Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball team is also noteworthy within the club. The club's colors are red and black. The club won its first title in football, the Angolan League, in 1979. and in basketball in 1980. Handball and Volleyball have also won many titles to the club.
The Primeiro de Agosto Sports Club has its football team competing at the local level, in the events organized by the Angolan Football Federation, namely the Angolan National Football Championship a.k.a. Girabola, the Angola Cup and the Angola Super Cup as well as at continental level, at the annual competitions organized by the African Football Confederation (CAF), including the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.
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History
The founding of 1º de Agosto stemmed from a sports development strategy defined by the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) through the National Military Sports Committee (CODENM). It was the first club created in the post-independence period.
The club's predominant colors are red and black, but it also features yellow and blue.
Achievements
Angolan League: 13
1979, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2018–19
Angola Cup: 6
1984, 1990, 1991, 2006, 2009, 2019
Runner-up: (6) 1992, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017
Angolan SuperCup: 9
1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2019
Runner-up: (2) 1993, 2007
Recent seasons
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto's season-by-season performance since 2011:As of 22 May 2019
Stadium
Primeiro de Agosto is in the process of building its own football stadium. Named after Gen. França Ndalu, the 20,000-seat stadium whose works began in 2012 and are scheduled to be completed in 2019, is part of a sports complex - Cidade Desportiva 1º de Agosto - that includes a youth academy with boarding facilities and two football courts for training purposes, a secondary school, a university, a tennis court, office buildings, an Olympic swimming pool and a 2,500-seat indoor sports arena. The complex and the stadium are located at the Cassequel neighborhood in Luanda.
Starting from the 2020–21 season, the club announced that they will be playing their home games at the França Ndalu.
Players and staff
Squad
As of 26 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Manager history
* Ivo Traça won the 2017 Super Cup as a caretaker manager
Chairman history
* Served two consecutive terms
Sponsors
Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA)
Banco Português do Atlântico (BPA)