Mbabane Highlanders FC

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The Mbabane Highlanders FC is a football club from Mbabane , Swaziland . He plays his home games at the Prince of Wales Stadium .

The club was founded in 1952 and is the most successful club in the country. He won twelve championship titles in the Swazi Premier League by 2001 and has already won the Swazi Cup seven times. The club has been waiting for further national successes since 2011, the championship since 2001. Even if he always plays in the front of the league, it was not enough for another title. In the African competitions, the club managed to reach the second round several times.

  • Champion Swazi Premier League (12): 1976, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001
  • Swazi Cup (7): 1983, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2010
  • Swazi Charity Cup (4): 1998, 2007, 2008, 2010
  • Swazi Trade Fair Cup (1): 1999

Statistics in the CAF competitions

competition round opponent First leg Return leg
CAF Champions Cup 1981 1 round Zambia 1964Zambia Nchanga Rangers 0: 1 (A) 0: 4 (H)
CAF Champions Cup 1983 qualification BotswanaBotswana Township Rollers FC 2: 1 (H) 1: 0 (A)
1 round Zambia 1964Zambia Nkana Red Devils FC 2: 2 (A) 0: 1 (H)
African Cup Winners' Cup 1984 1 round MadagascarMadagascar Dinamo FIMA Antananarivo 1: 6 (A) 1: 0 (H)
CAF Champions Cup 1985 qualification Lesotho 1966Lesotho LPF Maseru 4: 1 (H) 0: 2 (A)
1 round ZimbabweZimbabwe Black Rhinos FC 0: 1 (A) 1: 3 (H)
African Cup Winners' Cup 1986 qualification Rwanda 1962Rwanda Kiyovu Sports 4: 2 (H) 1: 2 (A)
1 round Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Shoe Factory Asmara 1: 1 (H) 2: 2 (A)
2nd round EgyptEgypt Al Ahly Cairo 0: 5 (H) 0: 3 (A)
CAF Champions Cup 1987 qualification MauritiusMauritius Cadets Club Quatre-Bornes 2: 3 (A) 2: 1 (H)
1 round ZimbabweZimbabwe Dynamos Harare FC 1: 6 (A) 1: 2 (H)
African Cup Winners' Cup 1988 qualification Rwanda 1962Rwanda Mukura Victory Sports 1: 5 (A) 3: 0 (H)
CAF Champions Cup 1989 qualification TanzaniaTanzania Pan African Dar-es-Salaam 2: 0 (H) *
1 round UgandaUganda Express FC Kampala 0: 4 (A) 2: 1 (H)
African Cup Winners' Cup 1991 qualification TanzaniaTanzania Small Simba Zanzibar 0: 1 (A) 3: 1 (H)
1 round SudanSudan Al-Ittihad Omdurman 1: 1 (H) 0: 0 (A)
CAF Champions Cup 1992 qualification BotswanaBotswana Defense Force XI FC 1: 1 (A) 1: 0 (H)
1 round Zambia 1964Zambia Nkana Red Devils FC 0: 2 (H) 1: 7 (A)
CAF Champions Cup 1993 qualification MadagascarMadagascar AC Sotema 0: 1 (H) 0: 2 (A)
African Cup Winners' Cup 1995 1 round MozambiqueMozambique Maxaquene Maputo 0: 0 (H) 1: 2 (A)
CAF Champions Cup 1996 qualification MadagascarMadagascar AS Fobar 0: 0 (A) 2: 1 (H)
1 round ZambiaZambia Mufulira Wanderers FC 0: 3 (A) 0: 1 (H)
CAF Cup 2000 1 round South AfricaSouth Africa Kaizer Chiefs FC 2: 5 (A) 0: 1 (H)
CAF Champions League 2001 qualification ReunionReunion AS Marsouins 1: 1 (A) 0: 2 (H)
CAF Confederation Cup 2010 qualification ZimbabweZimbabwe CAPS United FC 0: 1 (A) 1: 0 (H) / 7: 8 i. E.
CAF Confederation Cup 2011 qualification UgandaUganda Victors FC Kampala 1: 1 (H) 1: 1 (A) / 1: 4 i. E.
CAF Confederation Cup 2013 qualification MadagascarMadagascar TCO Boeny 2: 1 (A) 1: 2 (H) / 3: 5 i. E.
  • 1977: The club decided not to participate in the CAF Champions Cup after the draw.
  • 1989: The Pan African Dar-es-Salaam waived the second leg, so that the Highlanders FC moved into the first round.

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