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Wikipedia - Nyasa Big Bullets FC
Nyasa Big Bullets is a Malawian professional association football club based in Blantyre, currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. The club was formerly known as Bata Bullets, Total Big Bullets and Bakili Bullets. Nyasa Big Bullets are regarded as the most successful club in Malawian football history, having won the Super League of Malawi a record 17 times.
History
The club was formed in 1967 by a group of players who split from Mighty Wanderers. The original name was Nyasaland Bullets, but the club managed to source good sponsorship from Bata Shoe Company and was renamed as Bata Bullets.
1970 season was a great success as Bullets achieved a treble after winning the Blantyre and Districts Football League (BDFL), the Chibuku Cup and Castle Cup.
In 2003, then Malawi President Bakili Muluzi adopted the team and renamed it Bakili Bullets. It was during this period that the team enjoyed one of its glamorous periods, reaching the lucrative group stages of CAF Champions League 2004.
It was also during the same period that the club had a training camp in the United Kingdom in readiness for the CAF Champions League. Currently the team is sponsored by Nyasa Manufacturing Company (NMC). Its nickname ever since is Maulle (native language for bullets).
On 8 October 2018, Rodgers Yasin was sacked as Nyasa Big Bullets head coach along with assistant Elijah Kananji.
Bullets are currently coached by former Zimbabwe national team manager Callisto Pasuwa, with former captain and Malawi national team defender Peter Mponda as his assistant.
Echipa a fost fondată în 1967 ca Bullets FC și a adoptat numele actual în 1971. Stadionul de acasă este Kamuzu Stadium, cu o capacitate de 65.000 de locuri.
Big Bullets este cunoscută pentru stilul său ofensiv de joc și pentru baza mare de fani. Susținătorii echipei sunt cunoscuți ca „Red Army” din cauza culorilor roșii și albe ale echipei.
Echipa a reprezentat Malawi în competițiile continentale de club, inclusiv în Liga Campionilor CAF și Cupa Confederațiilor CAF. Cea mai bună performanță a fost în 1994, când au ajuns în finala Cupei Confederațiilor CAF, unde au pierdut în fața Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab din Egipt.
Jucători notabili ai Big Bullets includ:
* John Maduka
* Ernest Mtawali
* Chiukepo Msowoya
* Fischer Kondowe
* James Chimodzi