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Mbabane Swallows
Full name	Mbabane Swallows Football Club
Nickname(s)	Umkhonto Kashaka
Founded	1948
Ground	Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Eswatini
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Lloyd Maziya
League	Premier League of Eswatini
2023-24	1st of 14 (Champions)
Home colours	Away colours

Mbabane Swallows Football Club is an Eswatini professional football club based in Mbabane.

The club was established in 1948. It was the first Swazi club to participate in the CAF Champions League, when they did it in 2018.

Achievements

Premier League of Eswatini: 8

1993, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2024.^[2]

Swazi FA Cup: 4

1986, 2006, 2013, 2016.

Swazi Charity Cup: 6

1993, 1999, 2004, 2014, 2017, 2018

Swazi League Cup: 6

1997, 1999, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018

Swazi top 8 Cup:

2013,2015,2016

PLS Ultimate Cup: 1

2012

King Mswati III Cup: 1

2015

Mbabane Mayoral Cup (Town Century celebration): 1

2002

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

1998 – Preliminary round

2006 – Preliminary round

2010 – Preliminary round

2014 – Preliminary round

2015 – Preliminary round

2018 – Group stage

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1994 – Preliminary round

CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2017 - Group stage

2021 - withdrew in preliminary round

CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1995 – First Round

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

1987 – Preliminary round

African record

Year	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1987	African Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Royal Lesotho Defence Force	1–1	1–1	2–2
1994	African Cup of Champions Clubs	PR	JS Saint-Pierroise	4–0	2–2	6–2
1995	CAF Cup	1R	Malindi FC	0–1	2–0	0–3
1998	CAF Champions League	PR	Royal Lesotho Defence Force	1–4	0–2	1–6
2006		PR	Orlando Pirates	0–5	2–2	2–7
2010		PR	Supersport United	1–3	2–2	3–5
2014		PR	Nkana	2–0	5–2	4–5
2015		PR	ZESCO United	1–1	1–0	1–2
2018		PR	Bantu	1–3	2–4	5–5
		1R	Zanaco	2–1	0–1	3–1
		Group D	ZESCO United		1–1	TBD
			1º de Agosto	1–0
			Étoile du Sahel

Squad

as of 1 May 2018^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	GK	SWZ	Sandile Ginindza
1	GK	SWZ	Sandanezwe Mathabela
6	DF	SWZ	Palma Mandla
20	DF	SWZ	Sanele Mkhweli
13	DF	ZIM	Stanley Umukoro
4	DF	SWZ	Philiso Newman
12	DF	SWZ	Sifiso Mabila
8	MF	SWZ	Sizolwethu Shabalala
7	MF	SWZ	Felix Badenhorst
10	MF	SWZ	Wonder Nhleko
5	MF	SWZ	Richard McCreesh
18	MF	GHA	Richard Sewe
3	MF	SWZ	Banele Sikhondze
17	MF	SWZ	Tony Tsabedze (Captain)
14	MF	SWZ	Neliswa Dlamini
19	FW	SWZ	Sandile Hlatjwako
3	FW	SWZ	Simanga Shongwe
9	FW	NGA	Daniel Atakorah
22	DF	RSA	Sphamandla Mathenjwa

Staff

Management

Chairman:

Victor Gamedze (The late-2018)

CEO:

Sibusiso Manana (The late-2017) ^[4]

General manager:

Sandile Zwane^[5]

Sports

Head coach:

N/A

Assistant coach:

Mduduzi Nxumalo^[6]

Notable coaches

Walter Rautmann
Alou Badara
Jani Simulambo^[7]
Nyanga 'Crooks' Hlophe (2013)
Chris Tembo (2014)^[8]
Siyabonga Bhembe^[9]

Crest

Old crest
Present crest

Notable former players

All players presented during his career the nationalside of his homeland.^[10]

Berry Sonnenschein

Jocial Chakunte^[11]

Thibault Tchicaya

Demba Senyang^[12]

Sumalia John Uyin^[11]

Ifeanyi Ezewudo^[13]
Olayeni Fashina
Jimoh Moses^[11]

Notes

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^ "'Birds' unveil Sitsebe coach!". observer.org.sz. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "'Birds' deregister Nigerian defender". observer.org.sz. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Bolazambia.com". bolazambia.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Koki' stops Ezewudo from training with Landers'". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
^ "Mbabane Swallows Have Released SA defender Thabiso Maharale". South African soccer news. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Forget it, 'Taribo' tells 'Birds' – Observer". observer.org.sz. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "MOHAMMED SCORES FOUR GOALS AS 'BIRDS' WIN 8–0". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
^ "Former Bosso midfielder 'Collymore' on the move again". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 5 June 2019.