Bakili Muluzi Super League
Round 1
[Jan 10]
Bullets bt ADMARC Tigers
DWASCO lt Silver Strikers
CIVO 0-0 Super ESCOM
Illovo lt Blue Eagles
Moyale Barracks 1-1 MTL Wanderers
Red Lions 2-1 Sammy's United
[Jan 11]
DWASCO bt Super ESCOM
MAFCO 0-0 CIVO [also reported 1-1]
Red Lions bt Blue Eagles
MZADD Rangers 1-2 MTL Wanderers
Illovo - Sammy's United [Sammy's United did not win]
[Jan 15]
MDC United 2-2 Super ESCOM
Bullets 1-1 Red Lions
MAFCO 1-2 Blue Eagles
[Jan 17,18; inferred]
CIVO drw DWASCO
[Jan 17]
Moyale Barracks 0-1 Silver Strikers
MAFCO lt MTL Wanderers
Blue Eagles bt MZADD Rangers
Super ESCOM 2-3 ADMARC Tigers
[Jan 18]
MDC United lt Bullets
Red Lions drw MTL Wanderers
Silver Strikers bt MZADD Rangers
MAFCO 0-2 Sammy's United
Blue Eagles drw Moyale Barracks
NB: on Jan 19, 24 matches had been played in all, in which 59 goals
were scored.
Silver Strikers scored 5 goals against DWASCO and MZADD without
conceding any;
MZADD conceded 5 goals against Silver Strikers and Blue Eagles
without scoring any;
MTL Wanderers beat MAFCO with a higher score than Red Lions
beat Blue Eagles;
Blue Eagles scored at least 3 goals against Illovo and Red Lions
together, and at least 3 against MZADD and Moyale together.
[Jan 24]
Blue Eagles 2-1 DWASCO
[Jan 24,25]
Bullets 4-2 Super ESCOM
Bullets 1-0 CIVO
Moyale Barracks 0-2 MAFCO
Sammy's U. 0-0 CIVO
Red Lions 2-0 Illovo
ADMARC Tigers 1-1 MDC United
MZADD Rangers 0-1 MAFCO
Red Lions 1-3 MDC United
ADMARC Tigers 1-1 Illovo
[Jan 25]
Blue Eagles 0-0 Silver Strikers
NB: on Jan 26, 35 matches were played, in which 82 goals were scored;
that means that no other matches were played between Jan 19 and 26
than those of Jan 24/25 listed above.
[Jan 31]
CIVO 1-1 MTL Wanderers
DWASCO 3-0 MZADD Rangers
Moyale B. 3-1 Illovo
Silver Strikers 2-1 Red Lions
[Feb 1]
ADMARC Tigers 1-0 Silver Strikers
DWASCO 3-2 MTL Wanderers
CIVO 1-0 MZADD Rangers
Super ESCOM 1-0 Illovo
MDC United 1-1 Moyale Barracks
[Jan 26-Feb 1?]
Bullets 2-2 Sammy's United
NB: on Feb 2, 108 goals were scored from an unknown number of matches;
this implies no other goals were scored between Jan 26 and Feb 1;
presumably no other matches were played.
[Feb 7]
Blue Eagles 1-2 Bullets
CIVO 1-0 MDC United
Illovo 0-4 MTL Wanderers
Moyale Barracks 0-1 Sammy's U.
[Feb 8]
Silver Strikers 2-0 MDC United
MAFCO 0-3 Bullets
MZADD Rangers 1-0 Sammy's U.
MTL Wanderers 3-1 ADMARC Tigers
Red Lions 3-2 Super ESCOM
NB: on Feb 9, 132 goals were scored from an unknown number of matches;
this implies no other goals were scored between Feb 2 and Feb 8;
presumably no other matches were played.
