Santa Rita de Cássia FC

Football club

Santa Rita de Cássia

Full name

Santa Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube

Founded

29 August 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-29)

Ground

Estádio 4 de Janeiro

Capacity

12,000

Chairman

Nzolani Pedro

Manager

João Fortuna

League

Girabola

2022–23

7th in Girabola

Home colours

Away colours

Santa Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube is an Angolan sports club from the city of Uíge. The team made its debut in the Gira Angola (Angola's second division championship) in 2016 after winning the Uige province football championship.^[1]

The club is named after Italian saint Rita of Cascia in whose honor a sanctuary was built at the village of Casseche, Uíge city, where an annual pilgrimage is held.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, its debutant year in the second division, the club managed to be promoted to Angola's top flight division, the Girabola.

2017 disaster

On February 10, 2017, shortly after the inaugural match of the 2017 Girabola between home team Santa Rita de Cássia and Recreativo do Libolo, one of the access gates of Estádio 4 de Janeiro collapsed as access was made free and attendants tried to force their way into the stadium. As a result, 17 people were trampled to death and 76 injured, 5 of whom with life-threatening injuries.^[2]

Achievements

Angolan League: 0

Angolan Cup: 0

Angolan SuperCup: 0

Gira Angola: 1

2016

Uige provincial championship: 1

2015

League & Cup Positions

Recent seasons

Santa Rita de Cássia's season-by-season performance since 2011:

Overall match statistics
Season	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%
2016	15	8	4	3	14	7	+7	0.633

Classifications
L3	L2	L1	AC
1st	1a		PR

Top season scorers
Player	L3	L2	L1	AC	T
?	?	?		?	?

PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals, RU = Runner-Up, W = Winner

Players and staff

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
João Fortuna		Head coach
João Manuel Paulo		Assistant coach
TBA		Goal-keeper Coach
Medical
TBA		Physio
Management
Nzolani Pedro		Chairman

Players

Santa Rita de Cássia players

^[3]

