G.D. Sagrada Esperança

Sagrada Esperança

Full name	Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
Founded	22 December 1976 (1976-12-22)
Ground	Estádio Sagrada Esperança Dundo, Angola
Ground Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Osvaldo Van-Dúnem
Manager	Ekrem Asma
League	Girabola
2016	9th
Home colours Away colours

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.

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 disputed the CAF Champions League, but was eliminated in the 1/16 Finals by ASEC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg, and a 1–0 defeat in the second leg, played in Abidjan .

Achievements

• Angola League: (1)^[1]

2005

• Angola Cup: (2)

1988, 1999

Runner-up: (3) 2003, 2009, 2015

Endiama logo

Recent seasons

Sagrada Esperança's season-by-season performance since 2011:

League Positions

11	?	14	?	5	10	5	7	10	12	8	2	7	7	11	?	3	2	5	7	9	6	9	11	2	1	6	4	12	1	11	7	11	5	8	10	9
80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1st Division,   2nd Division

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League:

2005 – First Round

2006 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1992 – Second Round

1998 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

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

Players

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

Squad

As of July 2017 ^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Carlos 2 Edson 3 DF Jeferson 5 Esmael 6 MF Tresor (c) 8 DF Tom 9 MF Guedes 10 MF Francis 11 MF Bugos 12 GK Carlitos 14 MF Djamini 15 DF Femi 16 FW Feião 17 MF Capita 19 MF Beni 20 FW Joka

No. Position Player 21 MF Cachi 22 GK Yuri 23 FW Filipe 24 DF Panilson 25 DF Lulas 27 FW Lelas 28 DF Pingo 29 MF Adó 30 MF Patrick –  MF Dany

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
Ekrem Asma		Head Coach
		Assistant Coach
		Goalkeeper Coach
Management
Osvaldo Van-Dúnem		Chairman
José Pontes Ramos		Vice-Chairman
Jojó Garcia		Head of Foot Dept

Manager history and performance

Season	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C
1988	Adé
1994	Joka Santinho
1998	Nina Serrano				José Luís Borges		6th
1999	João Machado
2000
2001
2002	Carlos Alves				Agostinho Tramagal
2003	Mário Calado
2004
2005
2006					Frank Moniz
2007	Albano César				Frank Moniz
2008	Frank Moniz				Jan Brouwer		12th	SF
2009	Napoleão Brandão	1st		RU
2010					Frank Moniz		11th	SF
2011	Mário Calado		7th	R16
2012			11th	SF
2013	António Caldas		5th	R16
2014			8th	R16
2015					Frank Moniz				Zoran Mačkić		10th	RU
2016	Zoran Mačkić				Roque Sapiri			QF	Ekrem Asma		9th
2017	Ekrem Asma

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

External links

• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile

References

1. ↑ "Soccer: Sagrada Esperança Win Girabola 2005". ANGOP.com. 24 Oct 2005. Retrieved 8 Dec 2014. 
2. ↑ "Girabola2016: Historial e plantel do Sagrda Esperança da Lunda Norte" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 21 Feb 2016. Retrieved 20 Aug 2016. 

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