Santa Rita de Cássia FC

Santa Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube is an Angolan sports club from the city of Uíge. The team made its debut in the Gira Angola (Angola's second division championship) in 2016 after winning the Uige province football championship.[1]

Santa Rita de Cássia
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Full nameSanta Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube
Founded29 August 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-29)
GroundEstádio 4 de Janeiro
Capacity12,000
ChairmanNzolani Pedro
ManagerJoão Fortuna
LeagueGirabola
2022–237th in Girabola

The club is named after Italian saint Rita of Cascia in whose honor a sanctuary was built at the village of Casseche, Uíge city, where an annual pilgrimage is held.[citation needed]

In 2016, its debutant year in the second division, the club managed to be promoted to Angola's top flight division, the Girabola.

2017 disaster

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On February 10, 2017, shortly after the inaugural match of the 2017 Girabola between home team Santa Rita de Cássia and Recreativo do Libolo, one of the access gates of Estádio 4 de Janeiro collapsed as access was made free and attendants tried to force their way into the stadium. As a result, 17 people were trampled to death and 76 injured, 5 of whom with life-threatening injuries.[2]

Achievements

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2016
  • Uige provincial championship: 1
2015

League & Cup Positions

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Recent seasons

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Santa Rita de Cássia's season-by-season performance since 2011:

  • PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals, RU = Runner-Up, W = Winner

Players and staff

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Staff

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Name Nat Pos
Technical staff
João Fortuna   Head coach
João Manuel Paulo   Assistant coach
TBA   Goal-keeper Coach
Medical
TBA   Physio
Management
Nzolani Pedro   Chairman

Manager history

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Season Coach L2 L C Coach L2 L C Coach L2 L C
2016   Paulo Saraiva
2017   Sérgio Traguil   Lusala Dady   Hélder Teixeira
2018   João Paulo   Mbuisso António
2019   Nseka Nitoya   Paulo Saraiva   Almério Cristóvão
2019–20   Kiombo Pemba   Marcos Chivinda   Almério Cristóvão
2020–21   João Fortuna

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Segundona". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Uíge: Dezassete mortos na partida de futebol entre Santa Rita e Recreativo do Libolo" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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