S.H. Benfica (Huambo)

S.H. Benfica
Full name	Sport Huambo e Benfica
Founded	29 September 1931; 92 years ago
Ground	Estádio das Cacilhas ; Huambo, Angola
Capacity	12.000
Chairman	Amílcar Kandimba
Manager	n/a
League	Gira Angola
2012	9th (Série B)
	Home colours
	Home colours

Sport Huambo e Benfica, originally Sport Nova Lisboa e Benfica or Benfica de Nova Lisboa, later renamed as Sport Huambo e Benfica or Benfica do Huambo or Mambroa, is a football club from Huambo, Angola. The club was established as the then Nova Lisboa affiliate of S.L. Benfica of Portugal, and shares the same colours. The logo is also very similar to the Portuguese one.^[1]

In 1972, the club won the Angolan provincial football championship.

Following the country's independence in 1975 and in an attempt by the communist regime to erase all traces of colonial rule, the club which has been created as an affiliate to S.L. Benfica was ordered to change its name and therefore became known as Estrela Vermelha do Huambo (Huambo Red Star) as it participated in the first edition of the country's post-independence premier league and later on to Mambroa. In a General Assembly meeting held on March 10, 1990, the club's name was reverted to its original denomination, and since shortly after independence, the Portuguese-named city of Nova Lisboa had changed to Huambo, so did the club's name.

Achievements[edit]

Angolan League: 1

1972

League & Cup Positions[edit]

Stadium[edit]

The club is the owner of the 15,000-seat Estádio das Cacilhas stadium. At present, the stadium has been demolished, awaiting government funding for the construction of a new stadium on the same site, with the capacity of 15,000 seats.^[2]

Manager history and performance[edit]

Season	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L1	Coach	L1
1979	Bogomil Bijev		8th
1980			3rd
1981					Arlindo Leitão		Bogomil Bijev	3rd
1982	Vidić				Daniel Lutucuta	5th
1983	Daniel Lutucuta				Carlos Sério
1984	Carlos Sério
1985	Daniel Lutucuta				Jaime Chimalanga
1986	Filipe Mascarenhas				António Mpuissi
1987	Arlindo Leitão
1988	Daniel Lutucuta				Laurindo
1989	Zé do Pau
1990	Zé do Pau				Laurindo
1991	Horácio Cangato
1992	Carlos Queirós
1996	Horácio Cangato				Patrick
1997	Zé do Pau		13th
2005	Napoleão Brandão	2b
2007	António Sayombo †
2008	António Sayombo †	2b
2009	Hélder Teixeira	5b
2010	António Caldas	3b
2011	Alberto Cardeau	3b		PR
2012	Horácio Libengué	9b

Players[edit]

Mambroa players

2007–2011[edit]

Nat	Nick	Name	A	P	C.C.	A.S.	H.T.	A.C.	A.C.	H.L.
					2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
					–	–	–	–	–	–
	Alfa									2012
	Armindo			MF	2007
	Bemberé	Eduardo Ventura Augusto			→	2008
	Bianco									2012
	Bino						2009
	Bobista	Alcídio Francisco da Conceição		DF			→	2010	→
	Cabinda			FW		2008
	Caixão									2012
	Cambuta					2008	2009
	Casspira			FW				2010
	Chaquex									2012
	Debaile	José Felix Pacavira de Carvalho				2008	→
	Deco	Moisés Alberto Calepi		MF			2009		2011	→
	Dedas			DF	2007	2008		2010	2011
	Didí							2010
	Dombele					2008
	Domingos								2011
	Erick			DF	2007	2008	2009
	Etumba	Osvaldo Lupa		MF		2008	2009	→	2011
	Faustino			DF					2011
	Filipe			FW					2011
	Fita			DF					2011	→
	Gasto									2012
	Gatuso			MF	2007
	Gilex						2009
	Gudy			GK	2007	2008
	Guiguí	Francisco Sawanga Calunjinji	32	MF		2008	→
	Henrique						2009
	Ivanildo						2009
	Jaburú							2010
	Joãozinho			MF			2009		2011
	Kahongo			MF					2011
	Katick			FW	2007
	Kito									2012
	Korando			MF					2011
	Lelas							2010
	Lilí			DF					2011
	Lino									2012
	Luís	Martins Luís		MF	2007	2008	→		2011
	Maizer				2007
	Man Belé			MF			2009	2010	2011
	Mano							2010
	Marcos							2010
	Mateus			FW					2011
	Mauro									2012
	Mola			FW					2011
	Mimí			GK				2010	2011
	Mingo			DF	2007	2008	2009
	Mundo			FW			2009	2010	2011
	Nejó				2007
	Ngueno			DF					2011
	Nhã						2009
	Nhule						2009
	Padi									2012
	Paíto						2009
	Paulão			FW	2007
	Pauleta					2008
	Paulo			GK			2009		2011
	Projecto							2010
	Rafa			DF					2011
	Raimundo					2008
	Serra							2010
	Sidjes									2012
	Soares			DF					2011
	Tchobo			GK						2012
	Tchony									2012
	Vado				2007
	Valdir			DF	2007		2009
	Yuri			GK			2009
	Yuri								2011	2012
	Yuta			MF			2009	2010	2011
	Zinho									2012
	Zito			MF	2007
Years					2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012

