Football club
Mbabane Swallows FC |
Full name | Mbabane Swallows Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Umkhonto Kashaka |
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Founded | 1948 |
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Ground | Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Eswatini |
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Capacity | 20,000 |
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Chairman | Lloyd Maziya[1] |
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Manager | N/A [2] |
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League | Premier League of Eswatini |
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2022–2023 | 3rd |
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Mbabane Swallows Football Club is a Eswatini football club based in Mbabane.
The club was established in 1948. It was the first Eswatini club to participate in the CAF Champions League group stages in 2018.Traditionally known as the club of the elites, Mbabane Swallows are the league’s trendsetters. A split in 1983 when two Mbabane Swallows teams turned up for a league match at Somhlolo National Stadium is the watershed moment for this great club. Since then, Swallows has led the way, becoming the first club to be registered as a company under the stewardship of the late chairman, Bheki Simelane, who then passed on the baton to current chairman, Victor Gamedze, a former striker for the ‘Birds’, in early 2000.
Achievements
- 1993, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2024.
- 1986, 2006, 2013, 2016.
- 1993, 1999, 2004, 2014, 2017, 2018
- 1997, 1999, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018
- 2013,2015,2016
- 2012
- 2015
- Mbabane Mayoral Cup (Town Century celebration): 1
- 2002
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 6 appearances
- 1998 – Preliminary round
- 2006 – Preliminary round
- 2010 – Preliminary round
- 2014 – Preliminary round
- 2015 – Preliminary round
- 2018 – Group stage
- 1994 – Preliminary round
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
- 2017 - Group stage
- 2021 - withdrew in preliminary round
- 1995 – First Round
- 1987 – Preliminary round
African record
Squad
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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