S.H. Benfica (Huambo)

For other uses, see Benfica (disambiguation).
S.H. Benfica
Full name Sport Huambo e Benfica
Founded 29 September 1931 (1931-09-29)
Ground Estádio das Cacilhas
Huambo, Angola
Ground Capacity 12.000
Chairman Amílcar Kandimba
Manager Afonso Libuengue
League Gira Angola
2012 9th (Série B)

Sport Huambo e Benfica, originally Sport Nova Lisboa e Benfica and best known as 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. It wasn't until the mid 1990s that 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

1972

Performance in Girabola and Gira Angola

Gira Angola

2005
Serie B 		2006
Serie B 		2008
Serie B 		2009
Serie B 		2010
Serie B 		2011
Serie B 		2012
Serie B
2nd
3rd 3rd 3rd
4th
5th
9th

Girabola

1982
– 		1985
– 		1986
– 		1988
– 		1997
–
2nd
3rd 3rd 3rd
R

Rankings in the red mean the club has been relegated

Stadium

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.

Manager history

Angola Zé do Pau (1997)-
Angola Napoleão Brandão (Feb 2005)-
Angola António Sayombo (Jul 2007)-(Sep 2008)
Angola Hélder Teixeira (Feb 2009)-(Oct 2009)
Portugal António Caldas (Nov 2009)-(Nov 2010)
Angola Alberto Cardeau (Feb 2011)-
Angola Horácio Libengué (2012)-

See also

References

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