Malawi national football team

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The Malawi national football team (Template:Langx) represents Malawi in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. Before 1966, it was known as the Nyasaland national football team.

Known as the Flames, Malawi has qualified for three Africa Cup of Nations, in 1984, 2010 and 2021. They also won the CECAFA Cup in 1978, 1979 and 1988 and finished fourth in the 2024 Four Nations Football Tournament.

History

Coaches

The first full-time coach of the Malawi national football team was Ron Meades. The British Council arranged for his appointment through the English Football Association to coach the team for the Republic Celebrations, playing Madagascar and Zambia. Ray Batchelor was coach for four years from 11 November 1967 to 10 October 1971, guiding the team in 23 friendly matches and two Olympic Games. Players during this time included future coaches in Henry Moyo, Brian Griffin, and Yasin Osman. Other coaches included Brazilian Wander Moreira, British Ted Powell, and the first locally-born coach, Alex Masanjala, who was appointed as an interim before Henry Moyo. Moyo was the first former national player to coach the Flames, and stayed in the position for five years. As of January 2019, only nine coaches had been in charge for more than 20 games. The most successful coaches were Powell, Moyo, and Kim Splidsboel (2000–2002) from Denmark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tournaments

Malawi first qualified for an African Cup of Nations in 1984, when only eight teams competed in the tournament in Ivory Coast. After a 3-0 defeat against Algeria, World Cup participants in 1982 and 1986, the Malawi drew 2-2 in the second game against eventual finalists Nigeria. With a 0–1 loss against Ghana, Malawi ended the group stage with 1 point at the bottom of the table and was eliminated from the tournament.Template:Citation needed

After 26 years, Malawi took part in an Africa Cup of Nations again in 2010. The team benefited from the fact that the continental elimination round for the 2010 FIFA World Cup also served as the qualifying round for AFCON. In the group matches of the third round, Malawi, third place behind Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso and with a record of only four points and 4–11 goal difference, was enough to make it to the continental finals.Template:Citation needed

At the tournament in Angola, Kinnah Phiri's team caused a big surprise. In the first group game, Malawi defeated Algeria, which had qualified for the World Cup, 3-0. One of the goalscorers was striker Russel Mwafulirwa, who at the time was under contract for the Swedish first division club IFK Norrköping and was thus one of only two players in the 23-man squad active in Europe. Malawi lost the second game against hosts Angola, 2-0.Template:Citation needed

For Malawi to have reached the quarter-finals for the first time, a draw in the last group game would have been enough. However, the team lost 3-1 to Mali. After just three minutes, the Malawians were 2-0 down, a goal from Mwafulirwa did nothing to avert the team's elimination.Template:Citation needed

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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2025

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Coaching staff

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Position Name
Head Coach Template:Flagicon Callisto Pasuwa
1st Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Peter Mponda
2nd Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Macdonald Mtetemela
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Simplex Nthala
Team manager Template:Flagicon James Sangala
Fitness Coach Template:Flagicon Peter Mgangira
Technical Adviser Template:Flagicon Aubrey Nankhuni
Data Analyst Template:Flagicon Taonga Chimodzi
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Dexter Killi
Team Doctor Template:Flagicon Dr. Levison Mwale
Kitmaster Template:Flagicon Richard Justin Lado
Media Manager Template:Flagicon Gomegzani Zakazaka
Chaplain Template:Flagicon Chancy Gondwe
Assistant Technical Manager Template:Flagicon Steve Madeira

Coaching history

Caretaker coaches are listed in italics

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Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group H matches against Namibia and Tunisia on 20 and 24 March 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of: 18 November 2024, after the match against Burkina Faso.

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Recent call-ups

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Records

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Players in bold are still active with Malawi.

Most appearances

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Young Chimodzi 159 13 Template:Nowrap
2 Jack Chamangwana 133 10 1975–1985
3 Lawrence Waya 129 28 1982–1996
4 Harry Waya 126 8 1977–1987
5 Kinnah Phiri 117 71 1973–1981
6 Gilbert Chirwa 112 4 1981–1993
7 Jonathan Billie 110 8 1978–1987
8 Joseph Kamwendo 104 6 2003–2017
9 Felix Nyirongo 103 2 1986–1997
10 Peter Mponda 102 1 1998–2011

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Kinnah Phiri 71 117 {{#expr:71/117 round 2}} 1973–1981
2 Frank Sinalo 28 75 {{#expr:28/75 round 2}} 1981–1989
Lawrence Waya 28 129 {{#expr:28/129 round 2}} 1982–1996
4 Stock Dandize 23 70 {{#expr:23/70 round 2}} 1977–1983
5 Yasin Osman 22 67 {{#expr:22/67 round 2}} 1966–1975
Essau Kanyenda 22 72 {{#expr:22/72 round 2}} 1999–2015
Chiukepo Msowoya 22 89 {{#expr:22/89 round 2}} 2006–2023
8 Gabadinho Mhango 20 75 {{#expr:20/75 round 2}} 2012–present
9 Peterkins Kayira 18 68 {{#expr:18/68 round 2}} 1983–1989
10 Barnet Gondwe 17 66 {{#expr:17/66 round 2}} 1976–1981

