Manzini Wanderers F.C.

Manzini Wanderers FC

Full name	Manzini Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Liweseli
Founded	1957
Ground	Manzini Trade Fair Sports Ground Manzini, Eswatini
Capacity	+- 10000
Chairman	Bongani 'Bhanyaza' Mdluli
Manager	Nyangayezizwe 'Crooks' Hlophe
League	Swazi Premier League
2018/2019	11th
Home colours Away colours

Manzini Wanderers is a professional Swazi soccer club based in Manzini. It is one of the oldest premier league teams in the kingdom of Eswatini, that competes in the Premier League of Eswatini, the top tier of Swazi football. The club has won the league six times, Swazi Cup once, six times the Swazi Trade fair Cup and 3 times the Swazi Charity Cup. The club has been a mainstay of Swazi football for a long time and it is considered amongst the biggest teams in the country.

The football club was founded in 1957 and it was called Shooting stars by the founding members who were players at the time namely Raphael 'Four-four' Nxumalo, Bruno Magongo, Sihhodlane Dlamini, Pat Fakudze and Sam Dlamini amongst a couple of other players not mentioned here. In 1959, the name of the football club was changed to Manzini Wanderers due to the influence of England based Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. The football club wears a maroon and white outfit.

Achievements

• Swazi Premier League: 6

1983, 1985, 1987, 1999, 2002, 2003.

• Swazi Cup: 1

1984.

• Swazi Charity Cup: 3

2002, 2003, 2005.

• Swazi Trade Fair Cup: 6

1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2000.

Performance in CAF competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances

1984 – Preliminary Round

1986 – Preliminary Round

1988 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

1985 – First Round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	GHA	Innocent Adjah
2	DF	SWZ	Sihle Mkhonta
3	DF	SWZ	Sanele Mngomezulu
4	DF	SWZ	Mpendulo Dlamini
5	DF	SWZ	Jose Machado
6	MF	SWZ	Colani Dlamini
7	MF	SWZ	Mhlengi Mngomezulu
8	MF	SWZ	Mpendulo Ngidi
9	FW	SWZ	Buhle Msibi
9	FW	SWZ	Sicelo Simelane
10	MF	SWZ	Njabulo Magongo
11	FW	SWZ	Zakhele Vilane
12	GK	SWZ	Sandile Dlamini
13	FW	SWZ	Kwanele Dlamini

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF/MF	SWZ	Lwazi Shana Maziya (Captain)
15	FW	SWZ	Majahesibili Ndlovu
15	MF	SWZ	Leon Manyisa
16	MF	GHA	Mensah Johnson
17	DF	SWZ	Neliswa Dlamini
19	DF	SWZ	Menzi Gamedze
23	MF	SWZ	Mpendulo Magagula
24	FW	SWZ	Menzi Jonathan Ngwenya
25	GK	SWZ	Mamba Ncedo Malibongwe
28	FW	SWZ	Mfanufikile Ndzimandze
52	DF	RSA	Thami Zulu
55	FW	CMR	Laurent Abah
66	MF	BEN	Abboudou Chafiou Houessou