Progresso Associação do Sambizanga

Progresso do Sambizanga

Full name	Progresso Associação do Sambizanga
Founded	17 November 1975 (1975-11-17)
Ground	Estádio da Cidadela Luanda, Angola
Ground Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Paixão Júnior
Manager	Albano César
League	1× Angola Cup
2015	12th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club was founded in 1975, as a result of a merger of three clubs: Juventude Unida do Bairro Alfredo (JUBA), Juventista and Vaza.^[1][2]

Progresso do Sambizanga is notably the only club in Girabola to maintain a women's soccer team, even without official competition.

They play their home games at the state-owned Estádio da Cidadela.

History

The club made its debut in the Girabola in 1981 and won their only cup title in 1996 after defeating Primeiro de Agosto and qualified into the 1997 CAF Winners' Cup where they challenged with Gabon's FC 105 Libreville and won a goal in the first leg and lost 2–0 in the last, this was their only appearance in the continental competition.

In the 1980s, the club expanded its international relations, Progresso Sambizanga was the first African club to play in the legendary Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.

One of the friendly pre-season matches were in 2012 where they played in Brazil in the Toca de Raposa I with the two popular clubs Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro.

Achievements

• Angola Cup: 1

1996

Runner-up: 2016

League positions

Stadium

Progresso do Sambizanga is the owner of Campo Mário Santiago. Located in the club's home neighborhood of Sambizanga, the 8,000-seat stadium whose rehabilitation began in 1996 with private funding and stopped afterwards for lack of funding, resumed in 2016 under a sponsorship deal with the Fundação Eduardo dos Santos (FESA). The stadium's capacity is expected to be increased to 18,000 seats, following the 18-month-long rehabilitation.^[3]

Uniform & Home kit evolution

Its uniform color has a yellow-black striped clothing with black sleeves and socks and black-yellow striped socks used for home games. Its former uniform was a yellow-black striped shirt with yellow stripe on each side and had striped sleeves and black shorts.

Home uniform up in the 2007 season

Home uniform up to the 2014 season

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

1997 – First Round

FC 105 Libreville 1–0, 2–0

Girabola schedule & results

Cup history

• 1996: Winner
• 2014: Semifinalist

Players and staff

Players

Squad

As of 17 July 2016

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 Bombasa 2 DF Ndieu 3 DF Nzau 4 DF Buchinho 5 MF Gérard 6 Megue 7 FW Luís 8 Almeida 9 FW Yano (c) 10 MF Luís Tati 11 FW Silva 12 GK Tití 13 DF Lunguinha 14 MF Celso 15 MF Cuca 16 GK Nyamé

No. Position Player 17 FW Vá 18 MF Tusilu 20 DF Jonathan 21 DF Lawrence 22 DF Eliseu 23 MF Viet 25 MF Totó 26 Belito 28 MF Brazuca 29 Joãozinho 30 FW David

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
TBA		Head Coach
G. Sousa Matateu		Assistant Coach
F. Fernandes Zico		Assistant Coach
		Goalkeeper Coach
Medical
Salomão Pedro		Physio
Management
Paixão Júnior		Chairman
Manuel Santos		Vice-Chairman

Manager history

Coach		Years		League	Cup	SuperCup
Eduardo Laurindo da Silva	(1981)	-
Kidumo Pedro	(1989)	-	(1990)
Joaquim Dinis	(1996)	-
Salviano Magalhães	(Jan 2001)	-	(Jul 2001)
Napoleão Brandão	(Jul 2001)	-	(Apr 2003)
Arnaldo Gamonal	(Apr 2003)	-
José Alberto Torres	(Jan 2004)	-	(Jul 2004)
João Imanga "Janguelito"	(Aug 2004)	-	(Nov 2004)
José Ferraz	(2005)	-
Luís Mariano	(2006)	-
João Machado	(2007)	-
Ernesto Castanheira	(2008)	-
Ndunguidi Daniel	(Jan 2009)	-	(Aug 2009)
João Imanga "Janguelito"	(Aug 2009)	-	(Nov 2009)
Drasko Stojiljković	(Jan 2010)	-	(May 2011)
Jan Brouwer	(May 2011)	-	(Nov 2011)
David Dias	(Jan 2012)	-	(Nov 2013)
Lúcio Antunes	(Dec 2013)	-	(Nov 2014)
Mário Calado	(Dec 2014)	-	(Apr 2015)
Albano César	(Apr 2015)	-	(Nov 2016)

Trivial

Progresso do Sambizanga was the first African team to play in the Estádio do Maracaña. That occurred in the 1990s at the time when the team was on campus in a 1-2 loss to a team of retired brazilian footballers.

Progresso do Sambizanga Women's Football

When it comes to women's football in Angola, Progresso do Sambizanga is undeniably a benchmark and a force to reckon with. Until the mid 2000s when regular competitions were organized, the club has won most titles in contest. While no regular competition are being played at present both at provincial and national level, the club still maintains its women's team with regular practice.

Achievements

• Angola League: 4 ^[4][5][6][7]

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

• Angolan Cup: 6 ^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]}

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

• Super Cup: 1 ^[14]

2000

Other Sports

• Handball
• Basketball

See also

• Girabola
• Women's League
• Gira Angola

External links

• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile

References

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