S.H. Benfica (Huambo)

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S.H. Benfica
Full nameSport Huambo e Benfica
Founded29 September 1931;93 years ago (1931-09-29)
GroundEstádio das Cacilhas
Huambo, Angola
Capacity12.000
ChairmanAmílcar Kandimba
Managern/a
League Gira Angola
20129th (Série B)

Sport Huambo e Benfica, originally Sport Nova Lisboa e Benfica or Benfica de Nova Lisboa, later renamed as Sport Huambo e Benfica or 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]

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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. In a General Assembly meeting held on March 10, 1990, 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

1972

League & Cup Positions

S.H. Benfica (Huambo)

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. [2]

Manager history and performance

SeasonCoachL2L1CCoachL2L1CCoachL2L1C
1979 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bogomil Bijev 8th
1980 3rd
1981 Flag of Angola.svg Arlindo Leitão Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bogomil Bijev 3rd
1982 Flag of Croatia.svg Vidić Flag of Angola.svg Daniel Lutucuta 5th
1983 Flag of Angola.svg Daniel Lutucuta Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sério
1984 Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sério
1985 Flag of Angola.svg Daniel Lutucuta Flag of Angola.svg Jaime Chimalanga
1986 Flag of Angola.svg Filipe Mascarenhas Flag of Angola.svg António Mpuissi
1987 Flag of Angola.svg Arlindo Leitão
1988 Flag of Angola.svg Daniel Lutucuta Flag of Angola.svg Laurindo
1989 Flag of Angola.svg Zé do Pau
1990 Flag of Angola.svg Laurindo
1991 Flag of Angola.svg Horácio Cangato
1992 Flag of Angola.svg Carlos Queirós
1996 Flag of Angola.svg Horácio Cangato Flag of Angola.svg Patrick
1997 Flag of Angola.svg Zé do Pau 13th
2005 Flag of Angola.svg Napoleão Brandão2b
2007 Flag of Angola.svg António Sayombo
20082b
2009 Flag of Angola.svg Hélder Teixeira5b
2010 Flag of Portugal.svg António Caldas 3b
2011 Flag of Angola.svg Alberto Cardeau3b PR
2012 Flag of Angola.svg Horácio Libengué9b

See also

References

  1. "Benfica do Huambo celebrates 79th anniversary looking ahead". ANGOP.com. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  2. "Estádio do Mambroa - um "gigante" abandonado" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 21 Jul 2020.
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