MTL Wanderers are a Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

an football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Blantyre

Blantyre, Malawi

Blantyre or Mandala is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, the largest city with an estimated 732,518 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe...

. They are one of Malawi's greatest and successful football clubs.

History

They boast to have the second largest support base after their arch rivals and sworn enemies on the field Big Bullets

Big Bullets

Big Bullets is a Malawian football club based in Blantyre and by unconfirmed statistics, Malawi’s popular football club and has dominated the country’s major soccer league, TNM Super League, since it was formed in 1967.-History:...

. Even though there are no real stats on the number of fans the two teams have, it is estimated that Big Bullets have a slightly bigger fan base than Wanderers.

Recent Memorable Derbys

The rivalry between Big Bullets and Mtl wanderers starts to kick off every time both clubs meet in 2006-07 both clubs met wanderers went ahead in the first half. Deep second half Bullets scored a goal but it was offside. The Bullets fans went angry started throwing things on to the pitch and the ref in charge abandoned the game, Wanderers had won that match 3-0 because of disqualification. The two teams have met domestic in cup finals fews times since the early 1990s, most notably the 1999 Malawi Carlsberg Cup final. The match ended 1-1 after 90 minutes and went to extra time, Wanderers scored a dramatic goldengoal to lift the cup. Few years later Bullets got their revenge when they beat Wanderers 1-0 in 2001 final of the same cup, to make matters worse it was wanderers oldboy Mc Donald Yobe who scored the only against his former employers. The infamous 2003 final, probably the most anticipated, the two teams clashed in final of the same comptetion, wanderers took an early lead in the first half when their wonderkid Joseph Kamwendo scored, he was only 17 at the time. Bullets equalised through their veteran striker [Ganizani m'bobo Malunga]. Wanderers score two more goals but were disollowed for offside. This caused the fans to clash in the terraces, the match was abandoned and has never been replayed. In the local papers, it was reported that bullets fans burnt a house of one of wanderers directors, a well known polician. Due to crowd troubles carlsberg ended their sponsorship and other companies have also terminated contracts most notably Bp Top 8, Malawis biggest football comptetion in terms of prize money to date. The pair clashed again in the semi final of this trophy, wanderers won 3-1 to reach the finals. This time it was Bullets fans against the riot police in the stands and went on to the streets of Blantyre. Wanderers went on to win the trophy after beating northern regions biggest club Moyale Barracks FC 1-0 in Lilongwe.

Wanderers can boast to have contributed a lot to the Malawi's football history as they have supplied some of the best football players to play in the National Team over the years. Some of these players include Yasin Osman, Jack Chamangwana, The Malunga Brothers, Horman and Kenedy and so many more.

One of the most prolific players who played for Wanderers but surprisingly did not go on to play their game elsewhere outside the country or even the continent are the Mpinganjira Brothers Bob and Albert.

Due to sponsorship questions, the team was previously known has Limbe Leaf Wanderers and Telecom Wanderers

Achievements

• Malawi Premiere Division: 5

1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2006

• Bp Top 8: 1

2004

• Malawi Carlsberg Cup:1

1999

• Malawi FAM Cup
  Malawi FAM Cup
  383 teams participated in the 2009 edition of the Standard bank FAM Cup. In the final Tigers FC beat Civil Service United with 5-4 after penalty shoot-out. The score was 0-0 after 120 minutes. It was the third time that Standard bank was the sponsor of the tournament...
  
  : 1

2005

• Malawi Charity Shield: 2

2004, 2006

• Bingu Cup: 1

2008

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 3 appearances

1997

CAF Champions League 1997

The 1997 CAF Champions League was the 33rd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football , and the 1st edition under the current CAF Champions League format...

 - Preliminary Round

1998 - First Round

1999 - First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

2000 - First Round

Notable players

John Banda

Christopher John Banda

Christopher-John Banda was an Malawian footballer.-International career:A long time member of the Malawi national football team, has competed for his national team from 1996 and played his last three games 2009, his last international game was two days for his death against Guinea national...

 Jack Chamangwana Allan Kamanga Joseph Kamwendo

Joseph Kamwendo

Joseph Kamwendo is a Malawian football midfielder. He currently plays for MTL Wanderers.-Career:Kamwendo was signed by Danish club FC Nordsjælland from Zimbabwe's CAPS United in 2006. In Zimbabwe, he was given the Soccer Star of the Year award in 2005 as the first foreign player. He joined Orlando...

 Albert Mpinganjira Bob Mpinganjira
Walter Nyamilandu Yasin Osman James Sangala Hudge Tambala McDonald Yobe

McDonald Yobe

McDonald Yobe is a retired Malawian footballer who played as a midfielder or striker.-Career:Yobe was the first player to be transferred for 1 million kwacha when he moved from Telecom Wanderers to local rival Big Bullets...

Sandros Kumwenda