C.D. Huíla

Desportivo da Huíla
Full name	Clube Desportivo da Huíla
Founded	7 March 1998; 26 years ago
Ground	Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla ; Lubango, Angola
Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Gen. Fabiano Hihepa
Manager	Mário Soares
League	Girabola
2022–23	10th
Website	Club website

Clube Desportivo da Huíla is an Angolan football club based in Lubango, Huila. The club is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces and has close ties with Primeiro de Agosto. In the 2011–12 season of the Angolan second division, the club got promoted to the Girabola. They play their home games at the Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla. On 17 April 2006 Agostinho Tramagal was appointed as their new coach.

On 2 April 2012, Mário Francisco Soares Lopes was presented this Monday in Lubango city, southern Huíla province, as the new coach of the second division soccer team of Desportivo da Huíla. The new coach replaces Joaquim Finda "Mozer", who managed the team over the last two years. ^[1]

Achievements edit

Angolan League:
- Winner 0:
- Runner Up (0) :
Angola Cup:
- Winner 0:
- Runner Up (3) : 2002, 2013, 2019.
Angola Super Cup:
- Winner 0:
- Runner Up (0) :
Gira Angola:^[2]
- Winner (1): 2004.
- Runner Up (0) :

Recent seasons edit

C.D. Huíla's season-by-season performance since 2011:

Overall match statistics
Season	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%
2016	30	10	6	14	29	39	–10	0.567
2015	31	10	9	12	24	34	–10	0.516

Classifications
LG	AC	SC	CL	CC
10th	DNP
7th	R16

Top season scorers
Player	LG	AC	SC	CL	CC	T
Bruno, Nandinho	5					5
Chiquinho	6	0				6

PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals

League and cup positions edit

Performance in CAF competitions edit

CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 2014 – First Round^[3]^[4]

Players and staff edit

Players edit

Squad edit

As of 13 October 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ANG	Julião
2	DF	ANG	Aires Emilson
3	MF	ANG	Malamba
4	MF	ANG	Antunes Sargento
6	MF	ANG	Jose Ventura
7	MF	ANG	Mingo Bile
8	DF	ANG	Sidney
9	FW	CMR	Lionel Yombi
11	MF	ANG	Nandinho
12	GK	ANG	Varito
13	DF	ANG	Tchiwé
14	MF	ANG	Medá


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ANG	Elias Daniel
16	FW	ANG	Gogoró
18	MF	ANG	Milton Suca
19	FW	ANG	José Mendes
20	MF	ANG	Manucho Diniz
22	GK	ANG	Benvindo Afonso
23	DF	ANG	Dino
25	FW	ANG	Pedro Kassadi
26	MF	ANG	Bruno Manuel
27	DF	ANG	Bruno Raúl
28	MF	ANG	Nuno
29	MF	ANG	Cagodó

Staff edit

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
Mário Soares		Head coach
Paulo Campos Caricoco		Assistant coach
Hélder Cruz		Goalkeeper coach
Medical
Luís Sipilante		Physician
João Jorge António Jojó		Physio
Management
Gen. Fabiano Hihepa		Chairman
João Domingos Adão		Manager
António Tchimbungo		Head of Foot Dept

Manager history and performance edit

Season	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C
1998	Zé do Pau
2000	Arnaldo Chaves
2001	Manuel Artur Manú	1st B
2002	Arnaldo Chaves				Carlos Queirós		10th	RU
2003	Ndunguidi Daniel				João Machado		13th	R16
2004		1st B		SF
2005	António Barbosa				Jorge Humberto Chaves		11th	R16
2006	Jorge Humberto Chaves				Agostinho Tramagal		7th	R16
2007	Agostinho Tramagal		8th	R16
2008	Agostinho Tramagal		9th	QF
2009	António Barbosa		11th	SF
2010	António Barbosa				Joaquim Finda Mozer		14th	R16
2011	Joaquim Finda Mozer				João Machado	4 B		PR
2012	Mário Soares	1st B
2013			6th	RU
2014					Lacerda Chipongue		11th	QF
2015	Ivo Traça		7th	R16
2016	Ivo Traça		10th
2017	Mário Soares		9th
2018			6th
2018–19			3rd	RU
2019–20
2020–21	André Macanga

References edit

^ "Desportivo da Huíla presents new coach". portalangop.co.ao. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ "Futebol: Desportivo da Huíla recebe Taça de campeão da segunda divisão" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "CF Mounana wins against Desportivo DA Huíla". gabonews.com. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ "Desportivo da Huíla through CAF cup's sixteenths finals". ANGOP.com. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

External links edit

[1] "Desportivo da Huíla presents new coach". portalangop.co.ao. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[2] "Futebol: Desportivo da Huíla recebe Taça de campeão da segunda divisão" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

[3] "CF Mounana wins against Desportivo DA Huíla". gabonews.com. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

[4] "Desportivo da Huíla through CAF cup's sixteenths finals". ANGOP.com. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

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