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1966 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1970 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1974
Template:Flagicon 1978 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 5
Template:Flagicon 1982 2 0 1 1 1 4
Template:Flagicon 1986 4 2 1 1 5 2
Template:Flagicon 1990 8 2 3 3 6 6
Template:Flagicon 1994 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 4
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 8 1 2 5 6 12
Template:Flagicon 2006 12 2 4 6 15 27
Template:Flagicon 2010 12 5 1 6 18 16
Template:Flagicon 2014 6 1 4 1 4 5
Template:Flagicon 2018 2 1 0 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 2022 8 2 1 5 3 12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 10 4 1 5 11 10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Total Template:Tooltip 76 20 18 38 70 105

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1965 Not affiliated to CAF Not affiliated to CAF
Template:Flagicon 1968
Template:Flagicon 1970
Template:Flagicon 1972
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1976 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 4 9
Template:Flagicon 1978 2 0 1 1 3 4
Template:Flagicon 1980 4 1 0 3 6 7
Template:Flagicon 1982 2 0 1 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 1984 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 6 Squad 4 3 1 0 6 2
Template:Flagicon 1986 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 2 2
Template:Flagicon 1988 2 0 0 2 1 4
Template:Flagicon 1990 4 1 2 1 5 4
Template:Flagicon 1992 4 0 1 3 3 9
Template:Flagicon 1994 6 2 1 3 4 7
Template:Flagicon 1996 6 1 3 2 6 7
Template:Flagicon 1998 6 3 0 3 9 10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 2 1 0 1 2 2
Template:Flagicon 2002 2 0 0 2 2 5
Template:Flagicon 2004 4 1 0 3 3 10
Template:Flagicon 2006 12 2 4 6 15 27
Template:Flagicon 2008 4 1 0 3 2 6
Template:Flagicon 2010 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 5 Squad 6 4 0 2 14 5
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 Did not qualify 8 2 6 0 13 8
Template:Flagicon 2013 4 1 0 3 4 6
Template:Flagicon 2015 6 2 1 3 5 9
Template:Flagicon 2017 6 2 1 3 5 9
Template:Flagicon 2019 6 1 2 3 2 6
Template:Flagicon 2021 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 3 4 Squad 6 3 1 2 4 5
Template:Flagicon 2023 Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 4 10
Template:Flagicon 2025 6 1 1 4 6 11
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 To be determined To be determined
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Total Round of 16 3/35 10 2 2 6 9 15 122 33 31 58 131 186

African Games

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Template:Flagicon 1965 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1973 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1978 4th 5 0 0 5 2 11
Template:Flagicon 1987 3rd 5 3 1 1 8 4
Total 2/4 10 3 1 6 10 15

Head-to-head record

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Opponent
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Template:Fb 10 3 3 4 8 11 −3
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Template:Fb 26 12 9 5 48 22 +26
Template:Fb 8 1 2 5 8 13 −5
Template:Fb 5 0 3 2 6 9 −3
Template:Fb 11 1 4 6 6 19 −13
Template:Fb 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5
Template:Fb 5 4 0 1 7 3 +4
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
Template:Fb 4 4 0 0 17 1 +16
Template:Fb 10 3 3 4 8 9 −1
Template:Fb 12 3 2 7 8 20 −12
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1
Template:Fb 28 11 12 5 41 22 +19
Template:Fb 14 4 7 3 13 14 –1
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Template:Fb 6 0 1 5 0 17 −17
Template:Fb 10 1 4 5 9 14 −5
Template:Fb 8 1 1 6 8 17 −9
Template:Fb 48 19 18 11 61 50 +11
Template:Fb 26 14 7 5 47 17 +30
Template:Fb 5 1 2 2 3 4 −1
Template:Fb 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2
Template:Fb 10 2 1 7 12 21 −9
Template:Fb 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3
Template:Fb 21 12 5 4 33 19 +14
Template:Fb 11 1 3 7 4 17 −13
Template:Fb 37 13 14 10 37 34 +3
Template:Fb 19 5 5 9 18 23 −5
Template:Fb 8 0 2 6 9 20 −11
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 8 2 +6
Template:Fb 9 5 2 2 16 9 +7
Template:Fb 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Template:Fb 7 1 1 5 6 14 −8
Template:Fb 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
Template:Fb 4 3 1 0 14 5 +9
Template:Fb 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4
Template:Fb 14 1 4 9 5 20 −15
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Template:Fb 56 17 25 14 62 54 +8
Template:Fb 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
Template:Fb 9 2 3 4 8 19 −11
Template:Fb 32 9 9 14 33 39 −6
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Template:Fb 82 20 17 45 70 173 −103
Template:Fb 15 12 2 1 34 10 +24
Template:Fb 67 19 23 25 64 85 −21
Total 684 226 202 256 793 879 −86

Honours

Continental

Regional

Notes
  1. Competition organized by ANOCA, officially not recognized by FIFA.

References

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