Atlético Petróleos de Luanda

Founded14 January 1980; 44 years ago (1980-01-14)^[1]GroundEstádio 11 de Novembro
Luanda, AngolaCapacity48,500PresidentTomás FariaManagerAlexandre SantosLeagueFirst Division2022–2023ChampionsWebsiteClub website

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Active departments of Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
Football Basketball Handball Volleyball Roller Hockey Gymnastics

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980.^[2] The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country.

In its initial days, the club was known as Petroclube.

Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Lebo Lebo, Lamá, Zé Kalanga and Delgado.

The club has also a basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participated with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008.

Achievements

• Angolan League: 17
  • 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2022, 2023
• Angola Cup: 14
  • 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Angola Super Cup: 6
  • 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2013

Recent seasons

Petro de Luanda's season-by-season performance since 2001:
As of 2 October 2023^[update]

• PR = Preliminary round, R1 = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals, RU = Runner-Up, W = Winner

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 7 appearances

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

• CAF Confederation Cup: 7 appearances

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1997 – Finalist

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1992 – First Round

1993 – Second Round

1999 – First Round

2003 – First Round

Logo

At a General Assembly meeting held on June 27, 2020, it was decided that the former logo should be reinstated with a few minor adjustments.^{[citation needed]}

Players and staff

Players

Squad

As of 3 January 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ANG Hugo Marques 2 MF  ANG Diógenes 4 DF  POR Pedro Pinto 5 MF  BRA William Soares 6 MF  ANG Joaquim Adão 7 FW  ANG Anderson Cruz 8 MF  ANG Carlinhos 10 MF  ANG Megue 11 FW  ANG Jaredi Teixeira 12 GK  ANG Nathan 13 DF  ANG Tó Carneiro 14 DF  ANG Inácio Miguel 16 MF  ANG Apado

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ANG Vanilson 18 DF  ANG Vidinho 19 MF  POR Erivaldo 20 FW  HON Jonathan Toro 21 FW  ANG Tchutchu 22 GK  ANG Augusto Mualucano 23 FW  POR Alexandre Guedes 24 DF  ANG Kinito 25 DF  ANG Eddie 26 FW  BRA Tiago Azulão 27 FW  ANG Gilberto 32 DF  ANG Mindinho 36 MF  ANG Sandro

Staff

Name	Nationality	Position(s)
Technical staff
Alexandre Santos		Head coach
José Nhwengo		Assistant coach
Cristóvão M'Bala		Assistant coach
Medical
Rodolfo Muleka		Physician
Francisco Chipenga		Physio
António Mbuyamba		Masseur
Management
Tomás Faria		Chairman
Filipe Nkosi		Vice-Chairman
Daniel Lungu		Head of Foot Dept

Manager history

Chairman history

• Tomás Faria – 2014–present
• Mateus de Brito † – 2012–2014
• Cardoso Pereira – 2008–2011
• Paulo Gouveia Júnior – 2004–2007
• Silva Neto – 1999–2003
• Botelho de Vasconcelos – 1990–1999

Other sports

• Petro Atlético Basketball
• Petro Atlético Handball
• Petro Atlético Hockey

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

References

External links

• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile
• SoccerWay profile
• Facebook profile