C.R.D. Libolo

For the basketball team, see S.L. Benfica (Libolo) (basketball).

The Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, also called Recreativo do Libolo,^[1] is an entity focused on sport in Angola, presenting football, basketball and motor racing. It is based in the village of Calulo, municipality of Libolo, province of Cuanza Sul.^[2] Its Colors are Orange, White and Blue.

Recreativo do Libolo

Full name	Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo
Nickname(s)	Os Coelhos (The Rabbits)
Founded	14 August 1942; 82 years ago (1942-08-14)
Ground	Estádio Municipal de Calulo Calulo, Angola
Capacity	5,000
President	Leonel Casimiro
Manager	Paulo Torres
League	Girabola
2023–24	13th
Website	http://www.recreativolibolo.com/
Home colours Away colours

History

History has it that C.R.D. Libolo resulted as a merger of three clubs in the village of Calulo: Palmeiras FC, Cambuco FC and Fortaleza FC.^[3]

At present, the club competes in two sports: football ^[4] and basketball.

Honours

• Angolan League
  • Champions (4):^[5][6][7] 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
• Angola Cup
  • Winners (1): 2016
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
• Angola SuperCup
  • Winners (1):^[8][9] 2015, 2016
  • Runners-up (3): 2012, 2013, 2017

Recent seasons

C.R.D. Libolo's season-by-season performance since 2011:
As of 20 October 2017^[update]

Overall match statistics Season Pld W D L GF GA GD % 2017 36 14 12 10 46 29 +17 0.514 2016 39 24 10 5 71 32 +39 0.679 2015 35 19 12 4 48 23 +25 0.600

Classifications LG AC SC CL CC 5th R16 RU – GS 3rd 1st W R16 – 1st QF W PR –

Top season scorers Player LG AC SC CL CC T Paizinho 9 2 0 – 0 11 Luiz Phellype 7 2 1 3 13 Fredy 10 1 0 1 12

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

League and cup positions

Performance in CAF competitions

Main article: C.R.D. Libolo in African football

• CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

2016 – First Round

2013 – Group Stage

2012 – First Round

2010 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2017 – Group Stage (Top 16)

2009 – Second Round

Stadium

Recreativo do Libolo is one of the few clubs in the Angolan football league to own a stadium. The 10,000-seat Estádio Municipal de Calulo (Calulo Municipal Stadium) has recently been renamed after and to honour Africa's great statesman and nationalist Patrice Lumumba.^{[citation needed]}

Players and staff

Players

Main article: List of C.R.D. Libolo players

Staff

Name	Nationality	Position(s)
Technical staff
Paulo Torres		Head coach
—		Assistant coach
Fernando Pereira		Goalkeeper coach
Medical
Frederico Branco		Physio
Management
Leonel Casimiro		Chairman
Augusto Correia		Vice-chairman
Cacharamba Jr		Head of Foot Dept

Manager history

Season	Coach	S	L	C	Coach	S	L	C
2006	Rogério Pinto
2007	Luís Mariano
2008
2009					Mariano Barreto
2010	Mariano Barreto
2011	Zeca Amaral
2012
2013	Henrique Calisto				Miller Gomes
2014	Miller Gomes
2015	Sébastien Desabre				João Paulo Costa
2016	João Paulo Costa
2017	Carlos Vaz Pinto				Pedro Caravela
2018	Kito Ribeiro				André Macanga
2018-19	Sérgio Boris
2019-20	André Macanga
2020-21	Romeu Filemón				Paulo Torres

See also

• Libolo Basketball
• Girabola
• Gira Angola

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile
• Facebook profile
• Soccerway profile
• Town of Calulo - Libolo (portuguese)

References

1. Historia recreativolibolo.com Archived 19 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo - História do Clube". Archived from the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
3. "O Surgimento do Clube de Calulo (The Origin of the Club from Calulo)" (in Portuguese). jornaldosdesportos. 15 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
4. "Futebol" (in Portuguese). RecreativoLibolo.ao. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
5. "Libolo draw with FC de Cabinda and win championship". ANGOP.com. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
6. "Libolo conquer 2012 football championship in advance". ANGOP.com. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
7. "Libolo is three-time national football championship winner". ANGOP.com. 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
8. "Recreativo do Libolo win super cup". ANGOP.com. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
9. "Football: Libolo thrash Maquis and win Super cup". ANGOP.com. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.