Santa Rita de Cássia FC
Football club
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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]
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| Full name | Santa Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube | ||
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| Founded | 29 August 2015 | ||
| Ground | Estádio 4 de Janeiro | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Nzolani Pedro | ||
| Manager | João Fortuna | ||
| League | Girabola | ||
| 2024–25 | 14th in Girabola | ||
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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
On 10 February 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
League & Cup Positions
Recent seasons
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
Staff
| Name | Nat | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical staff | |||
| João Fortuna |  |
Head coach | |
| João Manuel Paulo |  |
Assistant coach | |
| TBA | |
Goal-keeper Coach | |
| Medical | |||
| TBA | |
Physio | |
| Management | |||
| Nzolani Pedro | |
Chairman | |
Manager history
| Season | Coach | L2 | L | C | Coach | L2 | L | C | Coach | L2 | L | C |
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| 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 | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | João Fortuna | |||||||||||