# 2018 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season

The 2018 season of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is the club's 40th season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2018, the club participated in the Girabola and the 2018 CAF Champions League.

## 1º de Agosto vs TP Mazembe post-match incident

Five people were reportedly killed after the 45.000 capacity crowd match on Saturday 15 September, at the Estádio 11 de Novembro, including two children who were trampled and/or suffocated to death while exiting the stadium. Before the match began, supporters called a radio station urging the organization to open all gates after the match ended for fear of a tragedy and after going through similar ordeals in the past. The Angolan Ministry of Youth and Sports in a statement regretted the incident, expressed condolences to the relatives and vowed to launch an investigation. On their part, the club's management promised to assist the relatives in funeral expenses.

## Espérance Tunis vs 1º de Agosto

In 2018, they reached the semi-finals of the champions league where they were unfairly eliminated in a second-leg 4–2 defeat to Espérance Tunis with a heavily biased, shameful performance by referee Janny Sikazwe.

## Squad information
### Players

| No. | Nick | Name | Pos | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Julião | Justo Mateus Pucusso | – | (1992-07-15)15 July 1992 (aged 26) |
| 12 | Tony Cabaça | Adão Joaquim Bango Cabaça | – | (1986-04-23)23 April 1986 (aged 32) |
| 22 | Neblú | Adilson Cipriano da Cruz | – | (1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 25) |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Natael | Natael Paulo Masuekama | LB | (1993-09-23)23 September 1993 (aged 25) |
| 4 | Bobo | Beaudrick Muselenge Ungenda | CB | (1989-11-19)19 November 1989 (aged 29) |
| 5 | Dani (c) | Massunguna Alex Afonso | CB | (1986-05-01)1 May 1986 (aged 32) |
| 6 | Bonifácio | Bonifácio Francisco Caetano | CB | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 25) |
| 15 | Yisa | Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe | CB | (1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 26) |
| 19 | Paizo | Salomão Manuel Troco | LB | (1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 26) |
| 21 | Isaac | Isaac Correia da Costa | RB | (1991-04-25)25 April 1991 (aged 27) |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 2 | Mário Balbúrdia | Mário César Azevedo Alves Balbúrdia | MF | (1997-08-19)19 August 1997 (aged 21) |
| 7 | Mingo Bile | Régio Francisco Congo Zalata | RW | (1987-06-15)15 June 1987 (aged 31) |
| 8 | Gogoró | João Ngunza Muanha | RW | (1995-06-06)6 June 1995 (aged 23) |
| 9 | Buá | Luvumbo Lourenço Pedro | DM | (1988-09-06)6 September 1988 (aged 30) |
| 10 | Ibukun | Ibukun Akinfenwa | CM | (1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 28) |
| 11 | Geraldo | Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu | LW | (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 27) |
| 14 | Nelson | Nelson Coquenão da Luz | MF | (1998-02-04)4 February 1998 (aged 20) |
| 16 | Macaia | José Macaia Ganga | CM | (1994-03-24)24 March 1994 (aged 24) |
| 23 | Show | Manuel Luís da Silva Cafumana | MF | (1999-03-06)6 March 1999 (aged 19) |
| 24 | Vanilson | Vanilson Tita Zéu | MF | (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 (aged 19) |
| 25 | Catraio | Zinedine Catraio | MF | (1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 20) |
| 28 | Meda | Vidal Miguel Paulo Nsiandamba | MF | (1992-11-18)18 November 1992 (aged 26) |
| 29 | Melono | Melono Muondo Dala | LW | (2001-08-25)25 August 2001 (aged 17) |
| 30 | Cirilo | Cirilo Van-Dúnem da Silva | MF | (1998-03-02)2 March 1998 (aged 20) |
| Forwards ||||||
| 13 | Mongo | Kipe Mongo Lompala Bokamba | – | (1993-08-22)22 August 1993 (aged 25) |
| 17 | Guelor | Anderson Benjamim | – | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 29) |
| 18 | Vado | Dorivaldo António Dias | – | (1987-01-25)25 January 1987 (aged 31) |
| 20 | Jacques | Jacques Bakulu Bitumba | – | (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 25) |
| 26 | Fofó | Afonso Sebastião Cabungula | – | (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 (aged 24) |
| 27 | Razaq | Razaq Akanni Adegbite | – | (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 20) |

