C.R.D. Libolo
Angolan sports club
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Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, also referred to as Recreativo do Libolo,[1] is an Angolan multi-sports club based Calulo, Angola. The club is most well-known for its association football department, which plays in the Girabola, the top flight of the Angolan football league system. Other than football, Libolo also has departments in basketball and motor racing.[2] Its main colors are orange, white, and blue.
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| Full name | Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo | ||
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| Nickname | Os Coelhos (The Rabbits) | ||
| Founded | 14 August 1942 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Municipal de Calulo Calulo, Angola | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| President | Leonel Casimiro | ||
| Manager | Paulo Torres | ||
| League | Girabola | ||
| 2025–26 | 13th | ||
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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
Recent seasons
C.R.D. Libolo's season-by-season performance since 2011:
As of 20 October 2017[update]
- 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
Stadium
CRD Libolo play their home games at the multi-use Estádio Municipal de Calulo, which can hold approximately 10,000 spectators.
Players and staff
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Players
Staff
| Name | Nationality | Position(s) |
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| Technical staff | ||
| Paulo Torres |  |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach |
| Fernando Pereira | |
Goalkeeper coach |
| Medical | ||
| Frederico Branco | |
Physio |
| Management | ||
| Leonel Casimiro | |
Chairman |
| Augusto Correia | |
Vice-chairman |
| Cacharamba Jr | |
Head of Foot Dept |
Managerial history
| Season | Coach | S | L | C | Coach | S | L | C |
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| 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 | ||||||