Nat	#	Nick	Name	A	P	–	P.S.	Hélder Teixeira			M.A.	A. Cristóvão			A. Cristóvão				Total Apps & Gls
						2015	2016	2017			2018	2018–19 (11th)			2019–20			2021	Total Apps & Gls
						#	#	#	A	G	#	#	A	G	#	A	G	#	^S	^A	^G
								Abel	Abel Manfuila	28	FW		–	19	²	¹
		Água Doce	José Fernandes Mbuta	24	MF			20	¹¹⁽⁵⁾	¹	14	→
		Alberto					–
		Alex	Alex Kahembe		GK						→	12	¹⁽¹⁾	⁰
	19	André			MF													2021
		Ary					–				28
		Barese	João Vata					19	¹⁽¹⁾	⁰	→
		Beni	Beni Kimbi Fua	24	FW							→			6	¹¹	⁰	→
		Benvindo	Nsianfumu Benvindo Afonso	23	GK		–				1	1	²²⁽¹⁾	⁰	→
		Bissio	Yannick Landu	24	FW		10
	31	Boco Boco																2021
		Bruno	Adilson Bruno Mpulu		DF		7	7	²⁰	⁰	→
	26	Cachala			MF													2021
	34	Capick	Arnaldo B. José	18	DF													2021
		Carlos	Carlos Camolongi	32	GK							→			1	¹⁴	⁰
		Carlos	Carlos Nzuzi Fuila	31	DF						→
	5	Cavela	Martinho Ekundi Cavela		DF													2021
		Celi	Celestino Simão da Silva		MF						→	20	¹²⁽²⁾	²	20	¹⁹	⁰	→
		Chano	Mauro Edgar F. Manuel		FW			30	²⁽³⁾	⁰
	25	Clinton	Makinda Gomes Paulo		DF			25	⁽¹⁾	⁰								2021
		Coby	António Sena Tuiango Morais		GK		–	16	⁴	⁰
	4	Crespo	Artur Manuel Malungo	23	DF										4	⁴	⁰	2021
		Cris	Nzuzi Panzo	21	FW							9	⁵⁽⁷⁾	⁰	9	²	⁰
		Cristiano	Cristiano Diassilau		DF		–
	15	Daniel			MF													2021
		Dennis	Dennis Sesugh	22	FW			9	¹⁰	³
		Dieu	Dieu Maquissossila David	27	DF							2	⁸⁽³⁾	⁰	2	⁴	¹					→
		Dino	Florentino de S. António	27	FW		–				18	→
		Edmilson	António Dipoco Teodor	18–19	MF			6	¹⁸⁽¹⁾	⁰		11	²⁷	²	11	¹⁹⁽¹⁾	⁰	→
		Eliseu	Eliseu Lucas Carlos Cabanga	22	DF						→	13	³	⁰
		Etoh	Nzalambila Lumu		FW										21	⁶	¹
		Feião	Moisés Sebastião Cabungula	28	MF						→	27	¹⁶⁽²⁾	¹
	27	Filipe	Israel Kipindi Pacote da Silva	35	FW							→			18	⁹⁽¹⁾	²	2021
		Finidi	Luís Domingos Canganjo	27	MF		→	21	⁵	⁰	→
		Foguinho	Júlio Samucuenje Baptista	24							→	26	¹⁹⁽⁵⁾	⁸	→
		Frank	Francisco Barros Jimbi				→	14	¹³	⁰	→
		Fuky	Manuel Paulo David	28	MF							→			7	⁵⁽¹⁾	⁰	→
		G.T.I.	Daniel António Jonata	22	MF						→	7	²⁷⁽¹⁾	⁴	→
	18	Gama^[a]	José Adolfo António		DF										18	⁴⁽¹⁾	¹	2021
		Gazeta	Pedro Malunduma Maienga	25	MF	→	18	18	²⁸	⁶	→
	14	Gerry	Nsingui Tino João	32	MF										→			2021
		Godzila	Pedro Domingos Sengo		DF		24	4	⁷⁽¹⁾	⁰	→
	32	Gui	Dialanda Bernanguindoco Tomás		FW										→			2021
		Hugo					–
		Ike	Ike Chidi Bright	26	DF			24	³	⁰
		Iniesta	António Lukeba	25	MF	→	8	8	³⁽¹¹⁾	⁰	8
		Jamuana	Manuel Alexandre Jamuana	36	DF							17	¹⁸⁽²⁾	²	17	¹²⁽³⁾	⁰	→
		Jessy	Jessy Ndaie Kumanzide								→	14	²⁽³⁾	⁰	14
		Joel	Joel Diaku		DF		4	4	⁽¹⁾	⁰	4
	16	José			GK													2021
	11	Kakuita	Manuel Simão António	21	MF										27	⁵⁽⁵⁾	³	2021
		Kandú	Déo Kanda	28	MF			24	⁵⁽³⁾	³
		Kevinho										23	⁽⁴⁾	⁰
		Kina			GK		–
		Kissi	Kingslei Kofi Kissi	22	GK		→	1	⁹	⁰
	23	Kodak	António Frazão Garcia		MF													2021
		Kongolo	Emilio Kongolo Filipe		FW							→			10	⁽¹⁾	⁰
	12	Lambito	Yuri José Ndanji Baião	26	GK										12	¹	⁰	2021
		Lazi	Lázaro Francisco da Rocha	21	MF										7	⁷	⁰
		Leandro	Leandro França Cerqueira	27	MF			10	⁵⁽³⁾	⁰
		Lelé	Fabiano Miguel Pengui	29	DF						→	5	¹³	¹
		Lema	Gonçalves Mpassi		MF			13	⁴⁽³⁾	¹
		Liliano	Liliano Pedro	20	FW		→	29	¹¹⁽⁶⁾	³	→
	13	Lindala	Armando Domingos Maria	34	MF										→			2021
	24	Loló	Lopes Sebastião da Costa	17	DF													2021
		Londaka	Mauro de Almeida Londaka	27	MF						→	6	⁴⁽⁶⁾	⁰
		Lubanzadio													15	²⁽²⁾	⁰
		Lucas	Lucas Ndongala									→			13	³⁽⁸⁾	¹
	7	M.C.	Lutonda João sebastião	26	FW							28	⁷⁽²⁾	³	28	⁸⁽³⁾	⁰	2021
