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
2018–196th

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
1988, 1999
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
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

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
1988 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. 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
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