1979–1990[edit]

Nat	Nick	Name	A	P	Bogomil Bijev				C. Sério		D.L.	F.M.	A.L.
					1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
					–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Adão			DF							1985	1986
	Aires	Aires Chicala Lucamba									1985	1986
	Augusto			GK				1982			1985	1986
	Amilcar				1979
	Belchior	Domingos Lino Belchior					→	1982	→
	Benedito			DF			1981	1982		1984
	Beto	Alberto Ramos		DF			1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
	Bravo da Rosa			MF	1979	1980
	Cabetula			MF							1985	1986
	Cabibi				1979	1980
	Caetano	Caetano Maria		DF								1986
	Capusso			FW			1981		1983	1984	1985	1986
	Cardona					1980
	Carnaval	Abílio António Carnaval		GK			1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
	Celson			DF				1982		1984	1985	1986
	Chilandala								1983	1984
	Chimalanga †	Jaime Chimalanga		MF		1980	1981	1982
	Dias			FW							1985	1986
	Eduardo Machado	Eduardo Rosa Sousa Machado	28	FW				→	1983	1984
	Erasmo			DF		1980		1982
	Figueiredo			FW				1982	1983			1986
	Firmino			FW		1980	1981			1984	1985
	Fortunato					1980
	Gelson			DF								1986
	Geraldo			GK				1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
	Horácio										1985
	Hugo			GK								1986
	Jacques										1985	1986
	Jaime			FW		1980
	João	João António		DF		1980
	Joaquim			GK	1979
	Jorge			GK		1980
	Jorge	José Jorge Gomes Mangrinha		FW	1979		1981	1982	1983	1984	→
	Jujú	Emanuel Jesus de Amorim	24	MF			→	1982
	Julião	Julião Inácio Dias	27	FW		→	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
	Kumandala			FW			1981
	Lázaro			DF	1979	1980	1981
	Leitão	Arlindo Branco Leitão	34	MF	1979	1980	1981
	Luís			DF	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983		1985
	Luizinho			DF			1981	1982
	Lutucuta	Daniel Cassoma Lutucuta	31	DF	1979	1980	1981
	Manecas	Joaquim Manuel Branco Leitão	32	GK	1979	1980	1981	→
	Manuel	Manuel da Costa		DF		1980				1984
	Maria	António Maria		MF	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
	Mário					1980
	Marques	Marques da Costa Júnior		FW		1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
	Mascarenhas	Filipe Martins Barbosa de Mascarenhas	33	DF		1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
	Moné											1986
	Monteiro										1985	1986
	Moreno										1985
	Naifa			FW		1980	1981		1983	1984	1985	1986
	Nandito			DF								1986
	Navalha			MF		1980
	Ndongala	Ndongala Peca		DF			→	1982
	Nelito			DF	1979	1980
	Nelson			FW	1979
	Nené			MF		1980	1981	1982	1983
	Panzo										1985	1986
	Patrick			DF							1985	1986
	Paulinho			MF		1980	1981
	Quinito			MF			1981
	Rafael			DF	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
	Ralph			DF			1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
	Rui Sousa	Rui Sousa									1985
	Saconda											1986
	Santana	Valentim Albano de Santana Neto	29	MF		1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
	Santo António	Domingos José Diogo	26	DF	1979		→	1982	→
	Silva			MF								1986
	Sousa †	José Sousa da Costa Sobrinho	23	MF				1982	1983	1984
	Tau										1985	1986
	Teixeira			MF					1983	1984	1985	1986
	Tonito			DF		1980
	Tony	João António da Silva		DF	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984		1986
	Toy			GK		1980
	Valentim				1979	1980
	Victor								1983
	Vieira Dias	José V.D. Paulino do Carmo	23	MF			→	1982
Years					1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987

External links[edit]

Facebook profile

References[edit]

^ "Benfica do Huambo celebrates 79th anniversary looking ahead". ANGOP.com. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
^ "Estádio do Mambroa - um "gigante" abandonado" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 21 Jul 2020.

[1] "Benfica do Huambo celebrates 79th anniversary looking ahead". ANGOP.com. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2014-04-16.

[2] "Estádio do Mambroa - um "gigante" abandonado" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 21 Jul 2020.

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