Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known asSagrada Esperança, is anassociation football club fromDundo,Lunda Norte province, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988.
The club's name is likely to originate from Angola's first president Agostinho Neto's famous poem Sagrada Esperança (Sacred Hope). The club was founded on December 22, 1976, by then Angola-state owned diamond company Diamang (nowEndiama), which remains as its major sponsor.
In2005, the club, managed by Mário Calado, won the league by having one point aheadASA.[1] In the same year, the club competed in the2005 CAF Champions League, but was eliminated in the first round byASEC Abidjan ofIvory Coast, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg and a 1–0 defeat away in the second leg.[2]
The club plays their home matches at formerly Quintalão do Dundo, nowEstádio Sagrada Esperança, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people[3]. The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation and was renamed and reinaugurated in 2008.
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