# 2015 Moçambola

The 2015 Moçambola is the 38th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 14 March 2014. Ferroviário Maputo won the league title by a single point with a 1–1 draw at Ferroviário Nampula. Costa do Sol could have taken the championship with a win or pulled even with a draw, but fell 1–0 at Chibuto to finish second despite leading the league for seven of the last 10 weeks. The championship was the 10th overall for Ferroviário Maputo and first since 2009.
1º de Maio, Desportivo de Nacala and Ferroviário Quelimane finished as the bottom three teams in the league table and were relegated to regional groups for the 2016 season.

## Teams

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from 2014 regional groups, Ferroviário Nacala, 1º de Maio and Vilankulo.
On the other hand, Têxtil do Punguè, Ferroviário Pemba and Estrela Vermelha Beira were the last three teams of the 2014 season and are playing in regional groups for the 2015 season. LD Maputo are the defending champions from the 2014 season.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2014 season |
| 1º de Maio de Quelimane | Maputo | Estádio 1º de Maio | 18,000 | Regional groups |
| FC Chibuto | Chibuto | Campo do Chibuto | 2,000 | 7th in Moçambola |
| CD Costa do Sol | Maputo | Estádio do Costa do Sol | 10,000 | 8th in Moçambola |
| Desportivo Maputo | Maputo | Estádio 1º de Maio | 18,000 | 4th in Moçambola |
| Desportivo de Nacala | Nampula | Estadio 25 de Junho | 5,000 | 9th in Moçambola |
| Clube Ferroviário da Beira | Beira | Estádio do Ferroviário | 7,000 | 3rd in Moçambola |
| Clube Ferroviário de Maputo | Maputo | Estádio da Machava | 45,000 | 10th in Moçambola |
| Clube Ferroviário de Nacala Velha | Nacala | Estádio do Nacala Velha | 15,000 | Regional groups |
| Clube Ferroviário de Nampula | Nampula | Estadio 25 de Junho | 5,000 | 2nd in Moçambola |
| Ferroviário de Quelimane | Quelimane | Campo do Ferroviário de Quelimane | 3,000 | 11th in Moçambola |
| GD HCB Songo | Songo | Estádio 27 de Novembro | 2,000 | 5th in Moçambola |
| Liga Muçulmana de Maputo | Matola | Estádio Da Liga Muçulmana | 5,000 | Moçambola Champions |
| C.D. Maxaquene | Matola | Campo do Matchedje | 15,000 | 6th in Moçambola |
| Vilankulo F.C. | Vilankulo | Estádio Municipal de Vilankulo | 5,000 | Regional groups |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ferroviário Maputo (C, Q) | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 44 | 2016 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Costa do Sol | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 43 | |
| 3 | LD Maputo (Q) | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 43 | 2016 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Ferroviário Beira | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 39 | |
| 5 | HCB Songo | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 39 | |
| 6 | Ferroviário Nampula | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 37 | |
| 7 | Maxaquene | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 36 | |
| 8 | Ferroviário Nacala | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Chibuto | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 34 | |
| 10 | Vilankulo | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 34 | |
| 11 | Desportivo Maputo | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 30 | |
| 12 | 1º de Maio (R) | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 29 | Relegation to regional groups |
| 13 | Desportivo de Nacala (R) | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 27 | Relegation to regional groups |
| 14 | Ferroviário Quelimane (R) | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 19 | Relegation to regional groups |
* 1 2 LDM 0-0 CDS; CDS 1-0 LDM
* 1 2 FBE 1-0 HCB; HCB 0-0 FBE
* 1 2 3 FNC: 10 points; CHI: 4 points; VIL: 2 points

## Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).
| Home \ Away | 1DM | CHI | CDS | DMA | DDN | FBE | FMA | FNC | FNM | FQU | HCB | LDM | MAX | VIL |
| 1º de Maio | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Chibuto | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Costa do Sol | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Desportivo Maputo | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Desportivo de Nacala | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Ferroviário Beira | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Ferroviário Maputo | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 |
| Ferroviário Nacala | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Ferroviário Nampula | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Ferroviário Quelimane | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| HCB Songo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| LD Maputo | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Maxaquene | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| Vilankulo | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |

## Positions by round

* Leader
* Relegation to regional groups
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ferroviário Maputo | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Costa do Sol | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| LD Maputo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ferroviário Beira | 14 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| HCB Songo | 10 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ferroviário Nampula | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Maxaquene | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Ferroviário Nacala | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Chibuto | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Vilankulo | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Desportivo Maputo | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 1° de Maio | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Desportivo de Nacala | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Ferroviário Quelimane | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |