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{{Short description|Mozambican sports club}}
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| nickname = ''Canarinhos''
| ground   = [[Estádio do Costa do Sol]]
| capacity = 10,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.costadosol.co.mz/pt/o-nosso-clube/estadio/o-nosso-estadio/ |title=Estádio - O nosso clube |publisher=CD Costa do Sol |language=Portuguese}}</ref>
| clubname = Costa do Sol
| image = CD Costa do Sol.png
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| fullname = Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol
| founded  = 15 of October 1955 (65 years ago) as Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica
| chairman = Alberto Banze
| manager  = {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Horácio Gonçalves]]
| league   = [[Moçambola]]
| season   = [[2024 Moçambola|2024]]
| position = Moçambola, 3th
| current = 2024 CD Costa do Sol season
| website = {{URL|www.costadosol.co.mz}}
| chrtitle = President
| short name = Costa do Sol
| mgrtitle = Head Coachh

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'''Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol''', commonly known as '''Costa do Sol''', is a Mozambican sports club based in [[Maputo]]. It is best known for the professional football team playing in [[Moçambola]], the top [[division (sport)|division]] in Mozambican football.

Founded in 15 of October 1955, Costa do Sol won its first title in 1979, the Mozambican league, and today is the club with the most titles won since national independence. They are nicknamed ''canarinhos'' (little [[Domestic Canary|canaries]]<ref name="nick">{{Cite web |url=http://www.maputo.co.mz/article/articleview/5837/1/4 |title=Maputo.co.mz |access-date=January 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314024345/http://www.maputo.co.mz/article/articleview/5837/1/4 |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>) for their equipment colour.

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==Name history==
* 15 Oct 1955 – 76 : Founded as ''Sport Lourenço Marques e Benfica''
* 1976 – 78 : The club is renamed ''Sport Maputo e Benfica''
* 1978 – : The club is renamed ''Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol''

==Stadium==
The club plays their home matches at [[Estádio do Costa do Sol]] and has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. The venue is located about {{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=off}} from the Costa do Sol beach in Maputo - which inspired the refoundation of the club's name in 1978.

==Honours==
* '''[[Moçambola]]'''
**Winners (10): 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999/2000, 2001, 2007, 2019
* '''[[Taça de Moçambique]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mozcuphist.html|title=Mozambique – List of Cup Winners|author=|date=|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>
** Winners (12): 1980, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2017
* '''Supertaça de Moçambique'''
** Winners (10): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2020

==Performance in African competitions==
*[[CAF Champions League]]: 6 appearances
::[[CAF Champions League 1999|1999]] – first round
::[[CAF Champions League 2001|2001]] – first round
::[[CAF Champions League 2002|2002]] – group stage
::[[CAF Champions League 2008|2008]] – preliminary round
::[[CAF Champions League 2008|2008]] – first round
::[[2019-20 CAF Champions League|2019-20]] – preliminary round

* [[African Cup of Champions Clubs]]: 6 appearances
::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1980|1980]] – first round
::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1981|1981]] – second round
::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1992|1992]] – second round
::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1993|1993]] – second round
::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1994|1994]] – second round
::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1995|1995]] – first round

*[[CAF Confederation Cup]]: 2 appearances
::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2010|2010]] – first round
::[[2018 CAF Confederation Cup|2018]] – preliminary round

*[[CAF Cup Winners' Cup]]: 6 appearances
::1984 – first round
::1989 – second round
::1996 – quarter-finals
::1998 – quarter-finals
::2000 – first round
::2003 – second round

== Players ==

=== First-team squad ===
{{updated|25 December 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior - Futebol Profissional|url=http://www.costadosol.co.mz/pt/futebol-profissional/senior|publisher=CD Costa do Sol|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=  1 |nat=MOZ|name=Victor Guambe|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  2 |nat=MOZ|name=Abú|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  3 |nat=MOZ|name=Chico Mioche|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  4 |nat=MOZ|name=Danilo|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  5 |nat=MOZ|name=[[Nené (footballer, born 1996)|Nené]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  6 |nat=MOZ|name=Mambucho|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  7 |nat=MOZ|name=Nelson Divrassone|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  8 |nat=MOZ|name=Nilton|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=  9 |nat=TOG|name=Kissimbo|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 10 |nat=MOZ|name=[[Isac de Carvalho]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 11 |nat=MOZ|name=[[Telinho]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 12 |nat=MOZ|name=Pinto|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 14 |nat=MOZ|name=Bernardo|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no= 15 |nat=MOZ|name=Jorge|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 16 |nat=NAM|name=[[Elmo Kambindu]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 17 |nat=MOZ|name=Mário Capena|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 19 |nat=LBR|name=Stephen Seameh|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 20 |nat=KEN|name=Raymond Murugi|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 21 |nat=MOZ|name=Chelito Omar|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 22 |nat=MOZ|name=Manucho|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 23 |nat=MOZ|name=Carrasco|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 24 |nat=MOZ|name=Wilson|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 30 |nat=MOZ|name=[[Salomão Mondlane]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 32 |nat=MOZ|name=Nandinho|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 33 |nat=MOZ|name=Osama Eduardo|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs end}}

==Personnel==

===Technical staff===
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Position 
!Staff
|-
| Head coach || {{flagicon|POR}} [[Horácio Gonçalves]]
|-
|rowspan=2| Assistant coaches || {{flagicon|MOZ}} [[Jossias Macamo]]
|-
|{{flagicon|MOZ}} António Chirindza
|-
| Goalkeeper coach || {{flagicon|MOZ}} Antoninho Guambe
|-
{{Fb cs footer 
|u=25 December 2020
|s=[https://www.costadosol.co.mz Costa do Sol]|date=January 2022}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Moçambola teamlist}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Mozambique|Costa do Sol]]
[[Category:Sport in Maputo]]
[[Category:1950s establishments in Mozambique]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Africa]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in the Portuguese Empire]]


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