Kabuscorp S.C.P.

Kabuscorp S.C.P

Full name	Kabuscorp Sport Clube do Palanca
Founded	5 December 1994
Ground	Estádio dos Coqueiros Luanda, Angola
Capacity	12,000
President	Bento Kangamba
Manager	Romeu Filemon
League	Girabola
2016	5th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Kabuscorp Sport Clube do Palanca, usually known simply as Kabuscorp is a multisports club based in Luanda, Angola. The club's football teams contests at the Angolan major league Girabola as well as at the African club competitions.

Kabuscorp is an acronym for Kangamba Business Corporation, a business ranging from transports to diamond exploration run by club owner Bento Kangamba.

Kabuscorp S.C. was founded in 1994 by president and club owner Bento Kangamba. The club plays its home matches at the state-owned Estádio dos Coqueiros in Luanda and is renowned for their cheerful supporters, mostly of bakongo origin.

History

In 2008, in their first appearance in Girabola they finished in 10th position.

The club's greatest achievement came 6 years later, when they won the 2013 Girabola with a record 73 points, thus qualifying to the 2014 CAF Champions League. In 2014, Kabuscorp won the Angolan Supercup beating Petro de Luanda by 3–1.

2012 Road Accident

On August 4, 2012, twenty three fans of Kabuscorp do Palanca club died and 29 others injured, following a road accident on the road connecting the provinces of Kwanza Norte and Luanda. The accident occurred when a bus carrying the supporters of Palanca club was returning from the town of Calulo, coastal Kwanza sul province, after a football match opposing the local "Recreativo do Libolo" and Kabuscorp. The match was part of the 20th round of national league's first division, Girabola 2012, which ended with a 2–0 victory for the host team.

 Old logo

Notable Players

On January 15, 2012, the 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year and European Footballer of the Year Rivaldo, signed a one-year contract with the club.^[1]

Albert Meyong, was a decisive player in Kabuscorp's first titles being the club's top scorer.

Achievements

• Angolan League: 1^[2]
  • 2013
• Angolan SuperCup: 1^[3]
  • 2014

League positions

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance
  • 2014 –

Players and staff

Squad

As of 10 September 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Loló 3 DF Bobo 4 DF Silva 6 DF Mingo Sanda 7 DF Bruno 8 FW Kanku Trésor 9 FW Chole 10 MF Magola 11 MF Dax 12 GK Josué 13 MF Dr. Lami (c) 14 MF Mpele Mpele 15 DF Pataca 16 DF Fiston

No. Position Player 17 DF Chico Caputo 18 MF Mano 19 MF Nari 20 DF Mussumari 21 GK Mário 22 GK Rubia 23 Emilson 24 DF Faustino 26 FW Fundo 27 FW Meda 28 DF Estória 29 Evandro 30 FW Abianda – DF Lutumba

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
Romeu Filemon		Head Coach
Quim Manuel		Assistant Coach
		Goalkeeper Coach
Medical
Caetano Maria		Physician
Jorge de Almeida		Physio
Management
Bento Kangamba		Chairman
Domingos Jacinto		Vice-Chairman

Manager history

Season	Coach	S	L	C	Coach	S	L	C	Coach	S	L	C
1996	Kidumo Pedro
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008	Afonso Kondi
2009	Afonso Kondi				Kidumu Pedro				Draško Stojiljković
2010	Draško Stojiljković
2011	Viktor Bondarenko
2012					Eduard Antranik
2013	Eduard Antranik
2014					Zoran Manojlović
2015	Ljubomir Ristovski				Miller Gomes
2016	Miller Gomes				Mateus Bodunha				Romeu Filemon
2017

See also

• Kabuscorp Handball
• Girabola
• Gira Angola

References

1. "Rivaldo signs for Kabuscorp". FIFA.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
2. "Kabuscorp crowned champions of Girabola2013". ANGOP.com. 7 Oct 2013. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
3. "Kabuscorp do Palanca win Super Cup". ANGOP.com. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-11-22.

External links

• Official Website
• Squad at official website
• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile
• Soccerway profile
• Facebook profile