Grupo Desportivo de Maputo, usually known as Desportivo de Maputo, Desportivo Maputo or by the acronym GDM, is a association football club from Maputo

Maputo

Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...

, Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

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History

The club was founded on May 31, 1921, as Grupo Desportivo de Lourenço Marques by Professor Sá Couto, José Maria Rodrigues, Alfredo Fragoso, Américo Costa, Martinho Carvalho Durão and Professor Cabanelas.

In 1976, after Mozambique's independence from Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

, the club was renamed to Grupo Desportivo de Maputo. The club's logo was also changed.

In 1977, the club won its first title, the Mozambican League

Moçambola

Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...

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Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio do Desportivo

Estádio do Desportivo

Estádio do Desportivo is a multi-purpose stadium in Maputo, Mozambique. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Grupo Desportivo de Maputo. The stadium holds 4,000 people....

, which has a maximum capacity of 4,000 people.

Achievements

• Moçambola
  Moçambola
  Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...
  
  : 6

1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2006

• Taça de Moçambique
  Taça de Moçambique
  The Taça de Moçambique, also known as Taça Moçambique is the second most important football competition of Mozambique, and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation...
  
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1983, 2006

• Maputo Honour Cup: 2

2007, 2008

Performance in African competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 1 appearance

Best: 2006-07 Last 32 - Lost against Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

 3 - 1 on aggregate

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

Best: 1989-90 Semi-Finals - Lost against BCC Lions

BCC Lions

BCC Lions is a Nigerian football team based in Gboko and will play their home games at the J. S. Tarka Stadium.In the early 1990s, they were one of the dominant teams in the league, peaking with the double in 1994....

 7 - 3 on aggregate

Current squad

Other sports

Besides football, Desportivo de Maputo also has other sports sections, such as athletics

Athletics (track and field)

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, five-a-side football

Five-a-side football

thumb|240px|alt=Men playing football on artificial grass pitch.|Five-a-side game on astroturf pitch.Five-a-side football is a variation of association football in which each team fields five players , rather than the usual eleven on each team. Other differences from football include a smaller...

, rink hockey, and swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

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External links

• Desportivo de Maputo's official website