4 de Abril F.C. do Cuando Cubango

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Full name4 de Abril Futebol Clube do Cuando Cubango
Ground Campo Municipal, Menongue
Capacity5,000[ citation needed ]
Chairmann/a
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League Girabola
2016 14th

4 de Abril Futebol Clube do Cuando Cubango, simply 4 de Abril is an Angolan sports club from the city of Menongue, in the southern province of Kuando Kubango.

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The club is named after and in honor of April 4 2002, the day when the Angolan government and the rebels of UNITA signed a memorandum of understanding, as an addendum to the Lusaka Protocol that ended 27 years of a civil war that erupted right after the declaration of Angola's independence in 1975. The day has been declared as the Day of Peace in Angola and a national holiday. [1]

In 2015, the team finished 2nd in its series at the Gira Angola, Angola's second division championship and won a 2-leg playoff against the 2nd-ranked of the other Gira Angola series to secure a spot at the 2016 Girabola. [2]

Achievements

Recent seasons

4 de Abril FC's season-by-season performance since 2011: [3] [4]

League & Cup Positions

4 de Abril F.C. do Cuando Cubango

Players and staff

Staff

NameNatPos
Technical staff
Flag of Angola.svg Head coach
Flag of Angola.svg Assistant coach
Flag of Angola.svg Goalkeeper coach
Medical
Flag of Angola.svg Physio
Management
Flag of Angola.svg Chairman

Manager history

[5] [6]

See also

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References

  1. "Angola`s definitive peace agreement was signed today in Luanda". Angop.co.ao. 4 Apr 2002. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 20 Mar 2016.
  2. "Second division: 4 de Abril do Cuando Cubango qualify for Girabola2016". ANGOP.com. 5 Oct 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 Aug 2016.
  3. "Angola 2015". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 8 Feb 2017.
  4. "Angola 2016". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 8 Feb 2017.
  5. "João Machado é novo técnico do 4 de Abril do Kuando Kubango" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 21 Mar 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 Aug 2016.
  6. "Coach João Machado pledges to take Cuando Cubango team to Girabola". ANGOP.com. 13 Mar 2014. Retrieved 29 Aug 2016.