Sport Lubango e Benfica, and best known as Benfica do Lubango, is an Angolan football club based in Lubango. They play their home games at the Estádio Nossa Senhora do Monte.
Benfica do Lubango was established as the 16th affiliate of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The first chairman to be elected was Eduardo Gomes de Albuquerque e Castro.
Following the country's independence in 1975 and an attempt by the communist regime to erase all traces of colonial rule (even from sports), the club, which had been created as an affiliate to S.L. Benfica, was ordered to change its name and therefore became known as Desportivo da Chela, as it participated in the first edition of the country's post-independence premier league.
League & Cup Positions
Manager history and performance Season Coach Coach 1980 Job Cipriano Damião Pinto Nicolas Bosilov 1982 Domingos Inguila António Felix 1984 António Felix Nelo Amaro 1985 João Machado 1986 Zé do Pau Pepé & Malé 1987 Arsénio Ribeiro 1992 Zé do Pau 1995 Eduardo Laurindo 2000 Zé do Pau 2001 Carlos Queirós 2002 João Machado Horácio Géu 2006 Romeu Filemon 2007 2008 Gonçalo Arsénio Alberto Cardeau 2009 Alberto Cardeau Patrick Kodia 2011 Lacerda Chipongue 2012 Jorge Nito 2013 2014 2015 Lacerda Chipongue 2019 Jorge Nito
See also Girabola Gira Angola
References
Guy Oliver. Almanack of World Football 2007 Headline, 2006 pg. 171
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