Atlético Petróleos de Luanda

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country.

Petro de Luanda

Full name	Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
Nickname(s)	Os Tricolores Os Petrolíferos
Founded	14 January 1980; 42 years ago (1980-01-14)
Ground	Estádio 11 de Novembro Luanda, Angola
Capacity	48,500
President	Tomás Faria
Manager	Alexandre Santos
League	First Division
2022	1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

In its initial days, the club was known as Petroclube.

Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Lebo Lebo, Lamá, Zé Kalanga and Delgado.

The club has also a basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participated with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008.

Achievements

• Angolan League: 16

1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2022

• Angola Cup: 12

1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2021

• Angola Super Cup: 6

1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2013

 

Jesus

Tony

Zeca

Santos

Feliciano

Melanchton

Teixeira

Macuéria

Franco

Nandinho

 

 First lineup in official competition

 

Lito

J.Machado

Jesus

Abreu

Meco

Dedé

Melanchton

Cuba

Moreno

Franco

Panzo

 

 First lineup in Girabola – 9/5/1981

Recent seasons

Petro de Luanda's season-by-season performance since 2001:
As of 2 September 2018^[update]

Overall match statistics Season Pld W D L GF GA GD % 2018–19 45 28 9 8 60 24 +36 0.711 2018 32 15 14 3 44 17 +27 0.516 2017 33 22 3 8 49 21 +28 0.788 2016 33 21 7 5 42 17 +25 0.712 2015 33 12 8 13 29 31 –2 0.561 2014 – – – – – – + – 2013 – – – – – – + – 2012 – – – – – – + – 2011 – – – – – – + –

Classifications GB AC SC CL CC 2nd SF – – GS 2nd – – – R1 2nd 1st – – – 2nd SF 8th SF 5th 2nd RU 4th 1st W 3rd 1st 3rd R32 R16

Top season scorers Player LG AC SC CL CC T Azulão 13 2 – – 5 20 Azulão 20 – – – 1 21 Azulão 15 3 – – – 18 Azulão 9 1 – – – 10 Job 6 1 – – 1 7 Ladji Keita 13 2 0 – 4 19 Ladji Keita 8 5 0 – 0 13 Kembua 10 – – – Love 20 – – –

• PR = Preliminary round, R1 = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals, RU = Runner-Up, W = Winner

Performance in CAF competitions

Main article: Atlético Petróleos de Luanda in African football

• CAF Champions League: 7 appearances

1998 – Second Round

2001 – Semi-Finals

2002 – First Round

2004 – Third Round

2007 – First Round

2009 – First Round

2010 – Second Round

2019−20 – Group Stage

2020−21 – Group Stage

2021−22 – Semi-Finals

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

1983: Second Round

1985: First Round

1987: First Round

1988: Second Round

1989: First Round

1990: First Round

1991: Second Round

1994: First Round

1995: First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 7 appearances

2004 – Group Stage

2006 – Group Stage

2008 – First Round

2010 – Second Round of 16

2013 – First Round

2014 – Second Round of 16

2015 –

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1997 – Finalist

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1992 – First Round

1993 – Second Round

1999 – First Round

2003 – First Round

 

 2019–2020

Logo

At a General Assembly meeting held on June 27, 2020, it was decided that the former logo should be reinstated with a few minor adjustments.^{[citation needed]}

Players and staff

Players

Main article: List of Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players

Squad

As of 18 August 2022

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   BRA Wellington 2 MF   ANG Diógenes 3 DF   ANG Ito 4 DF   POR Pedro Pinto 5 MF   BRA William Soares 7 FW   ANG Anderson Cruz 8 MF   ANG Carlinhos 9 FW   ANG Yano 10 MF   ANG Megue 11 MF   ANG Jaredi Lopes 12 GK   ANG Beny 13 DF   ANG Tó Carneiro 15 MF   ANG Maranata Vunge

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   ANG Dos Santos 17 MF   ANG Karanga 20 MF   ANG Cabibi 21 FW   BRA Gleison 22 GK   ANG Augusto Mualucano 24 DF   ANG Kinito 25 DF   ANG Eddie 26 FW   BRA Tiago Azulão 27 FW   ANG Gilberto 28 DF   ANG Pedro Francisco 29 FW   ANG Depú 32 DF   ANG Mindinho 37 MF   ANG Maya

Staff

Name	Nationality	Position(s)
Technical staff
Alexandre Santos		Head Coach
Flávio Amado		Assistant Coach
João Ndoce		Assistant Coach
Medical
Nelson Bolivar		Physician
Maurício Marques		Physio
Ramiro José		Masseur
Management
Tomás Faria		Chairman
Chico Afonso		Vice-Chairman
Renato Campos		Head of Foot Dept

Manager history

Season Coach S L C Coach S L C Coach S L C 1980   Vassili Moratev Vesco 1981   Antônio Clemente 1982   1983 1984   Carlos Queirós   Severino Miranda Smica   1985   Alfredo Abraão 1986   Carlos Silva   1987   Carlos Silva   Carlos Queirós   Antônio Clemente       1988   Antônio Clemente     1989   Carlos Queirós   1990   1991 1992   Gojko Zec   1993       1994       1995   Jesus   1996   Jesus   António Lopes Chiby 1997   António Lopes Chiby   Jorge Ferreira     1998   Jorge Ferreira   1999 2000   Djalma Cavalcante

Season Coach S L C Coach S L C 2001   Djalma Cavalcante   2002   José Roberto Ávilas     2003   Jan Brouwer 2004   Antônio Clemente 2005   Arthur Bernardes   Carlos Alhinho 2006   Carlos Alhinho   Djalma Cavalcante 2007   Bernardino Pedroto 2008   2009   2010   Miroslav Maksimović 2011   Miroslav Maksimović 2012   Miller Gomes   2013   Miller Gomes     José Dinis   2014   Alexandre Grasseli 2015 2016   Beto Bianchi 2017   2018 2018-19   Toni Cosano 2019-20   Toni Cosano 2020-21   Mateus Agostinho Bodunha 2021-22   Alexandre Santos

Chairman history

• Tomás Faria – 2014–present
• Mateus de Brito † – 2012–2014
• Cardoso Pereira – 2008–2011
• Paulo Gouveia Júnior – 2004–2007
• Silva Neto – 1999–2003
• Botelho de Vasconcelos – 1990–1999

Other Sports

• Petro Atlético Basketball
• Petro Atlético Handball
• Petro Atlético Hockey

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

External links

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

References