Sporting Clube de Luanda

Angolan sports club

Football club

Sporting de Luanda
Full name	Sporting Clube de Luanda
Founded	1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Ground	Estádio dos Coqueiros Luanda, Angola
Capacity	12.000

Sporting Clube de Luanda best known as Sporting de Luanda, is an Angolan multisports club based in Luanda. The club's football team, while being one of the most ancient and traditional clubs in Luanda, has been out of major competition due to financial reasons.

History

The team was founded on 15 August 1920 as the branch number 3 of Lisbon-based Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP).^[1]^[2] During the colonial period in Angola, the club won eight times the Angolan Provincial Championship the top division of Angolan football as a Portuguese colony.

Following the country's independence in 1975 and in an attempt by the communist regime to erase all traces of colonial rule, the club which has been created as an affiliate to Sporting Clube de Portugal was ordered to change its name and therefore became known as Diabos Verdes (Green Devils), effective from January 31, 1980. In February 1981, the club's name changed again as Leões de Luanda (Luanda's Lions). On February 24, 1989, with the establishment of democracy, the club was able to reclaim its original name.

League & Cup Positions

Stadium

The team used to play at the 12000 capacity Estádio dos Coqueiros.

Honours

Angolan Provincial Championship: 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1956, 1963

Manager history

Season	Coach	S	Coach	S	L	Coach	L
1979	João Vieira Lopes
1980	João Vieira Lopes
1981	António Gomes de Oliveira	–	Passos Carneiro	–		Mario Imbelloni	10th
1983	Joaquim da Costa Gegé
1984
1985			Joaquim Dinis
1986	Joaquim Dinis		João Machado
1987	Domingos Inguila
1988	Napoleão Brandão
1991	Arnaldo Chaves		Victor Gonçalves
1993	Napoleão Brandão		Arnaldo Chaves
1994	Napoleão Brandão		Mário Calado			Nando Russo
1995	Manuel Loth	–	Jorge Gonçalves		12th

Players

Sporting Clube de Luanda players

1991–2000

Nat	Nick	P	A.P.				J.G.
			1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Além						1995
	Balsa						1995
	Betinho						1995
	Moisés						1995
	Nando Saturnino						1995
	Nelsinho						1995
	Quinito						1995
	Teófilo						1995
	Toninho						1995
	Tó Zé						1995
	Tony						1995
	Zé Carlos						1995
	Zé Gordo	GK					1995
	Zé Keno						1995
Years			1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000

1979-1986

Nat	Nick	Name	A	P	J.V.L.		P.C.	J.D.
					1979	1980	1981	1986
					–	5	10	–
	Abreu	Gaspar Abreu	23	MF				1986
	Birinaite	Victor Jesus	22	FW				1986
	Acácio				1979
	Agostinho						1981
	André			MF	1979	1980	1981
	Simao			FW			1981
	Batalha			DF			1981
	Carlos	Carlos Custódio	20	GK				1986
	Chico	Francisco Bartolomeu		DF	1979	1980	1981	1986
	Chico Santos	Francisco Santos		DF	1979	1980	1981
	Chinguito †	Nelson Constantino do Valle		MF				1986
	Cruz			DF	1979	1980
	Diamantino			FW			1981
	Dianingana			FW	1979	1980	1981
	Docas	Osvaldo Saraiva	22	DF				1986
	Eduardo Machado	Eduardo Rosa Sousa Machado	23	MF	1979	→
	Erasmo			MF		1980
	Faustino			DF		1980
	Fernandes			MF	1979
	Ferreira			MF	1979	1980
	Francisco			DF	1979	1980
	Franco	José Joaquim Franco Júnior	33	FW		1980	1981	1986
	Garcia II						1981
	Gaspar	Gaspar João Miguel		DF	1979	1980
	Gino	Higino Gaspar de Carvalho		FW	1979	1980	1981
	Gomes †	António Gomes de Oliveira	34	DF		1980
	Gonçalves			GK	1979	1980
	Graça †	Graça Vaz da Conceição	23	DF		1980	1981
	Guimas			DF			1981
	Inácio				1979
	João Machado	João Rosa de Sousa Machado	29	FW	1979	1980	→
	Joaquim	Joaquim Pedro	21	DF			1981
	Joca	João Rosário	26	MF	1979	1980		1986
	José Luís	José Luís	29	DF				1986
	Jujú	Emanuel Jesus de Amorim Baptista	28	DF				1986
	Julião	Julião Dias	26	FW				1986
	Kalamina			DF			1981
	Lalá	Edgar Fernandes Moreira	20	MF	1979	1980
	Lenguela			DF				1986
	Lito			DF			1981
	Loth	Manuel António de Jesus Loth	23	FW		1980	1981	→
	Lúcio	Mateus Lúcio Lopes Joaquim	24	GK				1986	→
	Luís			GK		1980	1981
	Madaleno	Fernando de Oliveira Madaleno		GK	1979	1980	1981
	Mamox			DF				1986
	Mané	Mateus António Vieira Dias Neto		FW			1981
	Marinheiro	João José Faustino		DF		1980	1981
	Mário	Mário André		DF			1981
	Mário	Mário Brás		MF			1981	→
	Matias	Matias António		GK		→	1981
	Matos						1981
	Moreno			DF				1986
	Mundinho	Edmundo Silvestre de Almeida						1986
	Nacibe					1980
	Neto			FW	1979
	Pai			DF			1981
	Passy							1986
	Pedro							1986
	Pelé	Euclides Maria da Silva Ferreira						1986
	Pepé	Pedro Francisco António	21	DF		1980	→
	Portela			GK		1980
	Quinito			DF				1986
	Rafael			FW			1981
	Rola			MF			1981
	Rui Paulino	Rui Paulino	24	FW				1986
	Santito	Francisco Neto	22	MF				1986
	Santo António	João António Fernandes		MF	1979	1980
	Silva			DF		1980
	Soares			FW			1981
	Tala-Hady			FW			1981
	Teófilo	Teófilo Moniz	20	MF				1986
	Tomás			DF		1980	1981
	Tony	Carlos Silva	20	DF			1981	1986
	Toy Múkua	António Manuel da Silva		DF	1979	1980	1981
	Valentim	Valentim Neto	21	MF				1986
	Vanda	Adriano Martins	23	DF			1981	1986
	Varela			DF	1979	1980
	Vieira Dias	Gabriel Vieira Dias	24	MF		→	1981
	Zé Luís			GK		1980	1981	1986
	Zé Luís			DF				1986
Years					1979	1980	1981	1986

1973

Nat	Nick	Name	P	AZS
				1973
				PC
	Abreu			1973
	Garcia I		DF	1973
	Garcia II			1973
	Garnacho			1973
	Garrido			1973
	Geovetty			1973
	Gino	Higino Gaspar de Carvalho	FW	1973
	Loth		FW	1973
	Magalhães		GK	1973
	Maiúca			1973
	Mané		FW	1973
	Marques			1973
	Queré			1973
Years				1973

References

^ "Filiais do Sporting". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ "Sporting Clube de Luanda :: Statistics :: Titles :: Titles (in-depth) :: History (Timeline) :: Goals Scored :: Fixtures :: Results :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos :: Squad :: calciozz.it". calciozz.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-11.