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2015 Girabola
The 2015 Girabola was the 37th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 11 February to 10 October 2015. Recreativo do Libolo survived a late-season scare from 1º de Agosto to win their fourth Angolan championship, all in the past five years. Recreativo do Libolo needed a scoreless draw against Académica do Lobito in their final game to finish in a tie atop the standings with 1º de Agosto, who closed the season with six straight wins. Recreativo do Libolo won the tiebreaker based on head-to-head points. The league comprised 16 of teams and the bottom three were relegated to the 2016 Segundona. Domant, Onze Bravos and Sporting de Cabinda finished in the last three spots and were relegated. Teams A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from the 2014 Segundona, Académica do Lobito, Domant and Progresso Lunda Sul. Recreativo do Libolo were the defending champions from the 2014 season. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girabola
Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol em Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League. Girabola ZAP In January 2016, Angolan subscription TV satellite and cable provider ZAP, the Angolan Football Federation and the Girabola clubs, signed a three-year deal in which ZAP will have broadcast rights over all Girabola matches. As part of the deal, the Angolan state-owned TV station TPA will be allowed to broadcast one game per week on its free-view platform. Also as part of the deal, the Girabola changes its denomination to Girabola ZAP. Qualification for African competitions Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF competitions Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF Champions League and 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2016 to 2019–20. ;L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabuscorp S
Kabuscorp Sport Clube do Palanca, usually known simply as Kabuscorp is a multisports club based in Luanda, Angola. The club's football teams contests at the Angolan major league Girabola as well as at the African club competitions. Kabuscorp is an acronym for Kangamba Business Corporation, a business ranging from transports to diamond exploration run by club owner Bento Kangamba. Kabuscorp S.C. was founded in 1994 by president and club owner Bento Kangamba. The club plays their home matches at the state-owned Estádio dos Coqueiros in Luanda and is renowned for their cheerful supporters, mostly of bakongo origin. History In 2008, in their first appearance in Girabola they finished in 10th position. The club's greatest achievement came 6 years later, when they won the 2013 Girabola with a record 73 points, thus qualifying to the 2014 CAF Champions League. In 2014, Kabuscorp won the Angolan Supercup beating Petro de Luanda by 3–1. 2012 Road Accident On August 4, 2012, twenty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio 22 De Junho
The Estádio 22 de Junho (22 June stadium) is an Angolan stadium built and owned by G.D. Interclube and is the venue for the club's home games in all events that it takes part of. The 7,800-seat stadium was inaugurated on February 2, 2005 and is located in the Rocha Pinto neighborhood, Maianga district, Luanda, Angola. The stadium is one of the few private-owned stadiums in Luanda as the remaining teams based in the capital play in state-owned Estádio 11 de Novembro, 11 de Novembro, Estádio da Cidadela, Cidadela and Estádio dos Coqueiros, Coqueiros. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Estadio 22 de Junho Sports venues in Angola Buildings and structures in Luanda G.D. Interclube ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Municipal Do Dande
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Estádio Municipal do Dande is a football stadium in Caxito, the capital city of Angola's Bengo Province. It is the current home stadium of first division side Domant FC. The stadium holds 4,700. Upon inauguration in 2015, the stadium became the home ground of local club Domant FC. References Bengo Province Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. It has an area of 31,371 square kilometres, and its population as of the 2014 Census was 356,641. The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of Luanda into Bengo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caxito
Caxito is a town, with a population of 55,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande Dande, with its capital at Barra do Dande, is a municipality in Bengo Province in Angola. Subdivisions Dande comprises seven communes as follows. * Caxito * Barra do Dande Barra do Dande is a town, with a population of 75,000 (2014), and a co ..., province of Bengo, Angola. It is also the capital of the Bengo province. Transportation The northern line of Angolan Railways passes through the town. References Populated places in Bengo Province Communes in Bengo Province Provincial capitals in Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Da Tundavala
A stadium (plural, : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias of Athens, Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the Stadion (unit), stadion at Olympia, Greece, Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of Rugby football, rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word "Stadion (unit), stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubango
Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 914,456 in 2022. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola after the capital city Luanda. History Portuguese rule In 1882 approximately one thousand Portuguese settlers came from the island of Madeira to the area of current-day Lubango. These Portuguese farmers helped develop the region and founded the settlement. The city, originally established in 1885 to serve colonists from the Madeira Islands, lies at an elevation of 1,760 metres in a valley of the Huíla Plateau and was surrounded by a scenic park spreading up the mountain slopes. By 1910 there were over 1,700 ethnic Portuguese living in the settlement, which was referred to as "Lubango". By 1923 the Moçâmedes Railway had connected the settlement to the town of Moçâmedes in the coast. The Portuguese government made it a city and renam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Mundunduleno
Estádio Jones Cufune Mundunduleno is a football stadium located at the Mandengwe neighborhood in the city of Luena, Moxico Province, Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... It is owned by Futebol Clube Bravos do Maquis and holds 4,300 people. History The Stadium was named after Jones Cufune Mundunduleno, a MPLA commander and guerrilla fighter from eastern Angola. Location Mundunduleno is located at the Mandembwe neighborhood, around 2 km from the city of Luena, in an area surrounded by eucalyptus trees. In 2013, the Stadium underwent a major renovation which forced the home team to play its home games at the neighboring Estádio das Mangueiras in the province of Lunda Sul. References Football venues in Angola Moxico Province Sports venues comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luena, Moxico Province
Luena, formerly known as Luso, is a city and municipality in eastern Angola, administrative capital of Moxico Province. The municipality had a population of 357,413 in 2014. History The Angolan town is best known as the resting place of former UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who was shot and killed by Angolan government troops on February 22, 2002. Later on January 3, 2008, Savimbi's tomb at Luena Main Cemetery was vandalised and four members of the youth wing of the MPLA were charged and arrested. '''', January 23, 2008. Climate |
Estádio 11 De Novembro
The Estádio 11 de Novembro is a multi-use stadium in Talatona (near Luanda), Angola. Completed in 2010 ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, it hosted nine matches during the tournament, including five Group A matches, one Group B match, one quarter final, one semi-final, and the final. Overview It is currently used on a regular basis by football clubs Primeiro de Agosto, Petro de Luanda and Benfica de Luanda who play in Girabola. Its capacity is 48,000. The stadium is named after the date of Angola's independence. The stadium is located in Talatona Talatona is an city and municipality in the province of Luanda, bordering the Angolan capital, Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centr ... municipality at the Expressway surrounding Luanda on the road side. 1º de Agosto vs TP Mazembe post-match incident Five people were reportedly killed after the 45.000 capacity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Dos Coqueiros
Estádio dos Coqueiros is a multi-use stadium in Luanda, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... matches and is the home ground of Benfica de Luanda and Kabuscorp. The stadium holds 12,000 people and was built during the colonial period, in 1947. It underwent major renovation works in 2005. References External links Facebook profile Buildings and structures in Luanda Buildings and structures completed in 2005 Coqueiros Sport in Luanda {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020 (a third of Angola's population). Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, it was founded in January 1576 as ''São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda'' by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before its prohibition. At the start of the Angolan Civil War in 1975, most of the white Portuguese left as refugees, principally for Portugal. Luanda's population increased greatly from refugees fleeing the war, but its infrastructure was inadequate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
