G.D. Sagrada Esperança
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| Full name | Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança | ||
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| Founded | 22 December 1976 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Sagrada Esperança Dundo, Angola | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | José Muacabalo | ||
| Manager | Rui Oliveira | ||
| League | First Division | ||
| 2018–19 | 6th | ||
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Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known as Sagrada Esperança, is a football (soccer) club from Dundo, Lunda Norte province, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988.
The club's name is likely to originate from Angola's first president Agostinho Neto's famous poem Sagrada Esperança (Sacred Hope). The club was founded on December 22, 1976 by then Angola-state owned diamond company Diamang (now Endiama), which remains as its major sponsor.
In 2005, the club, managed by Mário Calado, won the league by having one point ahead ASA [1]. In the same year, the club disputed the CAF Champions League, but was eliminated in the 1/16 Finals by ASEC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg, and a 1–0 defeat in the second leg, played in Abidjan [2].
Achievements
- Angola League: (1)[1]
- 2005
- Angola Cup: (2)
- 1988, 1999
Recent seasons
Sagrada Esperança's season-by-season performance since 2011:
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- PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals
League & Cup Positions
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
- 1992 – Second Round
- 1998 – First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
- 1989 – Second Round
- 2000 – Second Round
Stadium
The club plays their home matches at formerly Quintalão do Dundo, now Estádio Sagrada Esperança, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people [3]. The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation and was renamed and reinaugurated in 2008.
Players and staff
Players
Staff
| Name | Nat | Pos | |
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| Technical staff | |||
| Rui Oliveira | 
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Head Coach | |
| Francisco Moniz Frank | 
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Goalkeeper Coach | ||
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| José Muacabalo [2] |
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Chairman | |
| José Pontes Ramos |
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Vice-Chairman | |
| Jojó Garcia |
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Head of Foot Dept | |
Manager history and performance
| Season | Coach | L2 | L1 | C | Coach | L2 | L1 | C | Coach | L2 | L1 | C |
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| 1982 |  José Henrique |
Alferes Carvalho
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| 1988 | Adé |
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| 1994 | Joka Santinho |
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| 1998 | Nina Serrano |
José Luís Borges |
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| 1999 | João Machado |
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| 2002 | Carlos Alves |
Agostinho Tramagal |
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| 2003 | Mário Calado |
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| 2006 | Frank Moniz |
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| 2007 | Albano César |
Frank Moniz |
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| 2008 | Frank Moniz |
 Jan Brouwer |
12th | SF | ||||||||
| 2009 | Napoleão Brandão |
1st | RU | |||||||||
| 2010 | Frank Moniz |
11th | SF | |||||||||
| 2011 | Mário Calado |
7th | R16 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 11th | SF | ||||||||||
| 2013 | António Caldas |
5th | R16 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 8th | R16 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Frank Moniz |
 Zoran Manojlović |
10th | RU | ||||||||
| 2016 | Zoran Manojlović |
Roque Sapiri |
QF |  Ekrem Asma |
9th | |||||||
| 2017 | Ekrem Asma |
3rd | R16 | |||||||||
| 2018 | Roque Sapiri
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| 2018-19 | Agostinho Tramagal
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| 2019-20 | Paulo Torres |
Rui Oliveira
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See also
External links
References
- ^ "Soccer: Sagrada Esperança Win Girabola 2005". ANGOP.com. 24 Oct 2005. Retrieved 8 Dec 2014.
- ^ "Futebol: Eleito novo presidente do Sagrada Esperança" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 17 Jan 2020.
