Atlético Sport Aviação

Atlético Sport Aviação, best known as ASA, is a football club from Luanda, Angola.

ASA

Full name	Atlético Sport Aviação
Nickname(s)	Os Aviadores
Founded	1 April 1953; 71 years ago (1953-04-01)
Ground	Estádio da Cidadela Luanda, Angola
Capacity	40,000
Chairman	José Luís Prata
Manager	n/a
2018–19	15th, Girabola
Home colours Away colours

The club was founded in 1953 by a group of workers from TAAG's predecessor DTA. Mr. Jacinto Medina was the first chairman.

Before Angola's independence, the club was known as Atlético Sport Aviação ^[1]. After independence, it was called Desportivo da TAAG, named after its major sponsor, the Angolan Airlines. In 1992, the club's name was reverted to its original ASA.

The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1995. Two players from ASA represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Jamba and Love.

Achievements

• Angolan League: 3^[1][2][3]
  • 2002, 2003, 2004.
  • 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 (colonial champions)
• Angolan Cup: 3^[4][5]
  • 1995, 2005, 2010.
• Angolan SuperCup: 6^{[6][7][8][9][10]}
  • 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011.

Recent seasons

Atlético Sport Aviação's season-by-season performance since 2011:

Overall match statistics Season Pld W D L GF GA GD % 2016 32 11 3 18 28 44 –16 0.625 2015 31 10 8 13 32 40 –8 0.532

Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 13th R16 9th PR

Top season scorers Player LG AC SC CL CC T Nelito 8 0 8 Guelor 8 ? 8

• 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 history

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

2003 – Group Stage (Top 8)

2004 – Second Round

2005 – Second Round

2006 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2005 – Intermediate Round

2011 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Cup: 3 appearances

1993 – Semi-Finals

2001 – Second Round

2002 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1982 – First Round

1994 – First Round

1996 – First Round

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio da Cidadela, which has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.

Players and staff

Players

Main article: List of Atlético Sport Aviação players

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
—		Head coach
—		Assistant coach
—		Goalkeeper coach
Medical
—		Physio
—		Masseur
Management
José Luís Prata		Chairman

Manager history

Season Coach S L C Coach S L C Coach S L C 1979   Chico Ventura 1980 1981 1982   Zlatko Škorić 1983   Chico Ventura 1984 1985 1986   Arlindo Leitão   Maló & Geovety 1987   Severino Cardoso Smica   Bogomil Bijev 1988   Chico Ventura   Avelino Neto Maló   Nina Serrano 1989   Nina Serrano 1990   Napoleão Brandão   Sabino Silva 1991   Sarmento   Joka Santinho 1992   Veselin Jelušić Vesko 1993 1994   Dušan Condić 1995   João Machado   1996     José Kilamba 1997   José Kilamba 1998   Djalma Cavalcante 1999   Carlos Alhinho 2000   Bernardino Pedroto

Season Coach S L C Coach S L C Coach S L C 2001   Bernardino Pedroto 2002   2003     2004     2005     2006   2007   Manuel Fernandes 2008 2009   Marinho Peres   José Miguel Minhonha 2010   José Dinis   2011   2012 2013   Ricardo Almeida   José Miguel Minhonha 2014   Ernesto Castanheira   Samy Matias 2015   R. Gonçalves Robertinho 2016   José de Carvalho Corolla 2017   João Machado   Abílio Amaral   José Saraiva 2018   José Dinis 2018–19

Other sports

• ASA Basketball
• ASA Handball

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

External links

• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile
• Facebook profile

References

1. "O Atlético Sport Aviação (Asa) conquistou o primeiro título" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 21 Oct 2002. Retrieved 6 Dec 2014.
2. "O Atlético Sport Aviação(ASA) sagrou-se pela segunda vez consecutiva campeão nacional" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 24 Nov 2003. Retrieved 14 Dec 2014.
3. "Angola/Soccer: ASA Win Third National Title". ANGOP.com. 27 Oct 2004. Retrieved 14 Dec 2014.
4. "Soccer: Kadima Goal Gives ASA Victory In Angola Cup". ANGOP.com. 12 Nov 2005. Retrieved 23 Nov 2014.
5. "ASA win Angola League Cup". ANGOP.com. 12 Nov 2010. Retrieved 23 Nov 2014.
6. "O Atlético Sport Aviação (ASA) conquistou a Supertaça de Angola" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 8 Feb 2003. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
7. "The Athletic Sport Aviation (ASA) has won the Angola Super Cup". ANGOP.com. 8 Feb 2004. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
8. "Football: ASA Win Angola´s Super-Cup". ANGOP.com. 7 Feb 2005. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
9. "Football: Soccer: ASA Win Angola Super-Cup". ANGOP.com. 22 Feb 2006. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
10. "ASA beat Interclube, win Super Cup". ANGOP.com. 7 Mar 2011. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.

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