### Staff

| Nat | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Technical staff ||||
| | Zoran Manojlović | Head coach | (1962-07-21)21 July 1962 (aged 56) |
| | Filipe Nzanza | Assistant coach | (1969-05-19)19 May 1969 (aged 49) |
| | Ivo Traça | Assistant coach | (1961-05-19)19 May 1961 (aged 57) |
| | Napoleão Brandão | Goalkeeper coach | (1952-06-13)13 June 1952 (aged 66) |
| Medical ||||
| | Abel Sanz | Physician | – |
| | Leonilde Ferreira | Psychotherapist | – |
| | Jorge Nabais | Fitness coach | – |
| | Feliciano Madalena | Physio | – |
| | Andrade Mendes | Physio | – |
| Management ||||
| | Gen. Carlos Hendrick | Chairman | – |
| | Paulo Magueijo | Vice-Chairman | – |
| | José Marcelino | Head of Foot Dept | – |
| | Carlos Alves | Spokesman | – |

### Pre-season transfers

| No. | Nick | Name | Pos | Date of Birth (Age) | |
| Transfers out To |||||||
| 6 | Diogo Rosado | Diogo Jorge Rosado | MF | (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 28) | Gaz Metan Mediaș |
| 13 | Manucho Diniz | Osvaldo Paulo João Diniz | MF | (1986-06-04)4 June 1986 (aged 32) | Desportivo Huíla |
| 22 | Coio | Sebastião António Coio | GK | (1998-05-13)13 May 1998 (aged 20) | Desportivo Huíla |
| 27 | Rambé | Ramilton Jorge Santos do Rosário | FW | (1989-10-04)4 October 1989 (aged 29) | – |
| 26 | Sargento | Antunes Sargento Ekundi | DF | (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 29) | Desportivo Huíla |
| 30 | Nuno | Gerson Agostinho Sebastião Cadete | GK | (1983-04-25)25 April 1983 (aged 35) | J.G.M. |
| Transfers in From |||||||
| 2 | Mário | Mário César Balbúrdia | MF | (1997-08-19)19 August 1997 (aged 21) | Junior team |
| 6 | Bonifácio | Bonifácio Francisco Caetano | DF | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 25) | Desportivo Huíla |
| 30 | Cirilo | Cirilo Van-Dúnem da Silva | MF | (1998-03-02)2 March 1998 (aged 20) | Junior team |
| 26 | Fofó | Afonso Sebastião Cabungula | FW | (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 (aged 24) | Progresso Sambizanga |
| 20 | Jacques | Jacques Bakulu Bitumba | FW | (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 25) | Kabuscorp |
| 13 | Mongo | Kipe Mongo Lompala Bokamba | MF | (1993-08-22)22 August 1993 (aged 25) | Kabuscorp |
| 22 | Neblú | Adilson Cipriano da Cruz | GK | (1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 25) | Interclube |
| 15 | Yisa | Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe | MF | (1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 26) | Al-Ittihad Club |
| 27 | Razaq | Razaq Akanni Adegbite | FW | (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 20) | Doğan Türk Birliği |

### Mid-season transfers

| No. | Nick | Name | Pos | Date of Birth (Age) | |
| Transfers out To |||||||
| 30 | Cirilo | Cirilo Van-Dúnem da Silva | MF | (1998-03-02)2 March 1998 (aged 20) | Desportivo da Huila |
| 28 | Meda | Vidal Miguel Paulo Nsiandamba | MF | (1992-11-18)18 November 1992 (aged 26) | Domant FC |
| 18 | Vado | Dorivaldo António Dias | MF | (1987-01-25)25 January 1987 (aged 31) | Bravos do Maquis |
| Transfers in From |||||||
| 29 | Melono | Melono Muondo Dala | MF | (2001-08-25)25 August 2001 (aged 17) | Junior team |

## Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Girabola | 28 February 2018 | 2 September 2019 | Winner | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 053.57 |
| CAF Champions League | 11 February 2018 | 23 October 2018 | Semi-finals | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 052.38 |
Last updated: 23 October 2018 Source:

## CAF Champions League
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 October 2018. Source:

### Semi-finals

The heavily biased performance of Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe positively prevented D'Agosto from reaching the finals. The renowned referee had a disgraceful performance during the entire match, completely ignoring the rules of the game and clearly siding with the home team. The ice on the cake of his shameful performance occurred shortly before Espérance's final goal, when D'Agosto scored but he inexplicably disallowed the goal on a would-be push to the Tunisian goal-keeper. In the aftermath, Sikazwe was suspended by CAF on suspicion of corruption.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | 1º de Agosto | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | ZESCO United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Mbabane Swallows | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 4 | |

### Preliminary round
## Angolan League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Primeiro de Agosto (C) | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 57 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 54 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 3 | Interclube | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 42 | |
| 4 | Recreativo do Libolo | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 40 | |
| 5 | Académica do Lobito | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 38 | |
* ↑ Due to the fact that this season's cup was not held.

