Sport Huambo e Benfica, originally Sport Nova Lisboa e Benfica or Benfica de Nova Lisboa, later renamed as Sport Huambo e Benfica or Benfica do Huambo or Mambroa, is a football club from Huambo, Angola. The club was established as the then Nova Lisboa affiliate of S.L. Benfica of Portugal, and shares the same colours. The logo is also very similar to the Portuguese one.

In 1972, the club won the Angolan provincial football championship.

Following the country's independence in 1975 and in an attempt by the communist regime to erase all traces of colonial rule, the club which has been created as an affiliate to S.L. Benfica was ordered to change its name and therefore became known as Estrela Vermelha do Huambo (Huambo Red Star) as it participated in the first edition of the country's post-independence premier league and later on to Mambroa. In a General Assembly meeting held on March 10, 1990, the club's name was reverted to its original denomination, and since shortly after independence, the Portuguese-named city of Nova Lisboa had changed to Huambo, so did the club's name.

Achievements Angolan League: 1 1972

League & Cup Positions

Stadium The club is the owner of the 15,000-seat Estádio das Cacilhas stadium. At present, the stadium has been demolished, awaiting government funding for the construction of a new stadium on the same site, with the capacity of 15,000 seats.

Manager history and performance Season Coach Coach Coach 1979 Bogomil Bijev 8th 1980 3rd Arlindo Leitão Bogomil Bijev 3rd 1982 Vidić Daniel Lutucuta 5th Daniel Lutucuta Carlos Sério 1984 Carlos Sério 1985 Daniel Lutucuta Jaime Chimalanga 1986 Filipe Mascarenhas António Mpuissi 1987 Arlindo Leitão 1988 Daniel Lutucuta Laurindo 1989 Zé do Pau Laurindo 1991 Horácio Cangato 1992 Carlos Queirós 1996 Horácio Cangato Patrick 1997 Zé do Pau 13th 2005 Napoleão Brandão 2b 2007 António Sayombo 2008 2b 2009 Hélder Teixeira 5b 2010 António Caldas 3b 2011 Alberto Cardeau 3b PR 2012 Horácio Libengué 9b

See also Girabola Gira Angola

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