Clube Nacional de Benguela, founded on June 24, 1920, as Sports Clube Portugal de Benguela or simply Portugal de Benguela, is a sports club from Benguela, Angola. The Elephants won five titles during the then overseas province of Angola. Even before Angola's independence in 1975, the club's name was changed to Sports Club Nacional de Benguela. In 1979, the club, then Clube Nacional de Benguela, was one of the founders of Angola's premier football league (Girabola), in which season it finished as the runner-up by losing to Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 in the final.[1]
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| Full name | Clube Nacional de Benguela | |
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| Nickname(s) | Os Elefantes The Elephants | |
| Founded | 24 June 1920 | |
| Ground | Estádio de São Filipe Estádio de Ombaka Benguela, Angola | |
| Capacity | 10,000 35,000 | |
| Chairman | Ivanir Coelho | |
| Manager | TBD | |
| League | Gira Angola | |
| 2013 | 3rd (Série B) | |
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The club has been banned by FIFA from entering any official competition until a debt with former coach Álvaro Magalhães is settled.[citation needed]
Stadium edit
Nacional de Benguela is the owner of Estádio São Filipe.
Achievements edit
Manager history and performance edit
| Season | Coach | L2 | L1 | C | Coach | L2 | L1 | C |
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| 1979 |  Amílcar dos Santos |
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| 1980 | 4th | |||||||
| 1981 |  Ventcho Zakariev |
 Augusto Martins |
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| 1982 | Rui Amaral |
Rogério Peyroteo
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| 1983 | Vitor Gonçalves
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| 1984 | Rui Amaral
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| 1991 | António Lopes Chiby
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| 1994 | João Melanchton |
Jorge Pinto Leite
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| 1995 | Jorge Pinto Leite
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| 1996 | Beto Garcia
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| 2011 | Osvaldo Roque Joni |
Jorge Pinto Leite
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| 2012 | Álvaro Magalhães |
 Luís Mariano
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League & Cup Positions edit
See also edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "História (History)" (in Portuguese). clubenacionalbenguela.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2013-05-05.