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 September 2018. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | D | | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Results overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Team | Home score | Away score |
| Progresso do Sambizanga | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Primeiro de Maio | 0-0 | 1–0 |
| Bravos do Maquis | 1–0 | 1-1 |
| Académica do Lobito | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Kabuscorp | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Sporting de Cabinda | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| J.G.M. | | |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Recreativo da Caála | 0-0 | 2–0 |
| Petro de Luanda | 0-0 | 2–0 |
| Domant FC | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Desportivo da Huíla | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Interclube | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sagrada Esperança | 1–0 | 2-2 |
| Cuando Cubango FC | 1–0 | 1–0 |

### Match details
## Season statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Champions | Champions |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | GK | ANG | Tony | 28 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ANG | Neblú | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ANG | Natael | 11 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | COD | Bobo | 33 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ANG | Dani | 37 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ANG | Bonifácio | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NGA | Yisa | 24 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ANG | Guelor | 17 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ANG | Paizo | 29 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ANG | Isaac | 35 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | ANG | Mário | 21 | 2 | 12+3 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ANG | Mingo Bile | 18 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ANG | Gogoró | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ANG | Buá | 34 | 3 | 12+12 | 2 | 0+10 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Ibukun | 36 | 3 | 21+1 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ANG | Geraldo | 33 | 9 | 18+3 | 5 | 11+1 | 4 |
| 13 | MF | COD | Mongo | 37 | 7 | 19+4 | 3 | 14 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | ANG | Nelson | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ANG | Macaia | 25 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ANG | Show | 33 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ANG | Meda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ANG | Cirilo | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 14 | FW | ANG | Melono | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ANG | Vado | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | COD | Jacques | 41 | 12 | 19+9 | 8 | 12+1 | 4 |
| 26 | FW | ANG | Fofó | 20 | 2 | 11+4 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Razaq | 22 | 2 | 11+6 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 |
| Opponents ||||||||||
| 25 | MF | ZIM | Mhango | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | ANG | Edson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total ||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 462(123) | 47 | 308(79) | 31 | 154(42) | 16 |

### Scorers

    As of 23 October 2018
| Rank | Name | League | League | Champions | Champions | Total | Total |
| Rank | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | Jacques | 19(9) | 8 | 12(1) | 4 | 31(8) | 12 |
| 2 | Geraldo | 18(3) | 5 | 11(1) | 4 | 29(4) | 9 |
| 3 | Mongo | 19(4) | 3 | 14 | 4 | 33(4) | 7 |
| 4 | Buá | 12(12) | 2 | (10) | 1 | 12(22) | 3 |
| 5 | Ibukun | 21(1) | 3 | 14 | 0 | 35(1) | 3 |
| 6 | Fofó | 11(4) | 2 | 1(4) | 0 | 12(8) | 2 |
| 7 | Razaq | 11(6) | 2 | 3(2) | 0 | 14(8) | 2 |
| 8 | Mário | 12(3) | 2 | 4(1) | 0 | 16(5) | 2 |
| 9 | Bobo | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| 10 | Dani | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 2 |
| 11 | Melono | 4(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4(4) | 1 |
| Opponents ||
| – | Mhango | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| – | Edson | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | Total | – | 31 | – | 16 | – | 47 |
* Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate appearances as substitute.

### Clean sheets

    As of 23 October 2018
| Rank | Name | League | League | Champ | Champ | Total | Total | % |
| | | Apps | CS | Apps | CS | Apps | CS |
| 1 | Tony | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 64 |
| 2 | Neblú | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 58 |
| 3 | Julião | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | | 21 | | 5 | | 26 |

### Season progress

| 11/2 | 21/2 | 28/2 | 3/3 | 7/3 | 11/3 | 17/3 | 1/4 | 7/4 | 14/4 | 18/4 | 22/4 | 25/4 | 29/4 | 5/5 | 15/5 | 20/5 | 25/5 | 30/5 | 3/6 | 11/6 | 17/6 | 22/6 | 26/6 | 30/6 | 4/7 | 11/7 | 17/7 | 22/7 | 27/7 | 31/7 | 4/8 | 8/8 | 12/8 | 18/8 | 23/8 | 28/8 | 2/9 | 15/9 | 21/9 | 2/10 | 23/10 |
| | | PRO | ACL | | KAB | | LIB | CAA | PET | MAQ | DOM | DES | INT | | | MAI | SAG | CCU | SCC | PRO | MAI | MAQ | ACL | KAB | SCC | LIB | | PET | | DES | INT | CAA | DOM | | SAG | | CCU |
| PLA | PLA | | | BID | | BID | | | | | | | | ESS | MBA | | | | | | | | | | | | ZES | | ZES | | | | | ESS | | MBA | | TPM | TPM | EST | EST |