C.R. Caála

Clube Recreativo da Caála, commonly known as just Recreativo da Caála, is an Angolan football club based in Caála, a municipality 23 km to the province's capital city of Huambo.

Recreativo da Caála

Full name	Clube Recreativo da Caála
Founded	24 June 1944; 80 years ago (1944-06-24)
Ground	Estádio Mártires da Canhala Caála, Huambo, Angola
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Horácio Mosquito
Manager	David Dias
League	First Division
2021–22	7th
Home colours Away colours

History

CR Caála was founded on 24 June 1944 and competing in Angola's top-level league, the Girabola.^[1]

The management of Recreativo da Caála dismissed on Monday [3 May] the Portuguese Victor Manuel as the coach of the football club. Also according to the same source, the team also sacked the assistant coach Jorge Prisca and Fernando Pereira, goalkeepers coach.

Stadium

Recreativo da Caála is one of the few clubs in Angola's top division to own a football stadium, the Estádio Mártires da Canhala. The former 3,000 capacity stadium has been rehabilitated and expanded to 10,000-seats. It's reinauguration took place on 6 October 2013.^[2]

Achievements

• Angola Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2012

Recent seasons

C.R. Caála's season-by-season performance since 2011:

Overall match statistics Season Pld W D L GF GA GD % 2016 31 8 10 13 27 27 0 0.468 2015 32 8 15 9 30 26 +4 0.391

Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 11th PR 11th R16

Top season scorers Player LG AC SC CL CC T Paizinho 9 0 9 Paizinho 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 and cup positions

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2011 – First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
  • 2013 – Second Round

Players and staff

Players

Main article: List of C.R. Caála players

Staff

Name	Nat	Pos
Technical staff
David Dias		Head coach
Luís Aires		Assistant coach
Yamba Asha		Assistant coach
Severino Capessa		Goalkeeper coach
Medical
		Physician
Rui Garcia		Physio
		Masseur
Management
Horácio Mosquito		Chairman
		Vice-chairman
		Head of Foot Dept

Manager history and performance

Season	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C	Coach	L2	L1	C
1985	Arlindo Leitão
1986
2005	António Sayombo †	3rd
2007	Mbuisso António	3rd
2008	Hélder Teixeira				Jorge Paixão	1st		DNP
2009	Jorge Paixão		9th	QF
2010	Rui Gregório				João Kódia				David Dias		2nd	R16
2011	Vítor Manuel				Luís Aires		4th	QF
2012	Luís Aires				Fernando Pereira		10th	RU
2013	Ricardo Formosinho				Vaz Pinto		11th	SF
2014	Vaz Pinto				Fernando Pereira		7th	R16
2015	Bernardino Pedroto				Hélder Teixeira				Luís Aires		11th	R16
2016	Luís Aires				Alberto Cardeau		11th	R32
2017	Alberto Cardeau				David Dias		8th	R16
2018	David Dias		12th
2018-19			9th
2019-20	Hélder Teixeira				David Dias

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

References

1. "Clube Recreativo da Caála reabilita infra-estruturas sociais". Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
2. "Estádio Mártires da Canhala será inaugurado domingo" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 4 Oct 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 21 Mar 2016.

External links

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