[Feb 14]
MZADD Rangers - Bullets
MTL Wanderers 1-1 MDC United
MAFCO - Silver Strikers
ADMARC Tigers - Blue Eagles
[Feb 15]
Moyale B. - Bullets
MTL Wanderers 0-1 Super ESCOM
MAFCO - DWASCO
Sammy's U. - Blue Eagles
ADMARC Tigers - Red Lions
[Feb 21,22]
Silver Strikers 0-0 MTL Wanderers
Blue Eagles 4-0 MTL Wanderers
Blue Eagles 0-3 MDC United
MAFCO 1-4 MDC United
CIVO - Red Lions
Red Lions - MAFCO
Bullets - DWASCO
Illovo - Bullets
Moyale Barracks - MZADD Rangers
DWASCO - ADMARC Tigers
Table (based on known results; at least 14 scores Feb 14-22 missing):
1.Bakili Bullets (Blantyre) 8 6 2 0 13- 6 20 [*2]
2.Blue Eagles (Lilongwe) 10 5 2 3 9- 7 17 [*4]
3.Silver Strikers (Lilongwe) 7 5 1 1 10- 2 16
4.MTL Wanderers (Blantyre) 11 4 4 3 14-13 16 [*2]
5.Red Lions (Zomba) 8 4 2 2 10- 9 14 [*2]
6.MDC United (Lilongwe) 10 3 4 3 15-10 13 [*1]
7.CIVO United (Lilongwe) 8 2 5 1 3- 2 11 [*1]
8.DWASCO (Nkhota Kota) 6 3 1 2 7- 4 10 [*3]
9.Sammy's United (Blantyre) 6 2 2 2 6- 5 8
10.ADMARC Tigers (Blantyre) 6 2 2 2 7- 7 8 [*1]
11.Super ESCOM (Blantyre) 8 2 2 4 10-12 8 [*1]
12.MAFCO (Salima) 8 2 1 5 5-11 7 [*1]
13.Moyale Barracks (Mzuzu) 7 1 3 3 5- 7 6 [*1]
14.MZADD Rangers (Mzuzu) 7 1 0 6 2-12 3
15.Illovo FC (Nachalo) 6 0 1 5 2-11 1 [*1]
NB: actual goal records (Feb 9): Bullets 19-7, Blue Eagles 12-6;
for Bakili Bullets, Blue Eagles, Silver Strikers, Red Lions, DWASCO,
MTL Wanderers, ADMARC Tigers, CIVO United, MDC United,
Moyale Barracks and MZADD Rangers it is certain they did not play
any additional matches (before Feb 2 and probably also until Feb 9);
Super ESCOM may have played another match but did not win it.
Silver Strikers drew one (0-0) and won the other (without conceding
a goal) of their matches Feb 14-22
[*i] missing goals of i matches
[Feb 28,29]
Super ESCOM - Sammy's United
Sammy's United - MDC United
Moyale B. - ADMARC Tigers
MZADD Rangers - ADMARC Tigers
Silver Strikers - Illovo
[Mar 6]
CIVO 2-1 Silver Strikers
[Mar 7]
CIVO - Blue Eagles
Top of Table (at Mar 12):
1.Bullets 12 10 2 0 32
2.Silver Strikers 11 8 2 1 26
.
5.MTL Wanderers 12 4 5 3 17
.
7.Sammy's U. 11 15
[Mar 13]
Bullets 3-0 Silver Strikers
MTL Wanderers bt Sammy's U.
[Mar 14]
Sammy's U. 0-1 Silver Strikers
MAFCO 2-0 Illovo
Mar 14:
.MAFCO 13 17
[Mar 20]
Blue Eagles 0-1 Super ESCOM
[Mar 21]
Silver Strikers 3-1 Super ESCOM
Mar 26:
1.Bullets 13 11 2 0 35
.MTL Wanderers 13 5 5 3 20
[Mar 27]
Super ESCOM 1-1 MAFCO
Mar 27:
.MAFCO 17 18
.Super ESCOM 16 17
[Mar 28]
MTL Wanderers 1-1 Bullets
On May 14:
Bullets 4 points ahead of Silver Strikers.
MTL Wanderers 21 pts.
MZADD Rangers pulled out of the league due to financial problems.
Round 15
[May 15]
Silver Strikers - DWASCO
MTL Wanderers 4-1 Super ESCOM
Illovo - CIVO
MDC United n/p MZADD Rangers
ADMARC Tigers - Sammy's U.
