Académica Petróleos do Lobito

Académica do Lobito

Full name	Académica Petróleos do Lobito
Nickname(s)	Os Estudantes
Founded	17 March 1970; 54 years ago (1970-03-17)
Ground	Estádio do Buraco Lobito, Angola
Capacity	3,000[1]
Chairman	Luís Gonçalo Borges
Manager	Águas da Silva
League	First Division
2023–24	10th
Home colours Away colours

Académica Petróleos do Lobito, usually known as Académica Lobito, are a football (soccer) club from Lobito, Angola. The club was founded in 1970 as Académica da Chilimba by Mr. Geraldo Guiado and a few associates. In 1981, a sponsorship deal with Angolan state-owned oil company Sonangol resulted in the club's name being changed to the current designation.

They are competing in 2009 in the Girabola. They play their home games at Estádio do Buraco.^[2]

Achievements

• Angolan 2nd Division: 1^[3]

2014

Recent seasons

Académica do Lobito's season-by-season performance since 2011:

Overall match statistics Season Pld W D L GF GA GD % 2016 33 11 7 15 27 41 −14 0.561 2015 31 9 6 16 36 39 −3 0.548

Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 12th QF 13th PR

Top season scorers Player LG AC SC CL CC T Rúben 6 ? 6 Jacek 10 ? 10

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

League & cup positions

Players and staff

Players

Main article: List of Académica Petróleos do Lobito players

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
Águas da Silva		Head coach
Ernesto Cotel		Assistant coach
Carlos Sambaca		Goal-keeper coach
Medical
Isaac Muajambi		Physician
Rui Garcia		Physio
Victor Bocoto		Masseur
Management
Luís Gonçalo Borges		Chairman

Manager history

Season Coach Coach Coach 1979 Paím 1980 Rafael Garrocho 1981 Chico Santana Chiby Vítor Gonçalves 1982 Vitor Gonçalves 1983 Chiby Ruben Garcia 1991 Kidumo Pedro 1992 1993 1994 1995 Nando Jordão 1996 1997 Arnaldo Chaves 1998 Carlos Queirós 1999 2000 2001 João Machado 2002

Season Coach Coach Coach Coach 2003 Nando Jordão 2004 Henriques Fernandes Albano César 2005 Albano César 2006 2007 2008 António Lopes Chiby João Pintar 2009 Rui Teixeira Agostinho Tramagal 2010 Agostinho Tramagal 2011 Daniel Quinhentos José Rocha José Silvestre Pelé César Caná 2012 José Silvestre Pelé 2013 Agostinho Tramagal 2014 Ekrem Asma[4] 2015 2016 Vaz Pinto António Lopes Chiby 2017 António Alegre José Silvestre Pelé 2018 Rui Garcia 2018–19 Paulino Júnior 2019–20 Águas Zeca da Silva

See also

• Girabola (2016)
• Gira Angola

References

1. "Girabola – Campeonato Nacional de Futebol de Angola". Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
2. "Académica Petróleos do Lobito" (in Portuguese). O Gol. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
3. "Futebol: Académica do Lobito campeã da segunda divisão" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
4. "Interview with Ekrem Asma". fussball.de. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.

External links

• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile
• Académica Petróleos do Lobito on Facebook