S.L. Benfica (Lubango)

Benfica do Lubango

Full name	Sport Lubango e Benfica
Founded	27 February 1932; 92 years ago (1932-02-27)
Ground	Estádio 11 de Novembro Lubango, Angola
Capacity	14,000
Chairman	Jacques da Conceição
Manager	Jorge Nito
League	Segundona
2018/19	3rd
Home colours Away colours

Sport Lubango e Benfica, and best known as Benfica do Lubango, is an Angolan football club based in Lubango. They play their home games at the Estádio Nossa Senhora do Monte.

Benfica do Lubango was established as the 16th affiliate of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The first chairman to be elected was Eduardo Gomes de Albuquerque e Castro.

Following the country's independence in 1975 and an attempt by the communist regime to erase all traces of colonial rule (even from sports), the club, which had been created as an affiliate to S.L. Benfica, was ordered to change its name and therefore became known as Desportivo da Chela, as it participated in the first edition of the country's post-independence premier league.

Season	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C
1980	Job Cipriano
1981	Damião Pinto				Nicolas Bosilov
1982	Domingos Inguila				António Felix
1984	António Felix				Nelo Amaro
1985	João Machado
1986	Zé do Pau				Pepé & Malé
1987	Arsénio Ribeiro
1992	Zé do Pau
1995	Eduardo Laurindo
2000	Zé do Pau
2001	Carlos Queirós
2002
2004	João Machado				Horácio Géu
2006	Romeu Filemon
2007
2008	Gonçalo Arsénio				Alberto Cardeau
2009
2010	Alberto Cardeau				Patrick Kodia
2011	Lacerda Chipongue
2012	Jorge Nito
2013
2014
2015	Lacerda Chipongue
2019	Jorge Nito

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

• Guy Oliver. Almanack of World Football 2007 Headline, 2006 pg. 171

• 2014 Girabola squad at Girabola.com