Santa Rita de Cássia FC
# Santa Rita de Cássia FC

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.

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.

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.

## Achievements

* Angolan League: 0
* Angolan Cup: 0
* Angolan SuperCup: 0
* Gira Angola: 1

       2016
* Uige provincial championship: 1

       2015

## 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 | Pos |
| - | - |
| Technical staff |||
| João Fortuna | Head coach |
| João Manuel Paulo | Assistant coach |
| TBA | Goal-keeper Coach |
| Medical |||
| TBA | Physio |
| Management |||
| Nzolani Pedro | Chairman |

### Players

| Nat | # | Nick | Name | A | P | – | P.S. | Hélder Teixeira | Hélder Teixeira | Hélder Teixeira | M.A. | A. Cristóvão | A. Cristóvão | A. Cristóvão | A. Cristóvão | A. Cristóvão | A. Cristóvão | A. Cristóvão | Total Apps & Gls | Total Apps & Gls | Total Apps & Gls |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat | # | Nick | Name | A | P | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018–19 (11th) | 2018–19 (11th) | 2018–19 (11th) | 2019–20 | 2019–20 | 2019–20 | 2021 | Total Apps & Gls | Total Apps & Gls | Total Apps & Gls |
| Nat | # | Nick | Name | A | P | # | # | # | A | G | # | # | A | G | # | A | G | # | $^S$ | $^A$ | $^G$ |
| Nat | # | Nick | Name | A | P | | | Abel | Abel Manfuila | 28 | FW | | – | 19 | $^2$ | $^1$ | | | | | | |
| | | Água Doce | José Fernandes Mbuta | 24 | MF | | | 20 | $^{11(5)}$ | $^1$ | 14 | → | → | → | | | | | | | |
| | | Alberto | | | | | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Alex | Alex Kahembe | | GK | | | | | | → | 12 | $^{1(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | 19 | André | | | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Ary | | | | | – | | | | 28 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Barese | João Vata | | | | | 19 | $^{1(1)}$ | $^0$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Beni | Beni Kimbi Fua | 24 | FW | | | | | | | → | → | → | 6 | $^{11}$ | $^0$ | → | | | |
| | | Benvindo | Nsianfumu Benvindo Afonso | 23 | GK | | – | | | | 1 | 1 | $^{22(1)}$ | $^0$ | → | → | → | | | | |
| | | Bissio | Yannick Landu | 24 | FW | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 31 | Boco Boco | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Bruno | Adilson Bruno Mpulu | | DF | | 7 | 7 | $^{20}$ | $^0$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 26 | Cachala | | | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | 34 | Capick | Arnaldo B. José | 18 | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Carlos | Carlos Camolongi | 32 | GK | | | | | | | → | → | → | 1 | $^{14}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Carlos | Carlos Nzuzi Fuila | 31 | DF | | | | | | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 5 | Cavela | Martinho Ekundi Cavela | | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Celi | Celestino Simão da Silva | | MF | | | | | | → | 20 | $^{12(2)}$ | $^2$ | 20 | $^{19}$ | $^0$ | → | | | |
| | | Chano | Mauro Edgar F. Manuel | | FW | | | 30 | $^{2(3)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 25 | Clinton | Makinda Gomes Paulo | | DF | | | 25 | $^{(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Coby | António Sena Tuiango Morais | | GK | | – | 16 | $^4$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 4 | Crespo | Artur Manuel Malungo | 23 | DF | | | | | | | | | | 4 | $^4$ | $^0$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Cris | Nzuzi Panzo | 21 | FW | | | | | | | 9 | $^{5(7)}$ | $^0$ | 9 | $^2$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Cristiano | Cristiano Diassilau | | DF | | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 15 | Daniel | | | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Dennis | Dennis Sesugh | 22 | FW | | | 9 | $^{10}$ | $^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Dieu | Dieu Maquissossila David | 27 | DF | | | | | | | 2 | $^{8(3)}$ | $^0$ | 2 | $^4$ | $^1$ | | | | | → |
| | | Dino | Florentino de S. António | 27 | FW | | – | | | | 18 | → | → | → | | | | | | | |
| | | Edmilson | António Dipoco Teodor | 18–19 | MF | | | 6 | $^{18(1)}$ | $^0$ | | 11 | $^{27}$ | $^2$ | 11 | $^{19(1)}$ | $^0$ | → | | | |
| | | Eliseu | Eliseu Lucas Carlos Cabanga | 22 | DF | | | | | | → | 13 | $^3$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Etoh | Nzalambila Lumu | | FW | | | | | | | | | | 21 | $^6$ | $^1$ | | | | |
