Clube Desportivo da Huíla is an Angolan football club based in Lubango, Huila. The club is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces and has close ties with Primeiro de Agosto. In the 2011–12 season of the Angolan second division, the club got promoted to the Girabola. They play their home games at the Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla. On 17 April 2006 Agostinho Tramagal was appointed as their new coach.
On 2 April 2012, Mário Francisco Soares Lopes was presented this Monday in Lubango city, southern Huíla province, as the new coach of the second division soccer team of Desportivo da Huíla. The new coach replaces Joaquim Finda "Mozer", who managed the team over the last two years.
Achievements Angola Cup: Runner Up (3) : 2002, 2013, 2019. Gira Angola: Winner (1): 2004.
Recent seasons C.D. Huíla's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics Season 2016 30 10 6 14 29 39 –10 2015 31 10 9 12 24 34 –10
Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 10th 7th R16
Top season scorers Bruno, Nandinho 5 5 Chiquinho 6 0 6
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 Confederation Cup: 1 appearance 2014 – First Round
Players and staff
Players
Squad
Staff NameNatPosTechnical staffPaulo Torres Head coachPaulo Campos CaricocoAssistant coachHélder CruzGoalkeeper coachMedicalLuís SipilantePhysicianJoão Jorge António JojóPhysioManagementGen. Fabiano HihepaChairmanJoão Domingos AdãoManagerAntónio TchimbungoHead of Foot Dept
Manager history and performance Season Coach Coach 1998 Zé do Pau 2000 Arnaldo Chaves 2001 Manuel Artur Manú 1st B Arnaldo Chaves Carlos Queirós 10th RU Ndunguidi Daniel João Machado 13th R16 2004 1st B SF 2005 António Barbosa Jorge Humberto Chaves 11th R16 Jorge Humberto Chaves Agostinho Tramagal 7th R16 2007 Agostinho Tramagal 8th R16 2008 9th QF 2009 António Barbosa 11th SF Joaquim Finda Mozer 14th R16 Joaquim Finda Mozer João Machado 4 B PR 2012 Mário Soares 1st B 2013 6th RU Lacerda Chipongue 11th QF 2015 Ivo Traça 7th R16 2016 10th 2017 Mário Soares 9th 2018 6th 2018–19 3rdRU 2019–20 André Macanga
See also Desportivo da Huíla Basketball Girabola (2016) Gira Angola
References
External links at Girabola.com C.D. Huíla at Sapo.pt