S.H. Benfica (Huambo)

S.H. Benfica

Full name	Sport Huambo e Benfica
Founded	29 September 1931 (1931-09-29)
Ground	Estádio das Cacilhas Huambo, Angola
Capacity	12.000
Chairman	Amílcar Kandimba
Manager	Afonso Libuengue
League	Gira Angola
2012	9th (Série B)
Home colours

Sport Huambo e Benfica, originally Sport Nova Lisboa e Benfica and best known as Benfica do Huambo or Mambroa, is a football club from Huambo, Angola. The club was established as the then Nova Lisboa affiliate of S.L. Benfica of Portugal, and shares the same colours. The logo is also very similar to the Portuguese one.^[1]

In 1972, the club won the Angolan provincial football championship.

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 S.L. Benfica was ordered to change its name and therefore became known as Estrela Vermelha do Huambo (Huambo Red Star) as it participated in the first edition of the country's post-independence premier league and later on to Mambroa. It was not until the mid 1990s that the club's name was reverted to its original denomination, and since shortly after independence, the Portuguese-named city of Nova Lisboa had changed to Huambo, so did the club's name.

Achievements

• Angolan League: 1

1972

League & Cup Positions

Stadium

The club is the owner of the 15,000-seat Estádio das Cacilhas stadium. At present, the stadium has been demolished, awaiting government funding for the construction of a new stadium on the same site, with the capacity of 15,000 seats.

Manager history and performance

Season	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C
1979	Bogomil Bijev		8th
1980			3rd
1981					Arlindo Leitão				Bogomil Bijev		3rd
1982	Vidić				Daniel Lutucuta		5th
1997	Zé do Pau		13th
2005	Napoleão Brandão	2b
2007	António Sayombo †
2008		2b
2009	Hélder Teixeira	5b
2010	António Caldas	3b
2011	Alberto Cardeau	3b		PR
2012	Horácio Libengué	9b

Players

Mambroa players

Nat	Nick	Name	A	P	Bogomil Bijev
					1979	1980	1981	1982
					–	–	–	–
	Augusto		⋅	GK	⋅	⋅	⋅	1982
	Amilcar		⋅	⋅	1979	⋅	⋅	⋅
	Belchior		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	1982
	Benedito		⋅	DF	⋅	⋅	1981	1982
	Beto		⋅	DF	⋅	⋅	1981	1982
	Bravo da Rosa		⋅	MF	1979	1980	⋅	⋅
	Cabibi		⋅	⋅	1979	1980	⋅	⋅
	Capusso		⋅	FW	⋅	⋅	1981	⋅
	Cardona		⋅	⋅	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Carnaval		⋅	GK	⋅	⋅	1981	1982
	Chimalanga		⋅	MF	⋅	1980	1981	⋅
	Erasmo		⋅	DF	⋅	1980	⋅	1982
	Firmino		⋅	FW	⋅	1980	1981	⋅
	Fortunato		⋅	⋅	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Geraldo		⋅	GK	⋅	⋅	⋅	1982
	Jaime		⋅	FW	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	João	João António	⋅	DF	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Joaquim		⋅	GK	1979	⋅	⋅	⋅
	Jorge		⋅	GK	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Jorge		⋅	FW	1979	⋅	1981	1982
	Jujú		⋅	MF	⋅	⋅	→	1982
	Julião		⋅	FW	⋅	⋅	1981	1982
	Kumandala		⋅	FW	⋅	⋅	1981	⋅
	Lázaro		⋅	DF	1979	1980	1981	⋅
	Leitão	Arlindo Leitão	⋅	MF	1979	1980	1981	⋅
	Luís		⋅	MF	1979	1980	1981	1982
	Luizinho		⋅	DF	⋅	⋅	1981	1982
	Lutucuta	Daniel Cassoma Lutucuta	31	DF	1979	1980	1981	⋅
	Manecas	Joaquim Manuel Branco Leitão	⋅	GK	1979	1980	1981	→
	Manuel	Manuel Costa	⋅	DF	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Maria		⋅	MF	1979	1980	1981	1982
	Mário		⋅	⋅	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Marques		⋅	FW	⋅	1980	1981	1982
	Mascarenhas	Filipe Martins Barbosa de Mascarenhas	31	DF	⋅	1980	1981	1982
	Naifa		⋅	MF	⋅	1980	1981	⋅
	Navalha		⋅	MF	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Ndongala	Ndongala Peca	⋅	DF	⋅	⋅	→	1982
	Nelito		⋅	DF	1979	1980	⋅	⋅
	Nelson		⋅	FW	1979	⋅	⋅	⋅
	Nené		⋅	MF	⋅	1980	1981	1982
	Paulinho		⋅	MF	⋅	1980	1981	⋅
	Quinito		⋅	MF	⋅	⋅	1981	⋅
	Rafael		⋅	MF	1979	1980	1981	1982
	Ralph		⋅	FW	⋅	⋅	1981	1982
	Santana		⋅	MF	⋅	1980	1981	1982
	Santo António		⋅	FW	1979	⋅	⋅	1982
	Sousa		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	1982
	Tonito		⋅	DF	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Tony	João António da Silva	⋅	DF	1979	1980	1981	1982
	Toy		⋅	GK	⋅	1980	⋅	⋅
	Valentim		⋅	⋅	1979	1980	⋅	⋅
	Vieira Dias		⋅	MF	⋅	⋅	→	1982
Years					1979	1980	1981	1982

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

External links

• Facebook profile

References

1. ^ RSSSF
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