Santa Rita de Cássia FC

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][2]

Santa Rita de Cássia

Full name	Santa Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube
Founded	29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)
Ground	Estádio 4 de Janeiro
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Nzolani Pedro
Manager	Almério Cristovão (c)
League	Girabola
2018–19	11th
Home colours Away colours

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.

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

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.[3]

Achievements

• Angolan League: 0

• Angolan Cup: 0

• Angolan SuperCup: 0

• Gira Angola: 1

2016

• Uige provincial championship: 1

2015

League & Cup Positions

Recent seasons

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

Overall match statistics Season Pld W D L GF GA GD % 2016 15 8 4 3 14 7 +7 0.633

Classifications L3 L2 L1 AC 1st 1a PR

Top season scorers Player L3 L2 L1 AC T ? ? ? ? ?

• 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

Staff

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

• Note: (c) = caretaker manager

Players

Santa Rita de Cássia players

[4]

Nat	#	Nick	Name	A	P	–	P.S.	Hélder Teixeira			M.A.	A. Cristóvão			A. Cristóvão
						2015	2016	2017			2018	2018–19 (11th)			2019–20
						#	#	#	A	G	#	#	A	G	#	A	G
								Abel	Abel Manfuila	28	FW		–	19	^2	^1
		Água Doce	José Fernandes Mbuta	24	MF			20	^11(5)	^1	14	→
		Alberto					–
		Alex	Alex Kahembe		GK						→	12	^1(1)	^0
		Ary					–				28
		Barese	João Vata					19	^1(1)	^0	→
	6	Beni	Beni Kimbi Fua	25	FW							→			6	^11	^0
		Benvindo	Nsianfumu Benvindo Afonso	23	GK		–				1	1	^22(1)	^0	→
		Bissio	Yannick Landu	24	FW		10
		Bruno	Adilson Bruno Mpulu		DF		7	7	^20	^0	→
	1	Carlos	Carlos Camolongi	32	GK							→			1	^14	^0
		Carlos	Carlos Nzuzi Fuila	31	DF						→
	20	Celi	Celestino da Silva Simão		MF						→	20	^12(2)	^2	20	^19	^0
		Chano	Mauro Edgar F. Manuel		FW			30	^2(3)	^0
		Clinton	Makinda Gomes					25	^(1)	^0
		Coby	António Sena Tuiango Morais		GK		–	16	^4	^0
	4	Crespo	Artur Manuel Malungo	22	DF										4	^4	^0
	9	Cris		21	FW							9	^5(7)	^0	9	^2	^0
		Cristiano	Cristiano Diassilau		DF		–
		Dennis	Dennis Sesugh	22	FW			9	^10	^3
	2	Dieu	Dieu Maquissossila David	24	DF							2	^8(3)	^0	2	^4	^1
		Dino	Florentino de S. António	27	FW		–				18	→
	11	Edmilson	António Dipoco Teodoro	19	MF			6	^18(1)	^0		11	^27	^2	11	^19(1)	^0
		Eliseu	Eliseu Lucas Carlos Cabanga	22	DF						→	13	^3	^0
	21	Etoh	Nzalambila Lumu		FW										21	^6	^1
		Feião	Moisés Sebastião Cabungula		MF						→	27	^16(2)	^1
		Filipe	Israel Kipindi Pacote da Silva	34	FW							→			18	^9(1)	^2
		Finidi	Luís Domingos Canganjo	27	MF		→	21	^5	^0	→
		Foguinho	Júlio Samucuenje Baptista	24							→	26	^19(5)	^8	→
		Frank	Francisco Barros Jimbi				→	14	^13	^0	→
		Fuky	Manuel Paulo David	28	MF							→			7	^5(1)	^0
		G.T.I.	Daniel António Jonata	22	MF						→	7	^27(1)	^4	→
		Gazeta	Pedro Malunduma Maienga	25	MF	→	18	18	^28	^6	→
		Godzila	Pedro Domingos Sengo		DF		24	4	^7(1)	^0	→
		Hugo					–
		Ike	Ike Chidi Bright	26	DF			24	^3	^0
		Iniesta	António Lukeba	25	MF	→	8	8	^3(11)	^0	8
	17	Jamuana	Manuel Alexandre Jamuana	36	DF							17	^18(2)	^2	17	^12(3)	^0
	14	Jessy	Jessy Ndaie Kumanzide								→	14	^2(3)	^0	14
		Joel	Joel Diaku		DF		4	4	^(1)	^0	4
	18	José	José António												18	^4(1)	^1
		Kandú	Déo Kanda	28	MF			24	^5(3)	^3
		Kevinho										23	^(4)	^0
		Kina			GK		–
		Kissi	Kingslei Kofi Kissi	22	GK		→	1	^9	^0
		Kongolo	Emilio Kongolo Filipe		FW							→			10	^(1)	^0
