C.D. Huíla
Angolan football club
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Clube Desportivo da Huíla is an Angolan football club based in Lubango, Huila. The club is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces and has close ties with Primeiro de Agosto. In the 2011–12 season of the Angolan second division, the club got promoted to the Girabola. They play their home games at the Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla. On 17 April 2006 Agostinho Tramagal was appointed as their new coach.
Lubango, Angola
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| Full name | Clube Desportivo da Huíla | |||
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| Founded | 7 March 1998 | |||
| Ground | Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla Lubango, Angola | |||
| Capacity | 15,000 | |||
| Chairman | Gen. Fabiano Hihepa | |||
| Manager | Mário Soares | |||
| League | Girabola | |||
| 2025–26 | 7th | |||
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On 2 April 2012, Mário Francisco Soares Lopes was presented this Monday in Lubango city, southern Huíla province, as the new coach of the second division soccer team of Desportivo da Huíla. The new coach replaces Joaquim Finda "Mozer", who managed the team over the last two years. [1]
Achievements
- Angolan League:
- Winner 0:
- Runner Up (0) :
- Angola Cup:
- Angola Super Cup:
- Winner 0:
- Runner Up (0) :
- Gira Angola:[2]
- Winner (1): 2004.
- Runner Up (0) :
Recent seasons
C.D. Huíla'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
League and cup positions
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
Players and staff
Players
Squad
- As of 13 October 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
| Name | Nat | Pos | |
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| Technical staff | |||
| Paulo Torres |  |
Head coach | |
| Paulo Campos Caricoco |  |
Assistant coach | |
| Hélder Cruz |  |
Goalkeeper coach | |
| Medical | |||
| Luís Sipilante | |
Physician | |
| João Jorge António Jojó | |
Physio | |
| Management | |||
| Gen. Fabiano Hihepa | |
Chairman | |
| João Domingos Adão | |
Manager | |
| António Tchimbungo | |
Head of Foot Dept | |
Manager history and performance
| Season | Coach | L2 | L1 | C | Coach | L2 | L1 | C |
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| 1998 | Zé do Pau | |||||||
| 2000 | Arnaldo Chaves | |||||||
| 2001 | Manuel Artur Manú | 1st B | ||||||
| 2002 | Arnaldo Chaves | Carlos Queirós | 10th | RU | ||||
| 2003 | Ndunguidi Daniel | João Machado | 13th | R16 | ||||
| 2004 | 1st B | SF | ||||||
| 2005 | António Barbosa | Jorge Humberto Chaves | 11th | R16 | ||||
| 2006 | Jorge Humberto Chaves | Agostinho Tramagal | 7th | R16 | ||||
| 2007 | Agostinho Tramagal | 8th | R16 | |||||
| 2008 | 9th | QF | ||||||
| 2009 | António Barbosa | 11th | SF | |||||
| 2010 | Joaquim Finda Mozer | 14th | R16 | |||||
| 2011 | Joaquim Finda Mozer | João Machado | 4 B | PR | ||||
| 2012 | Mário Soares | 1st B | ||||||
| 2013 | 6th | RU | ||||||
| 2014 | Lacerda Chipongue | 11th | QF | |||||
| 2015 | Ivo Traça | 7th | R16 | |||||
| 2016 | 10th | |||||||
| 2017 | Mário Soares | 9th | ||||||
| 2018 | 6th | |||||||
| 2018–19 | 3rd | RU | ||||||
| 2019–20 | ||||||||
| 2020–21 | André Macanga | |||||||