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
2022–233rd
WebsiteClub website

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 competed in the 2005 CAF Champions League, but was eliminated in the first round by ASEC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg and a 1–0 defeat away in the second leg.

Achievements
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 and cup positions

Performance in CAF competitions
2005 – First Round
2006 – Preliminary Round
2022 -
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

Squad
As of 16 January 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Landu Langanga
2 DF Angola ANG Eliseu Calei
3 DF Angola ANG Mukendi Reginó
4 DF Angola ANG Simão
5 MF Angola ANG Manguxi
6 DF Angola ANG Kialonda Gaspar
7 FW Angola ANG Karanga
8 MF Angola ANG Celso
9 FW Angola ANG Leonel Yombi
12 GK Angola ANG Gerson
13 GK Angola ANG Leonardo
14 DF Angola ANG Mateus Gaspar
15 FW Nigeria NGA Femi Joseph
16 MF Angola ANG Lépua
17 DF Angola ANG Muenho
18 DF Angola ANG Messias
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Angola ANG Aníbal
20 DF Angola ANG Luís Taty
21 FW Angola ANG Cachí
22 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Joyce Lomalisa
23 DF Angola ANG Victoriano
24 FW Angola ANG Hermenegildo Valente
25 DF Angola ANG Lulas
26 MF Angola ANG Água Doce
27 FW Angola ANG Jó Paciência
28 MF Senegal SEN Mamadou Sadio
30 FW Angola ANG Adó Pena
32 MF Angola ANG Jofre
33 MF Eswatini SWZ Bongikosi Dlamini
— GK Angola ANG João Baptista
— DF Senegal SEN Anice Diame
— MF Angola ANG Mbapé

Players
Main article: List of G.D. Sagrada Esperança players

Staff
Name Nat Pos
Technical staff
Roque Sapiri Angola Head coach
Rui Oliveira Brazil Assistant coach
Angola Goalkeeper coach
Management
José Muacabalo [2] Angola Chairman
José Pontes Ramos Angola Vice-Chairman
Jojó Garcia Angola Head of Foot Dept

Manager history and performance

See also

References
  1. "Soccer: Sagrada Esperança Win Girabola 2005". ANGOP.com. 24 Oct 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. "Futebol: Eleito novo presidente do Sagrada Esperança" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 17 Jan 2020.
  1. ^ RSSSF
  2. ^ RSSSF
  3. ^ World Stadiums Archived 2021-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
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