Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known as Sagrada Esperança, is an association football club from Dundo, Lunda Norte province, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988.
The club's name is likely to originate from Angola's first president Agostinho Neto's famous poem Sagrada Esperança (Sacred Hope). The club was founded on December 22, 1976, by then Angola-state owned diamond company Diamang (now Endiama), which remains as its major sponsor.
In 2005, the club, managed by Mário Calado, won the league by having one point ahead ASA. In the same year, the club competed in the 2005 CAF Champions League, but was eliminated in the first round by ASEC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg and a 1–0 defeat away in the second leg.
Achievements Angola League Champions (2): 2005, 2021. Angola Cup Winners (2): 1988, 1999. Angolan SuperCup Winners (1): 2021.
Recent seasons Sagrada Esperança's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics Season 2016 40 15 11 14 36 34 +2 2015 35 13 10 12 24 31 –7
Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 9th QF 10th 2nd
Top season scorers Love 4 2 5 11 Guedes 4 ? 4
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 Champions League: 3 appearances 2005 – First Round 2006 – Preliminary Round 2022 -
CAF Cup: 2 appearances 1992 – Second Round 1998 – First Round
CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances 1989 – Second Round 2000 – Second Round
Stadium The club plays their home matches at formerly Quintalão do Dundo, now Estádio Sagrada Esperança, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people . The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation and was renamed and reinaugurated in 2008.
Players and staff
Squad
Players
Staff NameNatPosTechnical staffRoque Sapiri Head coachRui OliveiraAssistant coachGoalkeeper coachManagementJosé Muacabalo ChairmanJosé Pontes RamosVice-chairmanJojó GarciaHead of Foot Dept
Manager history and performance
Season Coach Coach Coach 1982 José Henrique Alferes Carvalho 1984 Artur Santos 1985 1987 Job Cipriano Adé 1988 Laurindo Adé 1989 Artur Santos Adé 1990 João Machado 1991 Adé 1993 Molosević 1994 Joka Santinho 1995 Napoleão Brandão 1996 Rui Teixeira 1997 João Machado 1998 Nina Serrano José Luís Borges 6th 1999 João Machado 2000 2001 Carlos Alves Agostinho Tramagal 2003 Mário Calado 2004 2005 2006 Frank Moniz
Season Coach Coach Coach Albano César Frank Moniz Frank Moniz Jan Brouwer 12th SF 2009 Napoleão Brandão 1st RU Frank Moniz 11th SF 2011 Mário Calado 7th R16 2012 11th SF 2013 António Caldas 5th R16 2014 8th R16 Frank Moniz Zoran Manojlović 10th RU Zoran Manojlović Roque Sapiri QF Ekrem Asma 9th 2017 Ekrem Asma 3rdR16 2018 Roque Sapiri 2018–19 Agostinho Tramagal Paulo Torres Roque Sapiri 2020–21 Roque Sapiri 2021–22 2022–23 Alexandre Ribeiro Frank Moniz 2023–24 Roque Sapiri
See also Girabola Gira Angola
References
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