Progresso Associação do Sambizanga is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club was founded in 1975, as a result of a merger of three clubs: Juventude Unida do Bairro Alfredo, Juventista and Vaza.
Progresso do Sambizanga is notably the only club in Girabola to maintain a women's soccer team, even without official competition. They play their home games at the state-owned Estádio da Cidadela.
History The club made its debut in the Girabola in 1981 and won their only cup title in 1996 after defeating Primeiro de Agosto and qualified into the 1997 CAF Winners' Cup where they challenged with Gabon's FC 105 Libreville and won a goal in the first leg and lost 2–0 in the last, this was their only appearance in the continental competition.
In the 1980s, the club expanded its international relations, Progresso Sambizanga was the first African club to play in the legendary Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.
One of the friendly pre-season matches were in 2012 where they played in Brazil in the Toca de Raposa I with the two popular clubs Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro.
Progresso do Sambizanga was the first African team to play in the Estádio do Maracaña. That occurred in the 1990s at the time when the team was on campus in a 1-2 loss to a team of retired Brazilian footballers.
Honours Angola Cup: 1 1996 Runner-up: (1) 2016
Recent seasons Progresso do Sambizanga's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics Season 2016 34 11 15 8 29 28 +1 2015 32 10 8 14 38 40 –2
Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 8th 2nd 12th QF
Top season scorers Yano 8 2 10 Yano 13 0 13
League and cup positions
Stadium Progresso do Sambizanga is the owner of Campo Mário Santiago. Located in the club's home neighborhood of Sambizanga, the 8,000-seat stadium whose rehabilitation began in 1996 with private funding and stopped afterwards for lack of funding, resumed in 2016 under a sponsorship deal with the Fundação Eduardo dos Santos (FESA). The stadium's capacity is expected to be increased to 18,000 seats, following the 18-month-long rehabilitation.
Uniform and home kit evolution Its uniform color has a yellow-black striped clothing with black sleeves and socks and black-yellow striped socks used for home games. Its former uniform was a yellow-black striped shirt with yellow stripe on each side and had striped sleeves and black shorts.
Performance in CAF competitions CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance 1997 – First Round FC 105 Libreville 1–0, 2–0
Players and staff
Players
Staff NameNatPosTechnical staffPaulo Dias Head coachDiogo PedroAssistant coachMbala JoséGoalkeeper coachMedicalValdevino MirandaPhysicianRui OliveiraPhysioManagementInácio António AlfredoChairmanManuel SantosVice-Chairman
Manager history and performance
Season Coach Coach 1981 Eduardo Laurindo da Silva 1982 Augusto Pedro Eduardo Gonzalez Eduardo Gonzalez Domingos Inguila 1984 Domingos Inguila 1987 Carlos Alves 1989 Carlos Romão 1992 Napoleão Brandão 1993 Arlindo Leitão António Piedade 1995 Luzolo Garcia Joaquim Dinis 1996 Joaquim Dinis 1997 1998 João Machado Salviano Magalhães Napoleão Brandão 2002 Napoleão Brandão Arnaldo Gamonal José Alberto Torres João Imanga Janguelito 2005 José Ferraz
Season Coach Coach 2006 Luís Mariano 2007 João Machado 2008 Ernesto Castanheira Ndunguidi Daniel João Imanga Janguelito 2010 Drasko Stojiljković Jan Brouwer 2012 David Dias 2013 2014 Lúcio Antunes Mário Calado Albano César 2016 Albano César 2017 Kito Ribeiro 7thSF 2018 Hélder Teixeira 13th Guilherme Sousa 2019-20 Kito Ribeiro Hélder Teixeira 2020-21 Paulo Dias
Progresso do Sambizanga Women's Football When it comes to women's football in Angola, Progresso do Sambizanga is undeniably a benchmark and a force to reckon with. Until the mid 2000s when regular competitions were organized, the club has won most titles in contest. While no regular competition are being played at present both at provincial and national level, the club still maintains its women's team with regular practice.
Achievements Angola League: 4 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Angolan Cup: 6 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Super Cup: 1 2000
Other sports Handball Basketball
See also Girabola Women's League Gira Angola
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