	10	Mafuta	Afonso Mbemba João Marques	21	MF										33	¹⁽²⁾	¹	2021
		Makuntima	Makuntima Fernando Bunga		DF		→	26	⁸⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Mano	Luís António Bande Tinta				–				2	2	¹⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Mano Mano	Constantino Carlos António	20							→	10	¹⁰⁽³⁾	⁰	→
	2	Manú	Manuel Júlio Famorosa Vunge	27	DF							→			30	¹³	⁰	2021
		Manucho	José Tibúrcio		GK			12	¹²⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Manuel	Manuel Nfutila									19	⁶⁽³⁾	⁰
		Maurito	Norberto Mauro da Costa Mulenessa	36	FW			19	^DNP
		Mavambu	Mavambu João Afonso Baptista	24	MF			10	¹⁰⁽²⁾	¹	→				25	¹⁽⁵⁾	⁰
		Micki	Miguel Cipriano da Gama	38	DF							→			23	³⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Miguel	Miguel Pedro Bengui	23	FW							21	¹⁰	²	→
		Milambo	Ndanda Ricardo Mendes	25	DF						→	4	²⁰	⁰	10	⁸	⁰	→
		Milinga					–
		Ministro					–
		Modeste	Modeste Osaka Ngelenda					9	¹⁽²⁾	¹	13	→
		Mufuma	Osvaldo Augusto Macaia Mufuma												24	⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Nando	Fernando Mussibo Augusto		MF			27	¹¹⁽⁵⁾	⁰	25	25	⁹⁽⁶⁾	¹
		Naxi													26	¹	⁰
	20	Nilton	Nilton D. Mwanza	19	MF										34	¹	⁰	2021
		Norberto	Kiatalua Tadeu Emous	26	MF							→			29	²¹	⁴	→
	28	Ogú																2021
		Patrick	Patricio Kitese Matumona		DF							8	³⁽⁴⁾	⁰	8	¹⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Paulo					26
		Pedro			DF		–	→
		Pira					–
	29	Quaresma																2021
		Rasca	Maieco Domingos Henrique António	35	FW		→	20	¹⁽¹⁾	¹
		Reis						19	^DNP
		Richy	Pedro Lundoloki		MF			13	²⁽³⁾	⁰
		Roblin	Sungu Kintatu Roblen		DF		5	5	⁴⁽¹⁾	⁰
	21	Russinho																2021
	6	Samy	Samuel Neves Bengue		DF													2021
		Sawú	Mazenga Dimanza Garcia	33	FW			28	²⁽⁵⁾	⁰
		Sebas	Sebastião Nsenga Mbenza	24	DF			5	⁵	⁰	5				5	¹⁵	⁰
		Shayi	Mukengeshayi Tumba	29	FW			11	²⁽³⁾	⁰
		Simão	Rosalino Baleiro Veya		DF		→	2	²⁸	²	→
		Sozito	Mário Bernardo Keita		DF						→	18	²⁵	⁰	→
	1	Super																2021
		Tachungo	Carlos Tashungu Wungu		DF			3	¹⁵	¹	3
		Tati	Pedro Tati		MF			28	⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Thomas	Emmanuel A. Thomas	28	MF			21	⁶	⁰
	8	Tomóteo	João Tomóteo Vicente Tiebo															2021
		Toy	André Augusto Miranda Kongo	32	GK			1	³	⁰	→	16	⁸	⁰	16	⁶	⁰	→
		Vata	João Vata		GK		22
		Vemba	Vemba Mawete		FW		23	23	¹⁰⁽¹⁾	⁰
		Vidinho	Victor Pedro Nangue	22	DF							24	¹⁶⁽²⁾	²	24	⁸	¹
	17	Yanick	Simão Cambani Nascimento		MF										→			2021
		Yuri	Roberto Yuri Lutonda	25	MF		15	15	²⁰	⁰	→	15	²⁴	⁰
		Yuyú	João Sama Mateus		DF		13
		Zé Kalanga	Paulo Baptista Nsimba	34	MF			17	⁴⁽⁵⁾	⁰
	3	Zeza	Carlos Guimarães Gomes		DF						→	3	¹⁴⁽¹⁾	¹	3	¹⁴	⁰	2021
Years						2015	2016	2017			2018	2018–19		29	2019-20		16

^ Gama whose real name is Nsangou Gamal Yasin, a cameroonian national, was found to hold a forged Angolan identity and subsequently evicted from the championship

Manager history

Season	Coach	Coach	Coach
2016	Paulo Saraiva
2017	Sérgio Traguil	Lusala Dady	Hélder Teixeira
2018	João Paulo	Mbuisso António
2019	Nseka Nitoya	Paulo Saraiva	Almério Cristóvão
2019–20	Kiombo Pemba	Marcos Chivinda	Almério Cristóvão
2020–21	João Fortuna

References

^ "Segundona". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Uíge: Dezassete mortos na partida de futebol entre Santa Rita e Recreativo do Libolo" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
^ "Futebol/Girabola: Santa Rita de Cássia ilustre desconhecido com mundialista no plantel" (in Portuguese). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.