	12	Lambito	Yuri José Ndanji Baião	25	GK										12	^1	^0
	7	Lazi	Lázaro Francisco da Rocha	21	MF										7	^7	^0
		Leandro	Leandro França Cerqueira	27	MF			10	^5(3)	^0
		Lelé	Fabiano Miguel Pengui	29	DF						→	5	^13	^1
		Lema	Gonçalves Mpassi		MF			13	^4(3)	^1
		Liliano	Liliano Pedro	20	FW		→	29	^11(6)	^3	→
		Londaka	Mauro de Almeida Londaka	27	MF						→	6	^4(6)	^0
	15	Lubanzadio													15	^2(2)	^0
	13	Lucas	Lucas Ndongala									→			13	^3(8)	^1
	28	M.C.	Lutonda João sebastião	26	FW							28	^7(2)	^3	28	^8(3)	^0
	33	Mafuta	Afonso Mbemba João Marques	20	MF										33	^1(2)	^1
		Makuntima	Makuntima Fernando Bunga		DF		→	26	^8(1)	^0
	27	Manespy	Manuel Simão António	22	MF										27	^5(5)	^3
		Mano	Manuel				–				2	2	^1(1)	^0
		Mano Mano	Constantino Carlos António	20							→	10	^10(3)	^0	→
	30	Manú	Manuel Júlio Famorosa Vunge	26	DF							→			30	^13	^0
		Manucho	José Tibúrcio		GK			12	^12(1)	^0
		Manuel										19	^6(3)	^0
		Maurito	Norberto Mauro da Costa Mulenessa	36	FW			19	^DNP
		Mavambu	Mavambu João Afonso Baptista	24	MF			10	^10(2)	^1	→				25	^1(5)	^0
	23	Micki	Miguel Cipriano da Gama	38	DF							→			23	^3(1)	^0
		Miguel	Miguel Pedro Bengui	23	FW							21	^10	^2	→
	10	Milambo	Ndanda Ricardo Mendes	24	DF						→	4	^20	^0	10	^8	^0
		Milinga					–
		Ministro					–
		Modeste	Modeste Osaka Ngelenda					9	^1(2)	^1	13	→
	24	Mufuma	Osvaldo Augusto Macaia Mufuma												24	^(1)	^0
		Nando	Fernando Mussibo Augusto		MF			27	^11(5)	^0	25	25	^9(6)	^1
	26	Naxi													26	^1	^0
	34	Nilton													34	^1	^0
	29	Norberto	Kiatalua Tadeu Emous	26	MF							→			29	^21	^4
	8	Patrick	Patricio Kitese Matumona		DF							8	^3(4)	^0	8	^1(1)	^0
		Paulo					26
		Pedro			DF		–	→
		Pira					–
		Rasca	Maieco Domingos Henrique António	35	FW		→	20	^1(1)	^1
		Reis						19	^DNP
		Richy	Pedro Lundoloki		MF			13	^2(3)	^0
		Roblin	Sungu Kintatu Roblen		DF		5	5	^4(1)	^0
		Sawú	Mazenga Dimanza Garcia	33	FW			28	^2(5)	^0
	5	Sebas	Sebastião Nsenga Mbenza	24	DF			5	^5	^0	5				5	^15	^0
		Shayi	Mukengeshayi Tumba	29	FW			11	^2(3)	^0
		Simão	Rosalino Baleiro Veya		DF		→	2	^28	^2	→
		Sozito	Mário Bernardo Keita		DF						→	18	^25	^0	→
		Tachungo	Carlos Tashungu Wungu		DF			3	^15	^1	3
		Tati	Pedro Tati		MF			28	^(1)	^0
		Thomas	Emmanuel A. Thomas	28	MF			21	^6	^0
	16	Toy	André Augusto Miranda Kongo	32	GK			1	^3	^0	→	16	^8	^0	16	^6	^0
		Vata	João Vata		GK		22
		Vemba	Vemba Mawete		FW		23	23	^10(1)	^0
		Vidinho	Victor Pedro Nangue	22	DF							24	^16(2)	^2	24	^8	^1
		Yuri	Norberto Yuri Lutanda	25	FW		15	15	^20	^0	→	15	^24	^0
		Yuyú	João Sama Mateus		DF		13
		Zé Kalanga	Paulo Baptista Nsimba	34	MF			17	^4(5)	^0
	3	Zeza	Carlos Guimarães Gomes		DF						→	3	^14(1)	^1	3	^14	^0
Years						2015	2016	2017			2018	2018–19		29	2019-20		16

Manager history

Season	Coach	L2	L	C	Coach	L2	L	C	Coach	L2	L	C
2016	Paulo Saraiva
2017	Sérgio Traguil				Lusala Dady				Hélder Teixeira
2018	João Paulo				Mbuisso António
2019	Nseka Nitoya				Paulo Saraiva				Almério Cristóvão
2019–20	Kiombo Pemba				Marcos Chivinda				Almério Cristóvão

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

References

1. "Segundona". rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
2. "Futebol: Santa Rita vence campeonato provincial no Uíge". ANGOP Angolan News Agency. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
3. "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.
4. "Futebol/Girabola: Santa Rita de Cássia ilustre desconhecido com mundialista no plantel" (in Portuguese). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.

External links

• Facebook profile