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The Bingu wa Mutharika cup
For the first time in the history of football in Malawi, a trophy was introduced to be competed by all the football teams and clubs within thier boarders. And indeed for the first time, a record number of 1,028 teams registered and participated in this cup.
The Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika Cup also known as the Presidential Cup was officially launched on the 10th of January 2009 at the giant Kamuzu Stadium by His Excellency, the State President Ngwazi Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika who graced this wonderful and historic occasion. The cup is worthy MK60 million.
The competition format was divided into three phases: district, regional and national. From each of the 28 districts,
Standard Bank FAM cup 2009 Edition
FAM successfully negotiated yearly extension of sponsorship of the FAM Cup with Standard Bank. The 2009 sponsorship was increased from MK25 million to MK30 million and FAM is greatly indebted to Standard Bank for this.
The 2009 edition of the Standard Bank FAM Cup was held from the 5th September to the 12th December 2009. The record was broken again from 114 teams that participated in the 2008 edition to a whopping 383 teams that registered and participated in this lucrative competition. As Standard Bank re-branded from 'Inspired. Motivated. Involved.' to 'Moving Forward', the sponsorship package was increased from MK25 million to MK30 million. The bank should be highly commended for being a true partner in making football happen.
The knock-out system added a lot of suspense, anxiety and excitement and was one of the highlights of the competition. The competition was very tight and all participating teams battled hard to win something. Ultimately though, Tigers FC and Civil Service United cruised to the grand final and the former won the Cup 5-4 on post-match penalties, following a 0-0 deadlock at the end of 120 minutes.
By overcoming Civil Service United in the final, Tigers FC became the third team to win this edition of FAM Cup sponsored by Standard Bank after Silver Strikers in 2007 and Moyale Barracks in 2008.
Winning Team
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Tigers FC
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MK7,000,000.00
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Top Goal Scorer
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Heston Munthali (BNC Produsac)
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MK75,000.00
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Most Outstanding Player
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Amadu Ali (Tigers FC)
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MK75,000.00
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Youngest Improving player
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Onani Seengwa (Civil Service Utd)
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MK75,000.00
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Best Electronic media
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MIJ FM
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Mk150,000.00
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Best Print media
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Daily Times
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MK150,000.00
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a champion emerged who competed at regional level. Here below is how they teams fared at regional level:
In the Southern Region, 13 district champions were joined by Arkay plastic premier division and division 1 teams and in the end, Escom Reserves beat BNC Produsak by 5 goals to 1.
In the Central Region, 9 district champions were joined by Chipiku premier division and division 1 teams and in the end, Adams FC beat Kasungu Medicals by 3 goals to 1.
Whilst in the Northern Region, 6 district champions were joined by Simama Premier division teams and in the end, Mzuzu Escom emerged regional champions for the north after beating Red Devils by 4 goals to 0.
From the regional phase, 5 teams qualified for the national phase and these were as follows; from the north, Mzuzu Escom; from the Centre, Adams FC and Kasungu Medicals whilst from the South, Escom Reserves and BNC Produsak. These 5 regional teams plus the 15 teams from the TNM Super League added to 20 and were grouped in 4 groups of 5 teams and played on round-robin.
In the end, Mighty MTL Wanderers defeated Escom United in grueling finale 3 goals to 1 after post match penalties. It was indeed sweet victory to the Nomads as MTL Wanderers is popularly known as they are good at winning cups in their inaugural year. By winning the cup, the Nomads went away with the highest prize of MK10 million making it the biggest pay ever received in the history of football in Malawi.
FAM is much indebted to His Excellency Ngwazi Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika and the Malawi government for introducing this cup that will go a long way in developing the game of football from the grassroots through to the elite super league.
His Excellency the State President Ngwazi Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika
