Santa Rita de Cássia FC

Football club

Santa Rita de Cássia

Full name

Santa Rita de Cássia Futebol Clube

Founded

29 August 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-29)

Ground

Estádio 4 de Janeiro

Capacity

12,000

Chairman

Nzolani Pedro

Manager

João Fortuna

League

Girabola

2022–23

7th in Girabola

Home colours

Away colours

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]

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 February 10, 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

Angolan League: 0

Angolan Cup: 0

Angolan SuperCup: 0

Gira Angola: 1

2016

Uige provincial championship: 1

2015

League & Cup Positions

Recent seasons

Santa Rita de Cássia's season-by-season performance since 2011:

Overall match statistics
Season	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%
2016	15	8	4	3	14	7	+7	0.633

Classifications
L3	L2	L1	AC
1st	1a		PR

Top season scorers
Player	L3	L2	L1	AC	T
?	?	?		?	?

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	Coach	Coach
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

References

^ "Segundona". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Uíge: Dezassete mortos na partida de futebol entre Santa Rita e Recreativo do Libolo" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.