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 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 canaries) for their equipment colour.

The club is sponsored by Meridianbet.

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 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 Winners (12): 1980, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2017 Supertaça de Moçambique Winners (9): 1994, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020

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

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

CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances 2010 – first round 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

Personnel

Technical staff {| class=wikitable |- !Position !Staff |- | Head coach || Horácio Gonçalves |- |rowspan=2| Assistant coaches || Jossias Macamo |- | António Chirindza |- | Goalkeeper coach || Antoninho Guambe

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