Malawi national football team coach Ernest Mtawali has revealed that he will maintain the same team that started in their opening Group B match against Angola at the 2016 Cosafa Cup Edition. The Flames play their second game against Mauritius tonight (Tuesday) at the independence stadium. Flames and Lesotho tie on points at the top of Group […]
Malawi’s 3-0 win over the almost Under-20 Angola side in their opening match of this year’s Cosafa Cup in Namibia on Sunday is overshadowed by an embarrassment that some players’ jerseys were written ‘Malawi’ at the back but others were not. This prompted people to go on social media to criticise Football Association of Malawi (Fam) for […]
Defender Pilirani Zonda and forward Muhammad Sulumba are missing on the list of Malawi’s Flames squad published on COSAFA website on Sunday, June 5 2016. Also missing from the list is goalkeeper Enerst Kakhobwe, apart from midfielder Micium Mhone, who was sent packing after the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match against Zimbabwe last Sunday. […]
South Africa, the team that Malawi national football team will play against in the quarterfinals if the Flames become top of their Group B of the 2016 Cosafa Castle Cup in Namibia, is reportedly to have selected a strong squad ahead of the tournament from June 11−25. The Flames will start their Cosafa campaign against Angola […]
Football Association of Malawi (Fam) General Secretary , Suzgho Nyirenda has been appointed to be amongst the Match Coordinators at the 2016 Council of Southern Africa Football Association (Cosafa). The competition is scheduled to take place in Namibia between 11th and 25th June 2016. Nyirenda described the development as encouraging since it symbolizes and speaks […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, has been drawn in Group B with Angola, Lesotho and Mauritius for the 2016 Cosafa Castle Cup to be staged in Namibia from June 11-25. And if they will become the group winners, they will meet South Africa, who have been seeded for the quarterfinals. The Cosafa Castle Cup draw […]
Council of Southern Africa Football Association (Cosafa) has shifted the dates of the 16th edition of the competition, Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has announced. Initially, the competition was scheduled to kick off on 15th to 29th May, 2016 and has been rescheduled to between 11th and 26th June, 2016. According to information posted on […]
Malawi national team on Sunday returned to a heroes’ welcome in the commercial capital, Blantyre as hundreds assembled at Chileka Airport . The supporters went wild when the players disemberaked the Malawian Airways with their Cosafa Plate which they won after beating Zambia in the finals on Friday after failing to clinch the main tournament Cosafa […]
Malawi coach Young Chimodzi has described the Cosafa Cup as a good learning experience for his team in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers. Chimodzi brought a youthful Malawi side with a sprinkling of experience into the tournament and they ended up winning the plate final on Friday with a 1-0 victory […]
Malawi national team , the Flames, made up for getting knocked out of 2015 Cosafa Cup when on Friday won the battle against their neighbours’ Zambia by edging them 1-0 in the consolation Plate final worth K2.6 million at Royal Bafokeng Sports Stadium in Rustenburg. Mozambique based striker Zicco Mkanda making his first start at the […]
Malawi national football team has reached the 2015 Cosafa Cup plate final following a 5 – 4 victory over South Africa after penalties at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Wednesday. A goalless 90 minutes saw the game decided on penalties, and Flames goalkeeper Mc Donald Harawa was hero of the day after saving two penalties […]
Flames defender Limbikani Mzava has apologized to the Malawi nation following Flames 5-4 loss to Mozambique in the quarterfinal of the 2015 Cosafa cup match against the Mamba’s of Mozambique on Monday evening. Mzava said he is traumatized with the loss and that “remains a nightmare”. Mzava converted from the spot in the 89th minute […]
Malawi’s Flames face South Africa’s Bafana Bafana this Wednesday in plate section of the Cosafa Cup in South Africa but back home questions are being asked on why the Flames senior players shunned penalty shootout in the quarterfinal loss to Mozambique at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on Monday night.. The Flames bowed out of […]
Host South Africa’s Bafana Bafana and Zambia’s Chipolopolo boys have been knocked out of the Cosafa Cup, which saw two quarter final matches being decided by post match penalties. Botswana and Namibia showed Bafana Bafana and Zambia the exit doors through 7-6 and 5-4 penalty shootout wins, respectively. Namibia converted all five spot kicks while […]
Flames midfielder Chimango Kayira says the team has been inspired by underdogs Namibia on how to upset favourites as Malawi face high rated Mozambique in the quarter finals Monday. Namibia produced a brave show to dump defending champions Zambia out of the tournament with a hard fought 5-4 penalty shoutout victory. “Right from the group […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames on Friday went down 1-2 to Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the Mogwase Stadium in friendly preparations for the Cosafa Cup tournament. Gerald Phiri Jnr offered a few flickers of encouragement to the Flames as he was one of the few players to emerge with any real distinction […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has challenged Malawi coaches to win the 2015 Cosafa Cu p, saying there will be no an excuse if they fail to win the cup because his association provided everything the team needed in its preparations for the competition. The association has set winning the Cosafa Cup […]
Malawi national football team Head Coach Young Chimodzi and his backroom staff have finally released names of players expected to fly to South Africa Thursday for the showdown at the 15th edition of the Cosafa Cup tournament. The Flames will play their first game against the Mamba’s of Mozambique in the quarterfinal stage on Monday […]