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Sporting Clube de Luanda

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Sporting de Luanda
Full nameSporting Clube de Luanda
Founded1920
GroundEstádio dos Coqueiros
Luanda, Angola
Capacity12.000
Chairman?
Manager?
League?

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.

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). Later on, the club's name changed again as Leões de Luanda (Luanda's Lions). In the early 1990s, with the establishment of democracy, the club was able to reclaim its original name.

The team was founded in 1920.[1]

During the colonial period in Angola, the club has won eight times the Angolan Provincial Championship the top division of Angolan football as a Portuguese colony.

Stadium

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

Honours

Players

References

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