[May 16]
MTL Wanderers n/p MZADD Rangers
Illovo - MDC United
Super ESCOM - CIVO
[May 22,23]
Bakili Bullets drw Illovo
Bakili Bullets drw Super ESCOM
[May 30]
Red Lions 0-4 MTL Wanderers
MDC United 3-1 MAFCO
Illovo 0-0 Bullets
NB: Silver Strikers beat MAFCO 6-5, uncertain whether in the
match of Feb 14 above or the return match
Top of Table:
1.Bullets 15 11 4 0 37
2.Silver Strikers 35
3.MTL Wanderers 16 30
4.MDC United 24
.
8.Red Lions 22
[Jun 5,6]
Moyale B. 2-1 CIVO
MTL Wanderers 4-0 Illovo
Red Lions 0-2 Bullets
ADMARC Tigers 1-0 MDC United
MZADD Rangers 0-2 CIVO
Silver Strikers 0-1 Blue Eagles
Sammy’s U. 1-1 MAFCO
Top of Table (Jun 7):
1.Bullets 16 12 4 0 40
2.Silver Strikers 35
3.MTL Wanderers 18 33
.
6.CIVO 20 25
7.MDC United 24
NB: in the last 5 matches of Super ESCOM before Jul 1, they only won
twice, against Sammy's United and MZADD Rangers
[Jul 4]
Silver Strikers 1-0 Bullets
[Mike Banda 34]
NB: Blue Eagles won two matches on Jul 4 and 5.
Top of Table (Jul 5):
1.Bullets 17 12 4 1 40
2.Silver Strikers 21 39
.MTL Wanderers 18 33
NB; as of Jul 5, Sammy’s United and Illovo have played 24 matches
MZADD 23 and MAFCO 20.
[Jul 10]
Blue Eagles 3-0 Illovo
Silver Strikers 2-0 Red Lions
DWASCO 1-1 ADMARC Tigers
Sammy’s U. 1-1 MTL Wanderers [or 0-0]
MAFCO awd MZADD Rangers [MZADD dns]
Moyale Barracks - MDC United
[Jul 11]
Blue Eagles 1-0 Red Lions
MAFCO 1-1 ADMARC Tigers
DWASCO - MDC United
Top of Table (Jul 14):
1.Blue Eagles 24 44
2.Silver Strikers 22 41
3.Bullets 17 12 4 1 40
4.Sammy’s United 24 37
5.MTL Wanderers 19 34
.
9.ADMARC Tigers 23 29
10.Red Lions 29
.
12.MAFCO 22 26
NB: 405 goals were scored in 163 matches
[Jul 17]
Blue Eagles 0-3 Bullets
ADMARC Tigers ppd MTL Wanderers
[Jul 18]
Blue Eagles 1-0 MTL Wanderers
Super ESCOM 1-2 Bullets
[Jul 31,Aug 1]
MZADD Rangers lt Bullets
MAFCO awd Bullets [awarded 2-0, originally 1-2; Bullets
fielded 4 players for which they have
not paid transfer fees]
[Aug 7]
MAFCO 0-1 MTL Wanderers
[Aug 14,15]
DWASCO 0-1 Bullets
CIVO 1-0 Bullets
[Aug 21]
Silver Strikers 1-1 MTL Wanderers
ADMARC Tigers 0-3 Bullets
[Aug 22]
MDC United 0-2 Bullets
Top of Table:
1.Bullets 25 18 4 3 58 Champions
2.Silver Strikers 27 46
3.MTL Wanderers 26 43
.
11.Super ESCOM (Blantyre) 28 33
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12.MAFCO (Salima) 27 32
NB: 4 teams to be relegated, 3 to be promoted
[Aug 28]
Bullets ppd MTL Wanderers
[Sep 11]
Moyale Barracks 0-2 MAFCO
Super ESCOM relegated
Final Match [Oct 30]
Bullets 1-0 MTL Wanderers
Top of Final Table:
1.Bullets (Blantyre) Champions
2.MTL Wanderers (Blantyre) 18 points behind
3.Silver Strikers (Lilongwe)
4.Blue Eagles (Lilongwe)
.
