# Progresso Associação do Sambizanga

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club was founded in 1975, as a result of a merger of three clubs: Juventude Unida do Bairro Alfredo (JUBA), Juventista and Vaza.
Progresso do Sambizanga is notably the only club in Girabola to maintain a women's soccer team, even without official competition. They play their home games at the state-owned Estádio da Cidadela.

## History

The club made its debut in the Girabola in 1981 and won their only cup title in 1996 after defeating Primeiro de Agosto and qualified into the 1997 CAF Winners' Cup where they challenged with Gabon's FC 105 Libreville and won a goal in the first leg and lost 2–0 in the last, this was their only appearance in the continental competition.
In the 1980s, the club expanded its international relations, Progresso Sambizanga was the first African club to play in the legendary Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.
One of the friendly pre-season matches were in 2012 where they played in Brazil in the Toca de Raposa I with the two popular clubs Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro.
Progresso do Sambizanga was the first African team to play in the Estádio do Maracaña. That occurred in the 1990s at the time when the team was on campus in a 1-2 loss to a team of retired Brazilian footballers.

## Honours

* Angola Cup: 1
** 1996
       Runner-up: (1) 2016

## Recent seasons

Progresso do Sambizanga's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics :
| Season | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | % |
| 2016 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 0.441 |
| 2015 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 40 | –2 | 0.531 |
Classifications :
| LG | AC | SC | CL | CC |
| 8th | 2nd | | | |
| 12th | QF | | | |
Top season scorers :
| Player | LG | AC | SC | CL | CC | T |
| Yano | 8 | 2 | | | | 10 |
| Yano | 13 | 0 | | | | 13 |
* PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals

## Stadium

Progresso do Sambizanga is the owner of Campo Mário Santiago. Located in the club's home neighborhood of Sambizanga, the 8,000-seat stadium whose rehabilitation began in 1996 with private funding and stopped afterwards for lack of funding, resumed in 2016 under a sponsorship deal with the Fundação Eduardo dos Santos (FESA). The stadium's capacity is expected to be increased to 18,000 seats, following the 18-month-long rehabilitation.

## Uniform and home kit evolution

Its uniform color has a yellow-black striped clothing with black sleeves and socks and black-yellow striped socks used for home games. Its former uniform was a yellow-black striped shirt with yellow stripe on each side and had striped sleeves and black shorts.

## Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
       1997 – First Round
          FC 105 Libreville 1–0, 2–0

## Players and staff
### Staff

| Name | Pos |
| Technical staff |||
| Paulo Dias | Head coach |
| Diogo Pedro | Assistant coach |
| Mbala José | Goalkeeper coach |
| Medical |||
| Valdevino Miranda | Physician |
| Rui Oliveira | Physio |
| Management |||
| Inácio António Alfredo | Chairman |
| Manuel Santos | Vice-Chairman |

## Manager history and performance

| Season | Coach | Coach |
| 1981 | Eduardo Laurindo da Silva |
| 1982 | Augusto Pedro | Eduardo Gonzalez |
| 1983 | Eduardo Gonzalez | Domingos Inguila |
| 1984 | Domingos Inguila |
| 1987 | Carlos Alves |
| 1989 | Carlos Romão |
| 1992 | Napoleão Brandão |
| 1993 | Arlindo Leitão |
| 1994 | Arlindo Leitão | António Piedade |
| 1995 | Luzolo Garcia | Joaquim Dinis |
| 1996 | Joaquim Dinis |
| 1997 | Joaquim Dinis |
| 1998 | João Machado |
| 2001 | Salviano Magalhães | Napoleão Brandão |
| 2002 | Napoleão Brandão |
| 2003 | Napoleão Brandão | Arnaldo Gamonal |
| 2004 | José Alberto Torres | João Imanga Janguelito |
| 2005 | José Ferraz |
| Season | Coach | L1 | C | Coach |
| 2006 | Luís Mariano |
| 2007 | João Machado |
| 2008 | João Machado | | | Ernesto Castanheira |
| 2009 | Ndunguidi Daniel | | | João Imanga Janguelito |
| 2010 | Drasko Stojiljković |
| 2011 | Drasko Stojiljković | | | Jan Brouwer |
| 2012 | David Dias |
| 2013 | David Dias |
| 2014 | Lúcio Antunes |
| 2015 | Mário Calado | | | Albano César |
| 2016 | Albano César |
| 2017 | Kito Ribeiro | 7th | SF |
| 2018 | Hélder Teixeira | 13th | |
| 2018-19 | Hélder Teixeira | | | Guilherme Sousa |
| 2019-20 | Kito Ribeiro | | | Hélder Teixeira |
| 2020-21 | Paulo Dias |

## Progresso do Sambizanga Women's Football

When it comes to women's football in Angola, Progresso do Sambizanga is undeniably a benchmark and a force to reckon with. Until the mid 2000s when regular competitions were organized, the club has won most titles in contest. While no regular competition are being played at present both at provincial and national level, the club still maintains its women's team with regular practice.

### Achievements

* Angola League: 4
       2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
* Angolan Cup: 6
       2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
* Super Cup: 1
       2000

## Other sports

* Handball
* Basketball