| | | Feião | Moisés Sebastião Cabungula | 28 | MF | | | | | | → | 27 | $^{16(2)}$ | $^1$ | | | | | | | |
| | 27 | Filipe | Israel Kipindi Pacote da Silva | 35 | FW | | | | | | | → | → | → | 18 | $^{9(1)}$ | $^2$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Finidi | Luís Domingos Canganjo | 27 | MF | | → | 21 | $^5$ | $^0$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Foguinho | Júlio Samucuenje Baptista | 24 | | | | | | | → | 26 | $^{19(5)}$ | $^8$ | → | → | → | | | | |
| | | Frank | Francisco Barros Jimbi | | | | → | 14 | $^{13}$ | $^0$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Fuky | Manuel Paulo David | 28 | MF | | | | | | | → | → | → | 7 | $^{5(1)}$ | $^0$ | → | | | |
| | | G.T.I. | Daniel António Jonata | 22 | MF | | | | | | → | 7 | $^{27(1)}$ | $^4$ | → | → | → | | | | |
| | 18 | Gama | José Adolfo António | | DF | | | | | | | | | | 18 | $^{4(1)}$ | $^1$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Gazeta | Pedro Malunduma Maienga | 25 | MF | → | 18 | 18 | $^{28}$ | $^6$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 14 | Gerry | Nsingui Tino João | 32 | MF | | | | | | | | | | → | → | → | 2021 | | | |
| | | Godzila | Pedro Domingos Sengo | | DF | | 24 | 4 | $^{7(1)}$ | $^0$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 32 | Gui | Dialanda Bernanguindoco Tomás | | FW | | | | | | | | | | → | → | → | 2021 | | | |
| | | Hugo | | | | | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Ike | Ike Chidi Bright | 26 | DF | | | 24 | $^3$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Iniesta | António Lukeba | 25 | MF | → | 8 | 8 | $^{3(11)}$ | $^0$ | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Jamuana | Manuel Alexandre Jamuana | 36 | DF | | | | | | | 17 | $^{18(2)}$ | $^2$ | 17 | $^{12(3)}$ | $^0$ | → | | | |
| | | Jessy | Jessy Ndaie Kumanzide | | | | | | | | → | 14 | $^{2(3)}$ | $^0$ | 14 | | | | | | |
| | | Joel | Joel Diaku | | DF | | 4 | 4 | $^{(1)}$ | $^0$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 16 | José | | | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | 11 | Kakuita | Manuel Simão António | 21 | MF | | | | | | | | | | 27 | $^{5(5)}$ | $^3$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Kandú | Déo Kanda | 28 | MF | | | 24 | $^{5(3)}$ | $^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Kevinho | | | | | | | | | | 23 | $^{(4)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Kina | | | GK | | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Kissi | Kingslei Kofi Kissi | 22 | GK | | → | 1 | $^9$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 23 | Kodak | António Frazão Garcia | | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Kongolo | Emilio Kongolo Filipe | | FW | | | | | | | → | → | → | 10 | $^{(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | 12 | Lambito | Yuri José Ndanji Baião | 26 | GK | | | | | | | | | | 12 | $^1$ | $^0$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Lazi | Lázaro Francisco da Rocha | 21 | MF | | | | | | | | | | 7 | $^7$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Leandro | Leandro França Cerqueira | 27 | MF | | | 10 | $^{5(3)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Lelé | Fabiano Miguel Pengui | 29 | DF | | | | | | → | 5 | $^{13}$ | $^1$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Lema | Gonçalves Mpassi | | MF | | | 13 | $^{4(3)}$ | $^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Liliano | Liliano Pedro | 20 | FW | | → | 29 | $^{11(6)}$ | $^3$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 13 | Lindala | Armando Domingos Maria | 34 | MF | | | | | | | | | | → | → | → | 2021 | | | |
| | 24 | Loló | Lopes Sebastião da Costa | 17 | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Londaka | Mauro de Almeida Londaka | 27 | MF | | | | | | → | 6 | $^{4(6)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Lubanzadio | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | $^{2(2)}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Lucas | Lucas Ndongala | | | | | | | | | → | → | → | 13 | $^{3(8)}$ | $^1$ | | | | |
| | 7 | M.C. | Lutonda João sebastião | 26 | FW | | | | | | | 28 | $^{7(2)}$ | $^3$ | 28 | $^{8(3)}$ | $^0$ | 2021 | | | |
