The National Football Team (the Mambas) make their debut tonight (21:00 Maputo time) at the 26 de Março Stadium in Bamako against Mali in the race for the CAN-2025, which will be held in Morocco. The Mambas are looking forward to this game with some optimism, given the good phase the team is going through, not only...
CAN 2025: Mambas leave for Mali today
The National Football Team leaves this afternoon for Bamako, the capital of Mali, where next Friday they face the local team in the first round of Group "I" qualifying for the 35th edition of the CAN, the final phase of which will take place in Morocco from December 21, 2025 to January 18,...
Qualifying for CAN 2025: Chiquinho Conde releases list of squad members
The national soccer coach, Chiquinho Conde, has released the list of 23 players who will play Mali next week and Guinea-Bissau a few days later in Group I of the qualifying phase for CAN 2025. The list was made public by the Mozambican Football Federation yesterday after the...
Chiquinho Conde has already renewed his contract to continue at the helm of the Mambas
It's the happy ending to the Feizal Sidat versus Chiquinho Conde soap opera as far as the latter's continuity at the helm of the Mambas is concerned. According to the LanceMZ portal, the Mozambican Football Federation (FMF), represented by its president Feizal Sidat, and Mozambican coach Chiquinho Conde initialed...
Chiquinho Conde renews contract this week
Chiquinho Conde is expected to sign a new contract as coach of the Mambas later this week after reaching a verbal agreement with the Mozambican Football Federation on the terms and clauses of the contract. A source quoted by LanceMZ guaranteed that all the issues that divided the two parties have already been overcome and...
Mambas gather in Bamako for inaugural CAN 2025 qualifier
The players of the Mozambican national soccer team, the "Mambas", will gather in Bamako, the capital of Mali, next Tuesday for the opening match in Group "I" of qualification for the 35th edition of the African Nations Championship (CAN) in Morocco-2025. According to a report in the newspaper Desafio, the match will take place on the evening of Friday,...
Chiquinho Conde is already in Maputo, but will only accept a two-year contract
Chiquinho Conde landed in Maputo yesterday, Sunday (04), from Portugal, where he had been since the "Mambas" beat Guinea Conakry (1-0) on June 10, in a match played in Morocco and counting towards the fourth round of Group "G" in the African qualifying zone for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-organized by the...
CAN 2025 qualification: Unity and focus are essential, says Chiquinho Conde
The national coach, Chiquinho Conde, shared his impressions of the draw and his expectations for the Mambas after the draw made a few days ago by African soccer's governing body. Chiquinho Conde recognizes the strength of Mali, considered the strongest team in the group. "Mali are one of the strongest teams in our group....
Mambas in group "I" for access to CAN-2025 in Morocco
The National Football Team, "Mambas", is in Group "I" of the qualifying phase of the 35th edition of the African Nations Championship (CAN), which will take place from December 21, 2025 to January 17, 2026, in Morocco. According to a publication in the newspaper Desafio, citing the draw that took place a few moments ago in Johannesburg, Africa...
Mambas meet opponents for CAN 2025 qualification this Thursday
This Thursday, the Mambas will meet their opponents in the qualifying phase for the African Nations Championship (CAN), which will take place in Morocco in December 2025. The draw for the competition will take place this Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa. The national team is expected to be in pot two ahead of the draw, a fact that...