S.L. Benfica (Luanda)

For other uses, see S.L. Benfica (disambiguation).

S.L. Benfica

Full name

Sport Luanda e Benfica

Nickname(s)

Águias de Luanda (Luanda Eagles)

Founded

5 October 1922

Ground

Estádio dos Coqueiros

Capacity

12.000

Chairman

Joaquim Sebastião

Manager

Zeca Amaral

League

Girabola

2016

6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Sport Luanda e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica de Luanda, or simply as Benfica, is a football club from Luanda, Angola. The club was established as the Luanda affiliate of SL Benfica of Portugal, and shares the same colours. The logo is also very similar to the Portuguese one. The club, as of 2005, has never won the Girabola (the Angolan league first division). The club plays in the Girabola.

The club is nicknamed Águias de Luanda, meaning "Luanda Eagles" (the eagle is the symbol of SL Benfica).

History

The club was founded as Sport Luanda e Benfica and later renamed to Saneamento Rangol. In 2000, the club returned to its original name, Sport Luanda e Benfica.

In 1995, as Saneamento Rangol, the club was promoted to the following year's first division. In 2003, Benfica de Luanda was relegated to the second division. In 2004, the club finished second in the second division, and was promoted to the first division. In 2005, the club finished 6th in the first division.

Names

1922 : Founded as Sport Luanda e Benfica
19?? : Renamed Saneamento Rangol
2000 : Renamed Sport Luanda e Benfica

League positions

Domestic history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Points	Domestic Cup	Top goalscorer
1999	1st	8	28	8	10	10	26	30	34
2000		8	26	11	2	13	36	45	35
2001		9	26	8	8	10	37	33	32
2002		8	26	8	8	10	23	27	32
2003		12	26	7	7	12	26	36	28
2004	2nd	2
2005	1st	5	26	10	7	9	19	13	37
2006		8	26	10	2	14	23	28	32	Runners-up
2007		10	26	9	8	9	22	21	35
2008		5	26	10	7	9	33	28	37
2009		3	26	14	5	7	42	32	47
2010		10	30	11	6	13	34	39	39
2011		13	30	9	8	13	33	36	35
2012		12	30	7	13	10	32	37	34
2013		10	30	7	14	9	29	30	35
2014		3	30	14	13	3	31	18	55	Champions
2015		3	30	14	11	5	35	23	53		Pedro – 11

Continental history

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2007	CAF Confederation Cup	1st Round	San Pedro	2–0	5–1	7–1
		Round of 16	Astres	4–0	1–1	4–1¹
		Round of 32	Motema Pembe	4–1	0–0	4–1
2015	CAF Confederation Cup	Preliminary round	Le Messager	2–0	1–0	3–0
2015	CAF Confederation Cup	First round	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	0–1	1–2

¹ Benfica were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

Honours

Angola Cup (1): 2014 ^[1]
Angola SuperCup (1): 2007

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at the state-owned 12,000 capacity Estádio dos Coqueiros. However, work began in 2012 in the Luanda outskirts village of Cacuaco on the construction of their own stadium, with all the requirements for training and camp for their players. Sport Luanda e Benfica members believe that the club will become a role model in the near future.

Players and staff

Players

Main article: List of S.L. Benfica (Luanda) players

Squad

As of 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
1	GK	Fernando
2	MF	Manuel
4	DF	Debele
5	DF	Jeferson (c)
6	MF	Baby
7	FW	Eric
8	FW	Hélio Roque
10	MF	Savané
11	MF	Amaro
12	GK	Élber
13		Pacheco
14	FW	Vado
15	DF	Borges
16	MF	Ady
17	FW	Bena
18	DF	Sidney

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Douglas
21	DF	Panilson
22	GK	Toy
23	FW	Jacek
24	DF	Gomito II
26	MF	Mariano
27	MF	Kiloy
29	MF	Macaia
30	DF	Anderson

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
Zeca Amaral		Head Coach
Blas Charlin		Assistant Coach
Rúben Luciano		Assistant Coach
Ricardo Almeida		Assistant Coach
Ivo Campos		Assistant Coach
Ramón Quintas		Assistant Coach
Medical
–		Physician
–		Physio
Management
Joaquim Sebastião		Chairman
Mário Rocha		Vice-Chairman
Sebastião Gilberto		Football manager

Manager history

Coach		Years
Rúben Garcia	–	-	(May 2000)
Miller Gomes	(2001)	-	(May 2002)
António Carlos	(2003)	-	(Aug 2003)
Henriques Fernandes	(Aug 2003)	-	(Nov 2003)
Kito Ribeiro	(2004)	-	(????)
Zeca Amaral	(Jan 2005)	-	(Nov 2008)
Agostinho Tramagal	(Dec 2008)	-	(Apr 2009)
Jorge Plácido	(Apr 2009)	-	(May 2009)
Joaquim Muyumba	(May 2009)	-	(Nov 2009)
Mabi de Almeida	(Jan 2010)	-	(May 2010)
Jorge Plácido	(May 2010)	-	(May 2010)
Joaquim Muyumba	(May 2010)	-	(Nov 2010)
Amaro Ferreira	(Nov 2010)	-	(May 2011)
Luís Mariano	(May 2011)	-	(Nov 2011)
Humberto Chaves	(Jan 2012)	-	(May 2012)
Abílio Amaral	(May 2012)	-	(July 2013)
Romeu Filemón	(July 2013)	-	(Nov 2013)
Zeca Amaral	(Jan 2014)	-

External links

References

↑ "Football season ends with Benfica's League Cup conquest". ANGOP.com. 24 Nov 2014. Retrieved 26 Nov 2014.

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