Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball team is also noteworthy within the club. The club's colors are red and black. The club won its first title in football, the Angolan League, in 1979. and in basketball in 1980. Handball and Volleyball have also won many titles to the club.
The Primeiro de Agosto Sports Club has its football team competing at the local level, in the events organized by the Angolan Football Federation, namely the Angolan National Football Championship a.k.a. Girabola, the Angola Cup and the Angola Super Cup as well as at continental level, at the annual competitions organized by the African Football Confederation (CAF), including the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.
History The founding of 1º de Agosto stemmed from a sports development strategy defined by the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) through the National Military Sports Committee (CODENM). It was the first club created in the post-independence period.
The club's predominant colors are red and black, but it also features yellow and blue.
Achievements Angolan League: 13 1979, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2018–19 Angola Cup: 6 1984, 1990, 1991, 2006, 2009, 2019 Runner-up: (6) 1992, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017 Angolan SuperCup: 9 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2019 Runner-up: (2) 1993, 2007
Recent seasons C.D. Primeiro de Agosto's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics Season 2018–19 35 24 10 1 59 14 +45 2018 42 22 17 3 47 20 +27 2017 40 24 10 6 60 25 +35 2016 31 20 6 5 60 23 +37 2015 30 17 9 4 51 23 +28 2014 36 19 4 13 61 40 +21 2013 35 17 7 11 48 31 +17 2012 31 17 7 7 47 27 +20 2011 40 15 17 8 55 45 +10
Classifications LG AC SC CL CC1st – – PR –1st – – SF –1st 2nd W PR 1st R16 2nd R16 4th QF R32 2nd R16 R32 2nd R16 6th 2nd R16
Top season scorers Mabululu 14 3 – 0 17 Jacques 8 4 12 Geraldo 7 4 1 1 13 Gelson 23 0 – 23 Ary Papel 12 0 – 12 Ary Papel 13 0 1 14 6 1 – 7 Mingo Bile 12 Amaro 10 2 2 14
Stadium Primeiro de Agosto is in the process of building its own football stadium. Named after Gen. França Ndalu, the 20,000-seat stadium whose works began in 2012 and are scheduled to be completed in 2019, is part of a sports complex - Cidade Desportiva 1º de Agosto - that includes a youth academy with boarding facilities and two football courts for training purposes, a secondary school, a university, a tennis court, office buildings, an Olympic swimming pool and a 2,500-seat indoor sports arena. The complex and the stadium are located at the Cassequel neighborhood in Luanda.
Starting from the 2020–21 season, the club announced that they will be playing their home games at the França Ndalu.
League and cup positions
Performance in CAF competitions
CAF Champions League: 12 appearances 2019 – Preliminary Round 2018 – Semi-finals 2017 – Preliminary Round 2014 – First Round of 32 2013 – First Round of 32 2011 – 1/16 Finals 2009 – 1/8 Finals 2008 – 1/16 Finals 2007 – Preliminary Round 2000 – Second Round of 16 1999 – First Round of 32 1997 – 3rd Place (group A) CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances 2011 – Second Round of 16 2010 – Second Round of 16 2009 – Quarter-finals CAF Cup: 2 appearances 2003 – First Round 1996 – Second Round CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances 1998 – Finalist 1991 – First Round 1985 – First Round
African Cup of Champions Clubs: 5 appearances 1993 – First Round of 32 1992 – Second Round of 16 1982 – First Round of 32 1981 – First Round of 32 1980 – First Round of 32
Players and staff
Players
Squad
Staff NameNatPosition(s)Technical staffFelipe NzanzaHead CoachFilipe NzanzaAssistant CoachNapoleão BrandãoGoalkeeper CoachMedicalAbel SanzPhysicianLeonilde FerreiraPsychotherapistJorge NabaisFitness CoachFeliciano MadalenaPhysioAndrade MendesPhysioManagementGen. Carlos HendrickChairmanPaulo MagueijoVice-chairmanJosé MarcelinoHead of Foot DeptCarlos AlvesSpokesman
Manager history
Season Coach Coach 1979 Nicola Berardinelli Ferreira Pinto Ivan Ridanović 1981 Ivan Ridanović Joaquim Dinis Joaquim Dinis Mário Imbelloni Mário Imbelloni Nicola Berardinelli Carlos Alves Petar Kzernević Nicola Berardinelli Paulo Roberto Paulo Roberto Carlos Alves 1987 João Machado Joca Santinho João Machado João Machado Carlos Alves 1990 Dušan Condić 1991 1992 1993 Carlos Alves 1994 Djalma Cavalcante 1995 1996 Mário Calado Dušan Condić Mário Calado 1998 Ndunguidi Daniel 1999 Mário Calado Waldemar Cerdeira Jaime Chimalanga
Season Coach Coach Coach Jaime Chimalanga Dušan Condić Dušan Condić Ndunguidi Daniel Jan Brouwer 2005 Jan Brouwer 2006 Vítor Manuel 2008 Vítor Manuel Viktor Bondarenko Humberto Chaves 2010 Ljubinko Drulović Carlos Manuel Romeu Filemón 2012 Romeu Filemón Daúto Faquirá Daúto Faquirá Dragan Jović 2015 Dragan Jović 2016 2017 * 2018 Zoran Manojlović 2018-19 Dragan Jović 2019-20 2020-21 Paulo Duarte Filipe Nzanza 2021-22 Srđan Vasiljević 2022–23 Filipe Nzanza 2023–24
* Ivo Traça won the 2017 Super Cup as a caretaker manager
Chairman history Santana André Pitra Petroff 1977 – 1979Pedro de Castro Van-Dúnem Loy 1979 – 1982Iko Carreira 1982 – 1988Justino Fernandes 1988 – 1993Mello Xavier 1993 – 1997Gen. Pedro Neto * 1997 – Dec 2006Gen. Raúl Hendrick Dec 2006 – Aug 2011Gen. Carlos Hendrick * Aug 2011 – present * Served two consecutive terms
Sponsors Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) Banco Português do Atlântico (BPA)
See also Primeiro de Agosto Basketball Primeiro de Agosto Handball Primeiro de Agosto Volleyball Primeiro de Agosto Hockey Girabola Gira Angola
Trivia On 4 April 1981, before a capacity crowd of 70,000 in Kaduna, Primeiro de Agosto played against then CAN title holders The Green Eagles. In that match that ended in a scoreless draw, D'Agosto put up such a superb performance that the Nigerian supporters and media mistook the club for the Angola national team.
References
External links Official site
Soccerway profile