Atlético Sport Aviação, best known as ASA, was a football club from Luanda, Angola.
The club was founded in 1953 by a group of workers from TAAG's predecessor DTA. Mr. Jacinto Medina was the first chairman.
Before Angola's independence, the club was known as Atlético Sport Aviação. After independence, it was called Desportivo da TAAG, named after its major sponsor, the Angolan Airlines. In 1992, the club's name was reverted to its original ASA.
The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1995. Two players from ASA represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Jamba and Love.
Achievements Angolan League: 3 2002, 2003, 2004. 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 (colonial champions) Angolan Cup: 3 1995, 2005, 2010. Angolan SuperCup: 6 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011.
Recent seasons Atlético Sport Aviação's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics Season 2016 32 11 3 18 28 44 –16 2015 31 10 8 13 32 40 –8
Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 13th R16 9th PR
Top season scorers Nelito 8 0 8 Guelor 8 ? 8
PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals
League & Cup history
Performance in CAF competitions CAF Champions League: 4 appearances 2003 – Group Stage (Top 8) 2004 – Second Round 2005 – Second Round 2006 – Preliminary Round
CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances 2005 – Intermediate Round 2011 – Preliminary Round
CAF Cup: 3 appearances 1993 – Semi-Finals 2001 – Second Round 2002 – First Round
CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances 1982 – First Round 1994 – First Round 1996 – First Round
Stadium The club plays their home matches at Estádio da Cidadela, which has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.
Players and staff
Players
Staff NameNatPosTechnical staff Head coachAssistant coachGoalkeeper coachMedicalPhysioMasseurManagementJosé Luís PrataChairman
Manager history
Season Coach Coach Coach 1979 Chico Ventura 1980 1981 1982 Zlatko Škorić 1983 Chico Ventura 1984 1985 Maló & Geovety 1987 Severino Cardoso Smica Bogomil Bijev 1988 Chico Ventura Avelino Neto Maló Nina Serrano 1989 Nina Serrano Napoleão Brandão Sabino Silva Sarmento Joka Santinho 1992 Veselin Jelušić Vesko 1993 1994 Dušan Condić 1995 João Machado 1996 José Kilamba 1997 José Kilamba 1998 Djalma Cavalcante 1999 Carlos Alhinho Bernardino Pedroto
Season Coach Coach Coach 2001 Bernardino Pedroto 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Manuel Fernandes 2008 Marinho Peres José Miguel Minhonha 2010 José Dinis 2011 2012 Ricardo Almeida José Miguel Minhonha Ernesto Castanheira Samy Matias 2015 R. Gonçalves Robertinho José de Carvalho Corolla João Machado Abílio Amaral José Saraiva 2018 José Dinis 2018–19
Other sports ASA Basketball ASA Handball
See also Girabola Gira Angola
References
RSSSF
External links
Facebook profile