C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (men's basketball)

Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is an Angolan men's basketball team based in Luanda. The team is part of the multi-sports club with the same name. The club is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces which is its main sponsor. The team competes at the local level at the Luanda Provincial Basketball Championship and at the BIC Basket. In the past, it has played in the Africa Basketball League competitions.

Primeiro de Agosto
Nickname	D'Agosto Os Rubro e Negros Os Militares
League	Angolan Basketball League
Founded	1 August 1977; 47 years ago (1977-08-01)
Arena	Pavilhão Victorino Cunha
Capacity	1,500
Location	Luanda, Angola
Team colors	Crimson and Black
President	Carlos Hendrick
Head coach	Lazare Adingono
Championships	19 Angola League 14 Angola Cups 12 Angola Super Cups 9 Africa Basketball Leagues
Website	http://www.primeiroagosto.com/
Home Away Third

Primeiro de Agosto is the most decorated team in Africa and holds the record of titles won in the African Basketball Club Champions League with nine championships, their last one being in 2019.

History

In 2002, the club set an all-time Angolan record by winning all domestic and continental competitions, including the 2002 Angola Super Cup, the Angolan league, the Luanda provincial championship, the 2002 Angola cup and the 2002 FIBA Africa Champions Cup, without conceding a single defeat in the entire season.

In 2019, Primeiro won its record ninth African title after defeating AS Salé in Luanda.

Honours

Honours		No.	Years
Leagues
Angolan Basketball League[1][2][3][4][5]	Winner	19	1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018
	Runner-up	6	2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2023
Cups
Angola Cup[6][7][8]	Winner	15	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2021
	Runner-up	4	2004, 2007, 2014, 2015
Wlademiro Romero Super Cup[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]	Winner	12	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
	Runner-up	3	2006, 2019, 2021
Victorino Cunha Cup[16][17][18]	Winner	9	2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
	Runner-up	2	2010, 2013
FIBA Africa Club Competitions
Africa Basketball League[19][20][21][22][23][24]	Winner	9	2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019
	Runner-up	3	1987, 2006, 2011
International Tournaments
Supertaça Compal[25]	Winner	1	2011
	Runner-up	1	2010

Current roster

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As of 10 May 2022

Primeiro de Agosto roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 2 Ambrósio, Wilson PG 3 Walker, Deshaunt 5 Santos, Geraldo 7 Ricardo, Juscelino 8 Domingos, Tarcio PF 9 Ambrosio, Felizardo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C 11 Dò, Teotonio 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 PG 16 Santos, Hermenegildo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 17 Quimbamba, Benvindo PF 18 Manuel, Islando 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 Sebastião, Delcio C 23 Cissé, Malick 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 101 kg (223 lb)	Head coach José Carlos Guimarães Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 10 May 2022

Staff

Name	Position
José Moniz	Vice President for Basketball
Joaquim Gomes	Director for Basketball
Carlos Antunes	Head of Basketball Dept
Paulo Macedo	Head coach
Aníbal Moreira	Assistant coach
Miguel Lutonda	Assistant coach

Former notable players

	Ângelo Victoriano	F/C
	David Dias	F/C
	Gustavo da Conceição	SF
	Herlander Coimbra	PF
	Jean-Jacques	PF
	Manuel Sousa Necas	SG
	Miguel Lutonda	PG
	Paulo Macedo	PG

Head coaches

Nat.	Name	From	To
	Victorino Cunha	Jan 1979	May 1998
	Fernando Barbosa	May 1998	Dec 1998
	Mário Palma	Jan 1999	Feb 2006
	Jaime Covilhã	Feb 2006	Jan 2008
	Luís Magalhães	Jan 2008	May 2011
	Paulo Macedo	May 2012	May 2015
	Mário Palma	Sep 2011	May 2012
	Ricard Casas	Jun 2015	Jun 2017
	Paulo Macedo	Jun 2017	Jun 2020
	José Carlos Guimarães	2021	2022
	Lazare Adingono	2022	present

See also

• C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (women's basketball)
• Primeiro de Agosto Football
• Primeiro de Agosto Handball
• Primeiro de Agosto Volleyball
• Primeiro de Agosto Roller Hockey
• BIC Basket
• Federação Angolana de Basquetebol

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Africabasket profile (Men)
• SportStats profile
• Facebook profile
• Basketball blog

References

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