Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, also referred to as Recreativo do Libolo,Historia recreativolibolo.com is an Angolan multi-sports club based Calulo, Angola. The club is most well-known for its association football department, which plays in the Girabola, the top flight of the Angolan football league system. Other than football, Libolo also has departments in basketball and motor racing. Its main colors are orange, white, and blue.
History History has it that C.R.D. Libolo resulted as a merger of three clubs in the village of Calulo: Palmeiras FC, Cambuco FC and Fortaleza FC.
At present, the club competes in two sports: football and basketball.
Honours Girabola Champions (4): 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Taça de Angola Champions (1): 2016 Runners-up (1): 2008 Supertaça de Angola Champions (1): 2015, 2016 Runners-up (3): 2012, 2013, 2017
Recent seasons C.R.D. Libolo's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics Season 2017 36 14 12 10 46 29 +17 2016 39 24 10 5 71 32 +39 2015 35 19 12 4 48 23 +25
Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 5th R16 RU – GS3rd 1st W R16 –1st QF W PR –
Top season scorers Paizinho 9 2 0 – 0 11 Luiz Phellype 7 2 1 3 13 Fredy 10 1 0 1 12
League and cup positions
Performance in CAF competitions
CAF Champions League: 4 appearances 2016 – First Round 2013 – Group Stage 2012 – First Round 2010 – Preliminary Round
CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances 2017 – Group Stage (Top 16) 2009 – Second Round
Stadium CRD Libolo play their home games at the multi-use Estádio Municipal de Calulo, which can hold approximately 10,000 spectators.
Players and staff
Players
Staff NameNationalityPosition(s)Technical staffPaulo TorresHead coachAssistant coachFernando PereiraGoalkeeper coachMedicalFrederico BrancoPhysioManagementLeonel CasimiroChairmanAugusto CorreiaVice-chairmanCacharamba JrHead of Foot Dept
Managerial history Season Coach Coach 2006 Rogério Pinto 2007 Luís Mariano 2008 Mariano Barreto 2010 Mariano Barreto 2011 Zeca Amaral 2012 Henrique Calisto Miller Gomes 2014 Miller Gomes Sébastien Desabre João Paulo Costa 2016 João Paulo Costa Carlos Vaz Pinto Pedro Caravela 2018 Kito Ribeiro André Macanga Sérgio Boris 2019-20 André Macanga Romeu Filemón Paulo Torres
See also C.R.D. Libolo (basketball) Girabola Gira Angola
External links
Facebook profile Soccerway profile Town of Calulo - Libolo (portuguese)
References