Full name | Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto |
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Nickname(s) | D'Agosto Os Rubro e Negros Os Militares O Glorioso |
Founded | 1 August 1977 |
Ground |
Estádio 11 de Novembro Luanda, Angola |
Capacity | 48,500 |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 8°58′12″S 13°17′01″E / 8.9699473°S 13.2836723°E |
President | Carlos Hendrick (Aug 2011–) |
Manager | Dragan Jović (April 2014–) |
League | 10× Girabola 5× Angola Cup 8× Angola Super Cup |
2016 | Girabola, 1st |
Website | Club website |
Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded August 1, 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its main 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, the CAF Confederation Cup and the CAF Super Cup
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto's season-by-season performance since 2001:
As of 16 July 2017[update]
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 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 stadium is located at the Cassequel neighborhood in Luanda.