden (2017–)




References





  1. ^ "The 12 Players Who've Scored More International Goals Than Cristiano Ronaldo". fourfourtwo.com.au. nextmedia Pty Ltd. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.


  3. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.


  4. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Malawi". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 15 July 2017.


  5. ^ Chilapondwa, Andrew (8 September 2018). "RVG drops in-form Yamikani Chester". malawi24.com.


  6. ^ "Kinna Phiri - Century of International Appearances". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-02-02.


  7. ^ "Joseph Kamwendo - Century of International Appearances". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-02-02.


  8. ^ "Peter Mponda - Century of International Appearances". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-02-02.




External links



  • Football Association of Malawi official website


  • Malawi at FIFA.com














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