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Mogadishu City Club: the capital's municipal club, founded 1963
Mogadishu City Club is a football club of the Mogadishu municipality, founded in 1963 and known for years as Banadir Sports Club. It is Somalia's most successful league side: RSSSF counts 10 titles under its various names, Wikipedia 11. It won the league in 2019/20 and 2024/25 and the cup in 2026.
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). The RSSSF, which keeps football records by country, says the club was earlier called Conis (RSSSF, Somalia champions).
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). The same year a Tunisian coach, Mohamed Mistiri Lamjed, was appointed manager (Kawowo Sports, 11 July 2019).
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). Wikipedia lists 11 titles, adding 2008/09 (Wikipedia).
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). It won the Super Cup in 2016 as Banaadir SC and in 2024, 4–1 against Dekedda (same).
Rivalries and big matches
Wikipedia names the match against Elman FC the Mogadishu derby (Wikipedia). 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 on 30 June 2020 (FIFA, 1 July 2020), 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).
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Sources
- Mogadishu City Club, Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- RSSSF, Somalia champions · rsssf.org
- Kawowo Sports, 11 July 2019 · kawowo.com
- RSSSF, Somalia cup winners · rsssf.org
- FIFA, 1 July 2020 · ipt.fifa.com
- RSSSF, Somalia 2021 · rsssf.org
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