# Mogadishu City Club: the capital's municipal club, founded 1963

> Mogadishu City Club (formerly Mogadishu Municipality, Banaadir Telecom and Banadir SC): history since 1963, every title, the Mogadishu derby and recent seasons.

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## Founding

Mogadishu City Club was set up in 1963 with the support of the mayor of Mogadishu and was nicknamed "Municipio Club". In its early years it ran teams in nine sports: football, basketball, handball, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, swimming, athletics and cycling ([Mogadishu City Club, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu_City_Club)). The RSSSF, which keeps football records by country, says the club was earlier called Conis ([RSSSF, Somalia champions](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/somachamp.html)).

## Names

The club has played as **Mogadishu Municipality** (Muqdisho), **Banaadir Telecom**, **Banadir Sports Club** (Banaadir SC) and, since 2019, **Mogadishu City Club**. After the civil war began in 1991, the club's ground was kept safe and used by the youth side Banaadir Sports Club. In 2019 the mayor of Mogadishu, Abdirahman Omar Osman (Yarisow), renamed it Mogadishu City Club ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu_City_Club)). The same year a Tunisian coach, Mohamed Mistiri Lamjed, was appointed manager ([Kawowo Sports, 11 July 2019](https://kawowo.com/2019/07/11/mogadishu-city-club-confirm-tunisian-as-mbalangus-replacement/)).

## League titles

RSSSF lists these league titles under the club's different names: 1975/76, 1986 and 1989 (Mogadishu Municipality); 1999, 2004–06, 2009/10, 2013/14 and 2015/16 (Banaadir Telecom); and 2019/20 and 2024/25 (Mogadishu City Club), and counts 10 titles in all ([RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/somachamp.html)). Wikipedia lists 11 titles, adding 2008/09 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu_City_Club)).

## Cups

RSSSF credits the club, under all its names, with six General Da'ud Cups: 1989 and 2001 as Mogadishu Municipality, 2003 as Banaadir Telecom, 2012 and 2018 as Banaadir SC, and 2026 as Mogadishu City Club, when it beat Horseed 3–2 after extra time ([RSSSF, Somalia cup winners](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/somacuphist.html)). It won the Super Cup in 2016 as Banaadir SC and in 2024, 4–1 against Dekedda ([same](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/somacuphist.html)).

## Rivalries and big matches

Wikipedia names the match against [Elman FC](/en/people/elman-ali-ahmed/) the Mogadishu derby ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu_City_Club)). Its matches with Horseed draw the biggest crowds: Mogadishu City Club lost 2–1 to Horseed in the first game at the reopened [Mogadishu Stadium](/en/society/sport-in-somalia/) on 30 June 2020 ([FIFA, 1 July 2020](https://ipt.fifa.com/news/joyous-return-for-stadium-mogadishu-after-16-year-wait)), and the two finished level on points in 2021, when the title went to Horseed after Mogadishu City Club declined to play the play-off ([RSSSF, Somalia 2021](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/soma2021.html)).

## Read more

- [Somali First Division](/en/society/somali-first-division/)
- [Somalia Cup and Super Cup](/en/society/somalia-cup/)
- [Horseed FC](/en/society/horseed-fc/)
- [Mogadishu](/en/regions/mogadishu/)

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