?.Sammy's United [officially crowned 'surprise team of season']
8.MDC United (Lilongwe)
.
11.MAFCO (Salima)
Relegated:
12.Super ESCOM (Blantyre)
13.DWASCO (Nkhota Kota)
MZADD Rangers (Mzuzu)
Illovo FC (Nachalo)
NB: MDC United announced they will disband due to lack of sponsorship;
due to this Super ESCOM will remain at the top level;
later Eagles Beaks (winners of the Central Region) renounced on
promotion, leaving DWASCO in the Super League.
Topscorer (at end of season):
18 Rodrick Douglas (Illovo)
Player of the league: Chikaiko Bridge (Sammy's United)
Best goalkeeper: Swadick Sanudi (Bullets)
Most improved player: Malumbo Mkandawire (Blue Eagles)
Best referee: Anthony Raphael
NB: explanation of various abbreviations:
ADMARC (Tigers) = Agricultural Development and MARketing Corporation
CIVO United = Civil Service United
DWASCO = Dwanga Sugar Corporation
(Super) ESCOM = Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited
MAFCO = Malawi Armed Forces CO
MDC = Malawi Development Corporation
MTL = Malawi Telecommunications Limited
MZADD (Rangers) = Mzuzu Agricultural Development Division
Charity Shield 2004 (between all Super League clubs)
Round 1
[May 1]
MAFCO 2-1 CIVO United
Silver Strikers bt MDC United [or not played]
Illovo n/p Mzadd Rangers [both apparently forfeited]
Moyale Barracks lt ADMARC Tigers [or not played]
[May 1 or 2]
Super ESCOM bt DWASCO [or nor played]
[May 2]
Blue Eagles 1-1 Red Lions [5-4 pen]
Quarterfinals
[May 3]
MAFCO 0-0 Silver Strikers [5-6 pen]
MTL Wanderers bt Sammy's United [or not played?]
[May 4]
Bakili Bullets drw Super ESCOM [3-4 pen]
[May 5]
Blue Eagles 2-1 ADMARC Tigers
Semifinals [May 8]
Blue Eagles lt MTL Wanderers
Silver Strikers bt Super ESCOM
Third Place Match
Blue Eagles bt Super ESCOM
Final
MTL Wanderers bt Silver Strikers
BP Top 8 Cup
Cancelled after withdrawal of sponsor BP
Second Level Leagues
Northern Region FL (formerly Mzuzu and District FL)
18 participating teams
Champions and Promoted: KRADD Eagles
Runners-up: MTL Wanderers Youth
Third Place: Muluzi Barracks
NB: KRADD = Karonga Agricultural Development Division
2005 season (as Simama Premier League) starts Jan 29.
Southern Region FL (formerly Blantyre and District FL)
15 participating teams in Premier Division
Top of Table:
1.Cobbe Barracks (Zomba) 76 [have finished match programme]
.Chanco (Zomba) can maximally reach 77 points
Other Participants include:
.Muluzi Barracks
Champions: Cobbe Barracks
Central Region FL (formerly Lilongwe and District FL)
Top of Table:
1.Eagles Beaks (Lilongwe) [police club, reserves of Blue Eagles FC]
Other top teams:
.Airborne Rangers
.Mponela Community Police
.Silver Youth
.Apollo
Champions: Eagles Beaks (Lilongwe)
NB: Malawi Police Service will not support Eagles Beaks to compete
in the Super League, meaning they renounce on promotion; instead
DWASCO remain at top level.
Lower Levels
Third Level
First Division North
Top of Final Standing:
1.White Eagles
2.Munshi United
3.Environmental Bushbucks
Kasungu Football League championship (3rd level?)
NB: 31 teams played on league basis (possibly in groups) with top-8
reaching knock-out stage; other participants included
Santhe Admarc and Nkhamenya Rovers
Semifinals
Market Rangers FC bt Police United
Madalitso bt Linga
Final [Oct 30]
Market Rangers FC 3-1 Madalitso
NB: Market Rangers are from Kasungu (Central Market)
Sources: The Nation, Malawi Here, African Soccer
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