S.L. Benfica (Libolo) (basketball)

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Benfica do Libolo
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NicknameBenfica do Libolo
Libolo
League Angolan Basketball League
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
Founded1942
Dissolved2018
HistoryC.R.D. Libolo
(1942–2017)
Sport Libolo e Benfica
(2017–2018)
Arena Pavilhão do Dream Space
Capacity6,000
Location Luanda, Angola
Championships3 Angola League
5 Angola Cups
3 Angola Super Cup
1 African Champions Cups

Sport Libolo e Benfica or simply Benfica do Libolo, was an Angolan basketball club based in Libolo, Kwanza Sul province. The club's men's basketball team competed in the Angolan Basketball League as well as at continental level, at the annual African Basketball Club Champions League competitions. [1] In its 76 years of existence, the club won the Angolan League three times, the Angolan Cup five times and the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup once, in 2014.

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The club was founded as Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo in 1942. While major local rivals Primeiro de Agosto, Petro de Luanda and Interclube have been competing since the mid 1980s, Libolo basketball, much like its football counterpart even though the club has been founded in the 1940s, (the club has been inoperative for many years due to financial reasons) was only been established in 2008 and yet, in a very short time, managed to achieve an outstanding performance in the local and African arena.

In September 2017, all the club's assets and ownership rights were passed on to Sport Libolo e Benfica. The club changed its name accordingly. [2] One year later, in September 2018, the basketball team was dissolved due to financial problems after failing to find new sponsors. [3]

Honours

HonoursNo.Years
Leagues
Angolan Basketball League [4] [5] Winner3 2012, 2014, 2017
Runner-up5 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
Cups
Angola Cup [6] [7] [8] Winner5 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
Runner-up1 2013
Wlademiro Romero Super Cup Winner3 2012, 2016, 2017
Runner-up4 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018
Victorino Cunha Cup [9] Winner1 2013
Runner-up2 2009, 2010
FIBA Africa Club Competitions
African Club Champions Winner1 2014
Runner-up2 2015, 2016
International Tournaments
Supertaça Compal Winner0
Runner-up1 2011

Players

Head coaches

NatNameYears League Champions Cup Super Cup
Flag of Angola.svg Raúl Duarte (3)Sep 2008Nov 2012 2012 2010, 2011
Flag of Portugal.svg Luís Magalhães (0)Nov 2012Nov 2013
Flag of Portugal.svg Norberto Alves (5)Nov 2013Aug 2016 2014 2014 2015, 2016 2016
Flag of Spain.svg Hugo López ()Sep 20162018

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