Atlético Petróleos Luanda

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, usually known as Petro Atlético Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a traditional football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982.

Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Lebo Lebo, Lamá, Zé Kalanga and Delgado.

The club has also a basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participate with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008.

Achievements

• Angolan League: 15

1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009

• Angolan Cup: 8

1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002

• Angolan SuperCup: 4

1988, 1993, 1994, 2002

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

• CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances

2004 – Group Stage

2006 – Group Stage

2008 – Second Round

2010 - Second Round of 16

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1997 – Finalist

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1992 – First Round

1993 – Second Round

1999 – First Round

2003 – First Round

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, which has a maximum capacity of 50,000 people.

Current squad

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

Former notable players

References

• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article (retrieved January 4, 2006).

External links

PetrodeLuanda.net Official club website (Portuguese)

• (Catalan) Atlético Petróleos Luanda at HoqueiPatins.cat