G.D. Sagrada Esperança

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.

Sagrada Esperança
Full nameGrupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
Founded22 December 1976 (1976-12-22)
GroundEstádio Sagrada Esperança
Dundo, Angola
Capacity8,000
ChairmanJosé Muacabalo
ManagerRui Sapiri
LeagueFirst Division
2020–21Champions
WebsiteClub website

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 . 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 .

Achievements
2005, 2021.
1988, 1999.
2021.
Endiama logo

Recent seasons

Sagrada Esperança's season-by-season performance since 2011:

  • 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
2005 – First Round
2006 – Preliminary Round
2022 -
1992 – Second Round
1998 – First Round
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 . The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation and was renamed and reinaugurated in 2008.

Players and staff

Squad
As of 16 January 2022

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  COD Landu Langanga
2 DF  ANG Eliseu Calei
3 DF  ANG Mukendi Reginó
4 DF  ANG Simão
5 MF  ANG Manguxi
6 DF  ANG Kialonda Gaspar
7 FW  ANG Karanga
8 MF  ANG Celso
9 FW  ANG Leonel Yombi
12 GK  ANG Gerson
13 GK  ANG Leonardo
14 DF  ANG Mateus Gaspar
15 FW  NGA Femi Joseph
16 MF  ANG Lépua
17 DF  ANG Muenho
18 DF  ANG Messias
19 MF  ANG Aníbal
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  ANG Luís Taty
21 FW  ANG Cachí
22 MF  COD Joyce Lomalisa
23 DF  ANG Victoriano
24 FW  ANG Hermenegildo Valente
25 DF  ANG Lulas
26 MF  ANG Água Doce
27 FW  ANG Jó Paciência
28 MF  SEN Mamadou Sadio
29 FW  ANG Depú
30 FW  ANG Adó Pena
32 MF  ANG Jofre
33 MF  SWZ Bongikosi Dlamini
— GK  ANG João Baptista
— DF  SEN Anice Diame
— MF  ANG Mbapé

Players
Main article: List of G.D. Sagrada Esperança players

Staff
Name Nat Pos
Technical staff
Roque Sapiri Head Coach
Rui Oliveira Assistant Coach
Goalkeeper Coach
Management
José Muacabalo [2] Chairman
José Pontes Ramos Vice-Chairman
Jojó Garcia Head of Foot Dept

Manager history and performance
SeasonCoachL2L1CCoachL2L1CCoachL2L1C
1982 José Henrique Alferes Carvalho
1984 Artur Santos
1985
1987 Job Cipriano Adé
1988 Laurindo Adé
1989 Artur Santos
1994 Joka Santinho
1998 Nina Serrano José Luís Borges6th
1999 João Machado
2000
2001
2002 Carlos Alves Agostinho Tramagal
2003 Mário Calado
2004
2005
2006 Frank Moniz
2007 Albano César Frank Moniz
2008 Frank Moniz Jan Brouwer12thSF
2009 Napoleão Brandão1stRU
2010 Frank Moniz11thSF
2011 Mário Calado7thR16
201211thSF
2013 António Caldas5thR16
20148thR16
2015 Frank Moniz Zoran Manojlović10thRU
2016 Zoran Manojlović Roque SapiriQF Ekrem Asma9th
2017 Ekrem Asma3rdR16
2018 Roque Sapiri
2018-19 Agostinho Tramagal
2019-20 Paulo Torres Roque Sapiri

See also

References
  1. "Soccer: Sagrada Esperança Win Girabola 2005". ANGOP.com. 24 Oct 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 Dec 2014.
  2. "Futebol: Eleito novo presidente do Sagrada Esperança" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 17 Jan 2020.
  1. ^ RSSSF
  2. ^ RSSSF
  3. ^ World Stadiums Archived 2021-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
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