Malawi national football team head coach Roony Van Geneugden has named a squad of local based players which will go into camp on Sunday to start preparations for a 2019 Africa Cup of Nationd qualifier against Morocco on 7th September. RVG will name the list of foreign based players on Tuesday next week. He has […]
Two Malawian players are expected to undergo trials at a Belgian League Champions club Brugge thanks to Flames Coach Roy Van Geneugden who has facilitated the deal. The two players are Mighty Be Forward Wanderers defender Precious Sambani and FMB youth league side Griffin Young Stars striker Peter Banda. According to reports published on Malawi […]
Minister responsible for sports, Francis Kasaila, defended Malawi natonal team coach Ronny van Geneugden’s poor performance in Parliament following a call by Member of Parliament for Mchinji North East for the Belgian to be fired. The Mchinji North East legislator, Alex Chitete, who seemed to have very good statistics about Malawi football, told the august […]
Malawi national team Coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) has welcomed the offer made by the legendary scorer Lawrence ‘Lule’ Waya to drill the misfiring forwards ahead of the 2019 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Morocco and Cameroon in September. The Flames and Nyasa Big Bullets legend has asked Football Association (FAM) of Malawi to give him […]
Malawi coach Ronny van Geneugden’s (RVG) is coming under fierce pressure after poor results and following the Cosafa Cup exit. Football commentator and Malawi News columnist, Pilirani Kachinjiri on Saturday described RVG as the the “talentless” expatriate coach who has brought shame to the nation after failing to beat lowly-ranked sides like Mauritius and Botswana. In […]
Two games, no win. The Malawi national football team are at it again, disappointing results as they are out of the 2018 Cosafa Castle Cup following Wednesday’ 1-1 draw to Botswana. Malawi were desperate to secure their maiden win in Group B and keep their hopes of advancing to the knockout stages alive. The Flames got off […]
Malawi launched its campaign in the 2018 edition of Cosafa Cup by losing to Mauritius 0-1 at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in South Africa’s Polokwane. In a Group B opener, Flames coach Ronny Van Geneugden led his side in search of a win over the Islanders, yet they failed to hit the ground running. With Robin Ngalande and […]
Malawi national football team coach Ronny Van Geneugden on Thursday insists his sights are set for the battle after announcing a strong squad for this year’s Cosafa Castle Cup. This year’s Cosafa will kicks-off from May 27 to June 9 in South Africa. And in coming up with his squad for the Cosafa Castle Cup, […]
Malawi national football team coach Ronny Van Geneugden has drafted in eight Be Forward Wanderers players in his provisional 20-man squad for the 2018 Cosafa Cup to be held in South Africa from May 27 to June 9. The final squad was confirmed by Cosafa media officer, Lynda Greeff, as FAM is yet to release the squad […]
Malawi National Football team coach Ronny Van Geneugden has named a 27-man strong preliminary squad for the 2018 COSAFA Cup tournament scheduled for the South Africa’s Limpopo Province from May 27-June 9. The players will start camping on Monday at Chiwembe Village in Blantyre. The squad, released on Wednesday, consists of five foreign-based players and […]
The 18th edition of the COSAFA Cup will make history as for the first time all 14 members of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations will take part in the regional showpiece to be staged in South Africa’s Limpopo province from May 27 to June 9. The desire for all members of COSAFA to compete […]
Ronny Van Geneugden, the head coach of the Malawi national football team, has revealed his blueprint to transform the Flames’ fortunes within the continental arena. Malawi haven’t qualified for the African Cup of Nations since 2010, and are currently down at 123 in the FIFA World Ranking – a significant decline from a high of […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have moved one step up the FIFA world rankings from 124 to 123 and they are 33 in Africa in the FIFA world rankings released on Thursday, March 15. Tunisia are ranked first in Africa and they are 23 in the world, while Senegal are second in Africa and […]
South Africa-based Malawian coach Patrick Mabedi has turned down an offer made by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to appoint him as the assistant coach to the Malawi national team on temporary basis. FAM president Walter Nyamilandu said they appointed Mabedi following a proposal made by national football coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) to have […]
Malawi national football team technical panel says it is very impressed with the three-day camp training for the senior Flames which is preparing to face Uganda in an away friendly match on March 24 2018. A total of 24 member squad were called into camp which took place from March 5—7 at Mpira Village in Chiwembe. […]
Gerald Phiri has lifted the lid on why he has been removed from being national team assistant coach and replaced as Under-20 national team coach , saying his mentor Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) has personal hatred against him. RVG proposed to Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to have Phiri replaced with South Africa-based Patrick Mated […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has released names of senior national team players to start camp training on Monday, 5th March 2018 at Mpira Village in Chiwembe, Blantyre. The statement was released by FAM General Secretary, Alfred Gift Gunda. The list which comprises only local players for now is as follows: Goalkepers Charles Thom […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, will play Uganda Cranes in an international friendly on March 24. The match will be played during the FIFA international friendly window. “We have agreed in principle with the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to have this match take place in Kampala as both teams need to keep busy […]