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Santa Rita de Cássia FC

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Santa Rita de Cássia
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Full nameSanta Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube
Founded29 August 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08-29)
GroundEstádio 4 de Janeiro
Capacity12,000
ChairmanNzolani Pedro
ManagerJoão Fortuna
LeagueGirabola
2023–2412th in Girabola

Santa Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube is an Angolan sports club from the city of Uíge. The team made its debut in the Gira Angola (Angola's second division championship) in 2016 after winning the Uige province football championship.[1]

The club is named after Italian saint Rita of Cascia in whose honor a sanctuary was built at the village of Casseche, Uíge city, where an annual pilgrimage is held.[citation needed]

In 2016, its debutant year in the second division, the club managed to be promoted to Angola's top flight division, the Girabola.

2017 disaster

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On February 10, 2017, shortly after the inaugural match of the 2017 Girabola between home team Santa Rita de Cássia and Recreativo do Libolo, one of the access gates of Estádio 4 de Janeiro collapsed as access was made free and attendants tried to force their way into the stadium. As a result, 17 people were trampled to death and 76 injured, 5 of whom with life-threatening injuries.[2]

Achievements

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2016
  • Uige provincial championship: 1
2015

League & Cup Positions

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Recent seasons

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Santa Rita de Cássia's season-by-season performance since 2011:

  • 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

Players and staff

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Staff

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Name Nat Pos
Technical staff
João Fortuna Head coach
João Manuel Paulo Angola Assistant coach
TBA Angola Goal-keeper Coach
Medical
TBA Angola Physio
Management
Nzolani Pedro Angola Chairman

Manager history

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Season Coach L2 L C Coach L2 L C Coach L2 L C
2016 Angola Paulo Saraiva
2017 Portugal Sérgio Traguil Democratic Republic of the Congo Lusala Dady Angola Hélder Teixeira
2018 Angola João Paulo Angola Mbuisso António
2019 Angola Nseka Nitoya Angola Paulo Saraiva Angola Almério Cristóvão
2019–20 Angola Kiombo Pemba Angola Marcos Chivinda Angola Almério Cristóvão
2020–21 Angola João Fortuna

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Segundona". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Uíge: Dezassete mortos na partida de futebol entre Santa Rita e Recreativo do Libolo" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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