Sporting Clube de Benguela
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| Full name | Sporting Clube de Benguela | |
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| Founded | 16 November 1915 | |
| Ground | Estádio do Arregaça, Benguela | |
| Capacity | 2,000 | |
| Manager | Osvaldo Roque Jony | |
| League | 2nd Division | |
| 2022–23 |  14th Girabola (relegated) | |
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Sporting Clube de Benguela or simply Sporting de Benguela, is an Angolan sports club from the city of Benguela.
History
[edit]The club was founded on 16 November 1915, as the 21st branch of Lisbon-based Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP).[1]
Since independence in 1975, up to 1988, as occurred with all the clubs whose names originated from their former colonial power, Portugal, Sporting de Benguela was renamed as Desportivo de Benguela.
The club is the owner of the Estádio do Arregaça, in the city of Benguela.
The basketball team is a regular participant in the main basketball league whereas the football team remained inactive for many years, due to financial shortages.
In 2018, the football team contested in the Gira Angola, the qualifying tournament for Angola's top division, the Girabola.[2]
League & cup positions
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Manager history and performance
[edit]| Season | Coach | L2 | L1 | C | Coach | L2 | L1 | C |
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| 1982 |  Emílio Ventura |
9th | ||||||
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| 1985 | José Pérides
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| 1989 |  Pedro Garcia |
Gilberto
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| 1991 | Nando Jordão
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| 2018 | Osvaldo Roque Jony |
5th | ||||||
| 2019 | Salvador Kingungo
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External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Filiais do Sporting". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "Futebol: Bikuku FC vence Sporting de Benguela (Ficha Técnica)" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 17 Jun 2018. Retrieved 18 Jun 2018.
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