C.D. Huíla

Desportivo da Huíla
Full nameClube Desportivo da Huíla
Founded7 March 1998 (1998-03-07)
GroundEstádio do Ferroviário da Huíla
Lubango, Angola
Capacity15,000
ChairmanGen. Fabiano Hihepa
ManagerPaulo Torres
LeagueGirabola
2025–264th

Clube Desportivo da Huíla is an Angolan football club based in Lubango, Huila. The club is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces and has close ties with Primeiro de Agosto. In the 2011–12 season of the Angolan second division, the club got promoted to the Girabola. They play their home games at the Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla. On 17 April 2006 Agostinho Tramagal was appointed as their new coach.

On 2 April 2012, Mário Francisco Soares Lopes was presented this Monday in Lubango city, southern Huíla province, as the new coach of the second division soccer team of Desportivo da Huíla. The new coach replaces Joaquim Finda "Mozer", who managed the team over the last two years. [1]

Achievements

Recent seasons

C.D. Huíla's season-by-season performance since 2011:

  • PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals

League and cup positions

Performance in CAF competitions

Players and staff

Players

Squad

As of 13 October 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ANG Julião
2 DF  ANG Aires Emilson
3 MF  ANG Malamba
4 MF  ANG Antunes Sargento
6 MF  ANG Jose Ventura
7 MF  ANG Mingo Bile
8 DF  ANG Sidney
9 FW  CMR Lionel Yombi
11 MF  ANG Nandinho
12 GK  ANG Varito
13 DF  ANG Tchiwé
14 MF  ANG Medá
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  ANG Elias Daniel
16 FW  ANG Gogoró
18 MF  ANG Milton Suca
19 FW  ANG José Mendes
20 MF  ANG Manucho Diniz
22 GK  ANG Benvindo Afonso
23 DF  ANG Dino
25 FW  ANG Pedro Kassadi
26 MF  ANG Bruno Manuel
27 DF  ANG Bruno Raúl
28 MF  ANG Nuno
29 MF  ANG Cagodó

Staff

Name Nat Pos
Technical staff
Paulo Torres Portugal Head coach
Paulo Campos Caricoco Angola Assistant coach
Hélder Cruz Cape Verde Goalkeeper coach
Medical
Luís Sipilante Angola Physician
João Jorge António Jojó Angola Physio
Management
Gen. Fabiano Hihepa Angola Chairman
João Domingos Adão Angola Manager
António Tchimbungo Angola Head of Foot Dept

Manager history and performance

SeasonCoachL2L1CCoachL2L1C
1998Angola Zé do Pau
2000Angola Arnaldo Chaves
2001Angola Manuel Artur Manú1st B
2002Angola Arnaldo ChavesAngola Carlos Queirós10thRU
2003Angola Ndunguidi DanielAngola João Machado13thR16
20041st BSF
2005Angola António BarbosaAngola Jorge Humberto Chaves11thR16
2006Angola Jorge Humberto ChavesAngola Agostinho Tramagal7thR16
2007Angola Agostinho Tramagal8thR16
20089thQF
2009Angola António Barbosa11thSF
2010Angola Joaquim Finda Mozer14thR16
2011Angola Joaquim Finda MozerAngola João Machado4 BPR
2012Angola Mário Soares1st B
20136thRU
2014Angola Lacerda Chipongue11thQF
2015Angola Ivo Traça7thR16
201610th
2017Angola Mário Soares9th
20186th
2018–193rdRU
2019–20
2020–21Angola André Macanga

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Desportivo da Huíla presents new coach". portalangop.co.ao. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Futebol: Desportivo da Huíla recebe Taça de campeão da segunda divisão" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 28 February 2005. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "CF Mounana wins against Desportivo DA Huíla". gabonews.com. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Desportivo da Huíla through CAF cup's sixteenths finals". ANGOP.com. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2014.