Malawi women's national football team

The Malawi women's national football team is the national women's football team of Malawi and is overseen by the Football Association of Malawi.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Malawi national football team.
Malawi
Nickname(s)Scorchers
AssociationFootball Association of Malawi
ConfederationCAF
Head coachMcNebert Kazuwa
CaptainTabitha Chawinga
Chisomo Kazisonga
FIFA codeMWI
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 130 15 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest92 (December 2009)
Lowest148 (September 2015)
First international
 Zambia 8–0 Malawi 
(Harare, Zimbabwe; 20 April 2002)
Biggest win
 Malawi 13–0 Comoros 
(Port Elizabeth, South Africa; 5 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Zambia 8–0 Malawi 
(Harare, Zimbabwe; 20 April 2002)

History

2020s

In 2020 the nickname Scorchers was adopted for the team. Previoulsy they were referred to as the She-Flames.[2]

Achievements

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
Head coach McNebert Kazuwa

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were named for the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship. A provisional squad was announced on 24 October 2020.[3] The final squad was announced on 3 November 2020.[4][5]
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mercy Sikelo (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 Ntopwa Super Queens
16 1GK Samir Amidu (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 DD Sunshine
2 2DF Emily Jossam (1998-08-18) 18 August 1998 Skippers
3 2DF Ruth Nyirongo (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 DD Sunshine
4 2DF Chimwemwe Madise (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 DD Sunshine
5 2DF Patricia Nyirenda (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 Ntopwa Super Queens
6 2DF Salome Vinkhumbu (1986-02-09) 9 February 1986 Blantyre Zero
12 2DF Wezzie Mvula (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 DD Sunshine
15 2DF Maureen Phiri (1998-04-19) 19 April 1998 CY Sisters
20 2DF Tiwonge Phiri (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 DD Sunshine
8 3MF Chikondi Gondwe (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 CY Sisters
14 3MF Madyina Nguluwe (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 DD Sunshine
17 3MF Zainab Kapanda (2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 Blantyre Zero
18 3MF Saliva January (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 Ntopwa Super Queens
7 4FW Asimenye Simwaka (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 Topik Sisters
9 4FW Sabinah Thom (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 DD Sunshine
10 4FW Temwa Chawinga (1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 Wuhan Jianghan
11 4FW Tabitha Chawinga (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 Jiangsu Suning
13 4FW Limbikani Chikupira (1991-04-02) 2 April 1991 Blantyre Zero
19 4FW Mary Chavinda (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 Blantyre Zero

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Malawi squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Previous squads
COSAFA Women's Championship

Individual records
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Managers
  • Temwa Msuku (2012)[6]
  • Thom Mkorongo (2015)[7]
  • Maggie Chombo-Sadik (2016–2018)[8]
  • Stuart Mbolembole (2018)[9]
  • Abel Mkandawire (2019)[10][11]
  • McNebert Kazuwa (2020–present)[12]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2020
5 April 2020 (2020-04-05) Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification Malawi  Cancelled  Eswatini
Cancellation
13 April 2020 (2020-04-13) Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification Eswatini  Cancelled  Malawi
Cancellation
7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) COSAFA Women's Championship Malawi  9–0  Lesotho Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
15:30
Report
9 November 2020 (2020-11-09) COSAFA Women's Championship Zambia  0–1  Malawi Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
12:30 Report
12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) COSAFA Women's Championship South Africa  6–2  Malawi Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
15:30
Report

See also
  • List of Malawi women's international footballers
  • Malawi women's national football team
  • Malawi women's national football team results

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. https://kulinji.com/article/sports/football/2020/call-them-scorchers-not-she-flames
  3. "Malawi looking for medal at COSAFA Women's Championships". COSAFA. 24 October 2020.
  4. Ahmadu, Samuel (3 November 2020). "Chawinga sisters lead Malawi to Cosafa Women's Cup on Wednesday". Goal.
  5. Kadewere, Jeromy (3 November 2020). "Malawi women football team leave for Cosafa on Wednesday". Nyasa Times.
  6. https://www.nyasatimes.com/she-polopolo-massacre-malawi-7-0/
  7. https://times.mw/thom-mkorongo-appointed-womens-coach/
  8. http://times.mw/she-flames-coaches-contracts-expire/
  9. https://times.mw/she-flames-coach-stuart-mbolembole-quits/
  10. https://times.mw/abel-mkandawire-is-new-she-flames-coach/
  11. https://times.mw/she-flames-coaches-fired/
  12. https://www.nyasatimes.com/fa-malawi-appoints-kazuwa-nkolongo-as-women-football-coaches/


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