S.L. Benfica (Luanda)

For other uses, see S.L. Benfica (disambiguation).
S.L. Benfica (Luanda)
Full name Sport Luanda e Benfica
Nickname(s) Águias de Luanda (Luanda Eagles)
Founded 5 October 1922 (1922-10-05)
Ground Estádio dos Coqueiros
Ground Capacity 12.000
Chairman Joaquim Sebastião
Manager Zeca Amaral
League Girabola
2015 3rd
Website Club home page

Sport Luanda e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica de Luanda, or simply as Benfica, is a football club from Luanda, Angola. The club was established as the Luanda affiliate of S.L. Benfica of Portugal, and shares the same colours. The logo is also very similar to the Portuguese one. The club, as of 2005, has never won the Girabola (the Angolan league first division). The club plays in the Girabola.

The club is nicknamed Águias de Luanda, meaning "Luanda Eagles" (the eagle is the symbol of S.L. Benfica).

History

The club was founded as Sport Luanda e Benfica and later renamed to Saneamento Rangol. In 2000, the club returned to its original name, Sport Luanda e Benfica.

In 1995, as Saneamento Rangol, the club was promoted to the following year's first division. In 2003, Benfica de Luanda was relegated to the second division. In 2004, the club finished second in the second division, and was promoted to the first division. In 2005, the club finished 6th in the first division.

Names

Domestic history

Season Level Pos Pld W D L For Against Points Domestic Cup Top goalscorer
1999 1st82881010263034
2000 82611213364535
2001 9268810373332
2002 8268810232732
2003 12267712263628
2004 2nd2
2005 1st5261079191337
2006 82610214232832Runners-Up
2007 1026989222135
2008 5261079332837
2009 3261457423247
2010 103011613343939
2011 13309813333635
2012 123071310323734
2013 10307149293035
2014 33014133311855Champions
2015 33014115352353 Pedro – 11

Continental history

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2007 CAF Confederation Cup 1st Round Equatorial Guinea San Pedro Claver 2–0 5–1 7–1
Round of 16 Cameroon Astres 4–0 1–1 4–11
Round of 32 Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe 4–1 0–0 4–1
2015 CAF Confederation Cup Preliminary round Burundi Messager FC de Ngozi 2–0 1–0 3–0
First round Burkina Faso Étoile du Sahel 1–1 0–1 1–2

1 Benfica were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

Honours

Angola Cup (1)
2014[1]
Angola SuperCup (1)
2007

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at the state-owned 12,000 capacity Estádio dos Coqueiros. However, work began in 2012 in the Luanda outskirts village of Cacuaco on the construction of their own stadium, with all the requirements for training and camp for their players. Sport Luanda e Benfica members believe that the club will become a role model in the near future.

2015 squad

Nat No Goal-keepers Age
Cape Verde1 Fock 33
AngolaCape Verde12 Élber 24
Angola22 Toy
Angola28 Langanga 19
Nat No Defenders Age Pos
Angola3 Lírio 22 RB
Angola4 Debele 27 CB
Brazil5 Jeferson (c) 29 CB
Angola11 Amaro 29 LB
Angola13 Gomito 32 RB
Angola 23 Dedé 34 CB
Angola24 Gomito II 24 RB
Angola27 Anastácio 31 LB
Angola 29 Miguel 24 LB
Nat No Midfielders Age Pos
Angola2 Adawa 30 CM
Cameroon 6 Jean-Claude 24 RW
PortugalAngola8 Hélio 30 RW
Ivory Coast10 Savané 25 LM
Angola 14 Vado 28 LW
Mali 15 Diakité 35 LW
Angola 16 Ady 25 RM
Angola17 Bena 31 RW
Portugal18 Rúben 33 RM
Angola20 Gilberto 33 LM
Cape Verde21 Alex 29 RW
Angola26 Mariano 29 MF
Angola28 Osório 34 CM
Nat No Forwards Age Pos
Democratic Republic of the Congo 7 Eric 26 FW
Brazil9 Fabrício 31 FW
Angola 16 Massinga 28 FW
Angola 25 Pedro 22 FW
Angola 30 Anderson

Nat Technical Position
Angola Zeca Amaral Head Coach
Spain Blas Charlin Assistant coach
Angola Rúben Luciano Assistant coach
Angola Ricardo Almeida Assistant coach
Portugal Ivo Campos Assistant coach
Spain Ramón Quintas Assistant coach
Nat Management Position
Angola Joaquim Sebastião Chairman
Angola Mário Rocha Vice Chairman

 
* Players in bold indicate last starting lineup (27/09/15)
 Released in midseason
 Joined in midseason
 Injured

Manager history

Coach Years League Cup SuperCup
Angola Miller Gomes - (May 2002)
Portugal António Carlos (2003)
Angola Kito Ribeiro (2004)
Angola Zeca Amaral (Jan 2005) - (Nov 2008)
Angola Agostinho Tramagal (Dec 2008) - (Apr 2009)
Angola Mabi de Almeida (Jan 2010) - (May 2010)
Portugal Jorge Plácido (May 2010) - (May 2010)
Angola Joaquim Muyumba (May 2010) - (Nov 2010)
Portugal Amaro Ferreira (Nov 2010) - (May 2011)
Brazil Luís Mariano (May 2011) - (Nov 2011)
Angola Humberto Chaves (Jan 2012) - (May 2012)
Angola Abílio Amaral (May 2012) - (Jul 2013)
Angola Romeu Filemon (Jul 2013) - (Nov 2013)
Angola Zeca Amaral (Jan 2014) -

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Football season ends with Benfica's League Cup conquest". ANGOP.com. 24 Nov 2014. Retrieved 26 Nov 2014.
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