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2014 Taça De Angola
The 2014 Taça de Angola was the 33rd edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition in Angola, following the Girabola. Benfica de Luanda beat defending champions Petro de Luanda 1–0 in the final to secure its first title. The winner and the runner-up qualified to the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup. Stadiums and locations Championship bracket Preliminary rounds Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final See also * 2014 Girabola * 2015 Angola Super Cup * 2015 CAF Confederation Cup The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African ... * Benfica de Luanda players * Petro de Luanda players External links Tournament profile at girabola.com References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlético Petróleos De Luanda
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country. In its initial days, the club was known as Petroclube. Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Lebo Lebo, Lamá, Zé Kalanga and Delgado. The club has also a basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participated with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008. Achievements * Angolan League: 16 :: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2022 *Angola Cup: 12 :: 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2021 * Angola Super Cup: 6 :: 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2013 Recent seasons Petro de Luanda's season-by-season performance since 2001: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menongue
Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda. Menongue is the current terminus of the Moçâmedes Railway, from Moçâmedes, and also home of the small Menongue Airport. History During the colonial period, the town was called Serpa Pinto, in honour of the namesake Portuguese explorer. Sports FC Cuando Cubango, promoted to the 2018 Girabola, the top flight of Angolan soccer, play in Menongue. See also *Mbunda language *Mbunda people *Mbunda Kingdom The Mbunda Kingdom ( Mbunda: ''Chiundi ca Mbunda'' or ''Vumwene vwa Chiundi'' or Portuguese: ''Reino dos Bundas'') was an African kingdom located in west central Africa, what is now south-east Angola. At its greatest extent, it reached from Mit ... References {{Authority control Populated places in Cuando Cubango ... [...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] |
Estádio Do Ferroviário Da Huíla
Estádio do Clube Ferroviário da Huíla is a multi-use stadium in Lubango, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is owned by Clube Ferroviário da Huíla. The stadium holds 15,000 people. References Football venues in Angola Buildings and structures in Lubango {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio 4 De Janeiro
Estádio 4 de Janeiro is a football stadium in Uíge, Angola. History Inaugurated on March 17, 1968, as Estádio José Ferreira de Lima, the stadium was then owned by Clube Recreativo do Uíge. Shortly after the independence, it was nationalized. The state-owned 12,000-seat stadium is the only one in Angola's northern province of Uíge that meets the international standards to host Girabola matches. The stadium has been used by all clubs in the province participating at the provincial championship as well as the 2nd and 1st division championships. 2017 disaster On February 10, 2017, during the inaugural match of the 2017 Girabola The 2017 Girabola was the 39th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 10 February to 5 November 2017. The league comprised 16 teams and the bottom three teams were relegated to the 2018 Provincial stages. Teams A total of ... between home team Santa Rita de Cássia and Recreativo do Libolo, one of the stadium's access gate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uíge
Uíge ( kg, Wizidi), formerly Carmona, is a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola, with a population of 322,531 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 519,196 (2014 census), located in the province of the same name. It grew from a small market centre in 1945 to become a city in 1956. Name Uíge was renamed Vila Marechal Carmona in 1955 after the former Portuguese President Óscar Carmona, renamed simply Carmona after it became a city, but changed back to Uíge in 1975. History During Portuguese occupation it was a major center for coffee production in the 1950s. The city was the nerve center of rebel activity against Portuguese occupation. Consequently, the city faced frequent guerrilla war between Portuguese forces and the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola; FNLA). It had the worst known ever outbreak of the Marburg virus Marburg virus (MARV) is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the ''Filoviridae' ... [...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 Nossa Senhora Do Monte
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Estádio de Nossa Senhora do Monte is a multi-use stadium in Lubango, Angola. In 2010, the stadium underwent major renovation in the framework of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations to serve as the group D training ground. In 2014, The state-owned stadium has been handed over to Clube Desportivo da Huila for management and tenancy purposes. The stadium holds 12,000 people. References Buildings and structures in Lubango Nossa ''Nossa'' is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The genus was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. Species *''Nossa alpherakii'' ( Herz, 1904) *''Nossa moorei'' ( Elwes, 1890) *''Nossa nagaensis'' ( Elwes, 1890) *''Nossa nelcinn ... [...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 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] |
Estádio Da Cidadela
Estádio da Cidadela is a stadium in Luanda, Angola. It is used mostly for association football, football matches, while sometimes hosting cultural events, including musical concerts. It is part of the Complexo Desportivo da Cidadela, along with the Pavilhão da Cidadela, Pavilhão Anexo and Pavilhão Anexo II. While originally holding 40,000 people, in 2006, the stadium's upper ring has been declared unsafe by the Confederation of African Football, CAF and banned for public use. Until Angola's independence in November 1975, the stadium has been owned by F.C. Luanda, Futebol Clube de Luanda, one of the most traditional and historical clubs in Luanda. Shortly after, it has been nationalised for the purpose of general government use. The stadium is often referred to as ''the cathedral of Angolan sports'' as over the years, it has witnessed some of the most important events in Angolan sports. Among other events, it has hosted the 2nd Central African Games, for which it was re-inaugura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
