# G.D. Sagrada Esperança

Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known as Sagrada Esperança, is a football (soccer) club from Dundo, Lunda Norte province, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988.
The club's name is likely to originate from Angola's first president Agostinho Neto's famous poem Sagrada Esperança (Sacred Hope). The club was founded on December 22, 1976, by then Angola-state owned diamond company Diamang (now Endiama), which remains as its major sponsor.
In 2005, the club, managed by Mário Calado, won the league by having one point ahead ASA. In the same year, the club competed in the 2005 CAF Champions League, but was eliminated in the first round by ASEC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg and a 1–0 defeat away in the second leg.

## Achievements

* Angola League
** Champions (2): 2005, 2021.
* Angola Cup
** Winners (2): 1988, 1999.
* Angolan SuperCup
** Winners (1): 2021.

## Recent seasons

Sagrada Esperança's season-by-season performance since 2011:
Overall match statistics :
| Season | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | % |
| 2016 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 0.550 |
| 2015 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 31 | –7 | 0.543 |
Classifications :
| LG | AC | SC | CL | CC |
| 9th | QF | | | |
| 10th | 2nd | | | |
Top season scorers :
| Player | LG | AC | SC | CL | CC | T |
| Love | 4 | 2 | | | 5 | 11 |
| Guedes | 4 | ? | | | | 4 |
* PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals

## Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Champions League: 3 appearances
       2005 – First Round
       2006 – Preliminary Round
       2022 -
* CAF Cup: 2 appearances
       1992 – Second Round
       1998 – First Round
* CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
       1989 – Second Round
       2000 – Second Round

## Stadium

The club plays their home matches at formerly Quintalão do Dundo, now Estádio Sagrada Esperança, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people . The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation and was renamed and reinaugurated in 2008.

## Players and staff
### Squad

    As of 26 January 2024
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 | Landu Langanga |
| 2 | DF | ANG | Alexandre Fernando |
| 3 | DF | ANG | Mukendi Reginó |
| 4 | DF | ANG | Fabrício Mafuta |
| 8 | MF | ANG | Celso |
| 10 | MF | CIV | Aly Savane |
| 12 | GK | ANG | Gerson |
| 13 | GK | ANG | Leonardo |
| 14 | DF | ANG | Mateus Gaspar |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Femi Joseph |
| 16 | MF | ANG | Lépua |
| 17 | DF | ANG | Muenho |
| 18 | MF | ANG | Milton Suca |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | ANG | Beni Fua |
| 20 | DF | ANG | Luís Taty |
| 21 | FW | ANG | Cachí |
| 22 | MF | POR | Emanuel Cruz |
| 23 | DF | ANG | Victoriano |
| 24 | FW | ANG | Hermenegildo Valente |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Lulas |
| 26 | MF | ANG | Água Doce |
| 28 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Sadio |
| 30 | GK | COD | Nathan Mabruki |
| 32 | MF | ANG | Jefer Gunjo |
| 33 | FW | ANG | Deco |
| 36 | MF | ANG | Messias Neves |

### Staff

| Name | Pos |
| Technical staff |||
| Roque Sapiri | Head coach |
| Rui Oliveira | Assistant coach |
| | Goalkeeper coach |
| Management |||
| José Muacabalo | Chairman |
| José Pontes Ramos | Vice-chairman |
| Jojó Garcia | Head of Foot Dept |

## Manager history and performance

| Season | Coach | Coach | L |
| 1982 | José Henrique | Alferes Carvalho |
| 1984 | Artur Santos |
| 1985 | Artur Santos |
| 1987 | Job Cipriano | Adé |
| 1988 | Laurindo | Adé | |
| 1989 | Artur Santos | Adé |
| 1990 | João Machado |
| 1991 | João Machado |
| 1992 | João Machado | Adé |
| 1993 | Molosević |
| 1994 | Joka Santinho |
| 1995 | Napoleão Brandão |
| 1996 | Rui Teixeira |
| 1997 | João Machado |
| 1998 | Nina Serrano | José Luís Borges | 6th |
| 1999 | João Machado |
| 2000 | João Machado |
| 2001 | João Machado |
| 2002 | Carlos Alves | Agostinho Tramagal |
| 2003 | Mário Calado |
| 2004 | Mário Calado |
| 2005 | Mário Calado |
| 2006 | Mário Calado | Frank Moniz |
| Season | Coach | S | L | C | Coach | L | C | Coach | L | C |
| 2007 | Albano César | | | | Frank Moniz |
| 2008 | Frank Moniz | | | | Jan Brouwer | 12th | SF |
| 2009 | Napoleão Brandão | 1st | | RU |
| 2010 | Napoleão Brandão | | | | Frank Moniz | 11th | SF |
| 2011 | Mário Calado | | 7th | R16 |
| 2012 | Mário Calado | | 11th | SF |
| 2013 | António Caldas | | 5th | R16 |
| 2014 | António Caldas | | 8th | R16 |
| 2015 | António Caldas | | | | Frank Moniz | | | Zoran Manojlović | 10th | RU |
| 2016 | Zoran Manojlović | | | | Roque Sapiri | | QF | Ekrem Asma | 9th | |
| 2017 | Ekrem Asma | | 3rd | R16 |
| 2018 | Ekrem Asma | | | | Roque Sapiri |
| 2018–19 | Agostinho Tramagal |
| 2019–20 | Paulo Torres | | | | Roque Sapiri |
| 2020–21 | Roque Sapiri | |
| 2021–22 | Roque Sapiri | | |
| 2022–23 | Alexandre Ribeiro | | | | Frank Moniz |
| 2023–24 | Roque Sapiri |