Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known as Sagrada Esperança, is a football (soccer) club from Dundo, Lunda Norte province, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988.
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| Full name | Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 22 December 1976 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Sagrada Esperança Dundo, Angola | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | José Muacabalo | ||
| Manager | Rui Sapiri | ||
| League | First Division | ||
| 2022–23 | 3rd | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
The club's name is likely to originate from Angola's first president Agostinho Neto's famous poem Sagrada Esperança (Sacred Hope). The club was founded on December 22, 1976, by then Angola-state owned diamond company Diamang (now Endiama), which remains as its major sponsor.
In 2005, the club, managed by Mário Calado, won the league by having one point ahead ASA.[1] In the same year, the club competed in the 2005 CAF Champions League, but was eliminated in the first round by ASEC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg and a 1–0 defeat away in the second leg.[2]
Achievements
- Angola League
- Champions (2):[1] 2005, 2021.
- Angola Cup
- Winners (2): 1988, 1999.
- Angolan SuperCup
- Winners (1): 2021.
Recent seasons
Sagrada Esperança's season-by-season performance since 2011:
- PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals
League and cup positions
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 3 appearances
- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
- 1992 – Second Round
- 1998 – First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
- 1989 – Second Round
- 2000 – Second Round
Stadium
The club plays their home matches at formerly Quintalão do Dundo, now Estádio Sagrada Esperança, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people [3]. The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation and was renamed and reinaugurated in 2008.
Players and staff
Squad
- As of 26 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | MF |  ANG | Beni Fua |
| 20 | DF | ANG | Luís Taty |
| 21 | FW | ANG | Cachí |
| 22 | MF |  POR | Emanuel Cruz |
| 23 | DF | ANG | Victoriano |
| 24 | FW | ANG | Hermenegildo Valente |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Lulas |
| 26 | MF | ANG | Água Doce |
| 28 | MF |  SEN | Mamadou Sadio |
| 30 | GK |  COD | Nathan Mabruki |
| 32 | MF | ANG | Jefer Gunjo |
| 33 | FW | ANG | Deco |
| 36 | MF | ANG | Messias Neves |
Players
Staff
| Name | Nat | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical staff | |||
| Roque Sapiri | | Head coach | |
| Rui Oliveira |  | Assistant coach | |
| | Goalkeeper coach | ||
| Management | |||
| José Muacabalo [2] | | Chairman | |
| José Pontes Ramos | | Vice-chairman | |
| Jojó Garcia | | Head of Foot Dept | |
Manager history and performance
| Season | Coach | S | L | C | Coach | S | L | C | Coach | S | L | C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Albano César | Frank Moniz | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Frank Moniz |  Jan Brouwer | 12th | SF | ||||||||
| 2009 | Napoleão Brandão | 1st | RU | |||||||||
| 2010 | Frank Moniz | 11th | SF | |||||||||
| 2011 | Mário Calado | 7th | R16 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 11th | SF | ||||||||||
| 2013 | António Caldas | 5th | R16 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 8th | R16 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Frank Moniz |  Zoran Manojlović | 10th | RU | ||||||||
| 2016 | Zoran Manojlović | Roque Sapiri | QF |  Ekrem Asma | 9th | |||||||
| 2017 | Ekrem Asma | 3rd | R16 | |||||||||
| 2018 | Roque Sapiri | |||||||||||
| 2018–19 | Agostinho Tramagal | |||||||||||
| 2019–20 | Paulo Torres | Roque Sapiri | ||||||||||
| 2020–21 | Roque Sapiri | |||||||||||
| 2021–22 |  | | ||||||||||
| 2022–23 | Alexandre Ribeiro | Frank Moniz | ||||||||||
| 2023–24 | Roque Sapiri | |||||||||||
See also
External links
References
- ^ RSSSF
- ^ RSSSF
- ^ World Stadiums Archived 2021-06-13 at the Wayback Machine