| | 10 | Mafuta | Afonso Mbemba João Marques | 21 | MF | | | | | | | | | | 33 | $^{1(2)}$ | $^1$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Makuntima | Makuntima Fernando Bunga | | DF | | → | 26 | $^{8(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Mano | Luís António Bande Tinta | | | | – | | | | 2 | 2 | $^{1(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Mano Mano | Constantino Carlos António | 20 | | | | | | | → | 10 | $^{10(3)}$ | $^0$ | → | → | → | | | | |
| | 2 | Manú | Manuel Júlio Famorosa Vunge | 27 | DF | | | | | | | → | → | → | 30 | $^{13}$ | $^0$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Manucho | José Tibúrcio | | GK | | | 12 | $^{12(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Manuel | Manuel Nfutila | | | | | | | | | 19 | $^{6(3)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Maurito | Norberto Mauro da Costa Mulenessa | 36 | FW | | | 19 | $^{DNP}$ | $^{DNP}$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Mavambu | Mavambu João Afonso Baptista | 24 | MF | | | 10 | $^{10(2)}$ | $^1$ | → | | | | 25 | $^{1(5)}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Micki | Miguel Cipriano da Gama | 38 | DF | | | | | | | → | → | → | 23 | $^{3(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Miguel | Miguel Pedro Bengui | 23 | FW | | | | | | | 21 | $^{10}$ | $^2$ | → | → | → | | | | |
| | | Milambo | Ndanda Ricardo Mendes | 25 | DF | | | | | | → | 4 | $^{20}$ | $^0$ | 10 | $^8$ | $^0$ | → | | | |
| | | Milinga | | | | | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Ministro | | | | | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Modeste | Modeste Osaka Ngelenda | | | | | 9 | $^{1(2)}$ | $^1$ | 13 | → | → | → | | | | | | | |
| | | Mufuma | Osvaldo Augusto Macaia Mufuma | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | $^{(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Nando | Fernando Mussibo Augusto | | MF | | | 27 | $^{11(5)}$ | $^0$ | 25 | 25 | $^{9(6)}$ | $^1$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Naxi | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | $^1$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | 20 | Nilton | Nilton D. Mwanza | 19 | MF | | | | | | | | | | 34 | $^1$ | $^0$ | 2021 | | | |
| | | Norberto | Kiatalua Tadeu Emous | 26 | MF | | | | | | | → | → | → | 29 | $^{21}$ | $^4$ | → | | | |
| | 28 | Ogú | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Patrick | Patricio Kitese Matumona | | DF | | | | | | | 8 | $^{3(4)}$ | $^0$ | 8 | $^{1(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Paulo | | | | | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Pedro | | | DF | | – | → | → | → | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Pira | | | | | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 29 | Quaresma | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Rasca | Maieco Domingos Henrique António | 35 | FW | | → | 20 | $^{1(1)}$ | $^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Reis | | | | | | 19 | $^{DNP}$ | $^{DNP}$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Richy | Pedro Lundoloki | | MF | | | 13 | $^{2(3)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Roblin | Sungu Kintatu Roblen | | DF | | 5 | 5 | $^{4(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21 | Russinho | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | 6 | Samy | Samuel Neves Bengue | | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Sawú | Mazenga Dimanza Garcia | 33 | FW | | | 28 | $^{2(5)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Sebas | Sebastião Nsenga Mbenza | 24 | DF | | | 5 | $^5$ | $^0$ | 5 | | | | 5 | $^{15}$ | $^0$ | | | | |
| | | Shayi | Mukengeshayi Tumba | 29 | FW | | | 11 | $^{2(3)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Simão | Rosalino Baleiro Veya | | DF | | → | 2 | $^{28}$ | $^2$ | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Sozito | Mário Bernardo Keita | | DF | | | | | | → | 18 | $^{25}$ | $^0$ | → | → | → | | | | |
| | 1 | Super | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Tachungo | Carlos Tashungu Wungu | | DF | | | 3 | $^{15}$ | $^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Tati | Pedro Tati | | MF | | | 28 | $^{(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Thomas | Emmanuel A. Thomas | 28 | MF | | | 21 | $^6$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 8 | Tomóteo | João Tomóteo Vicente Tiebo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | | | |
| | | Toy | André Augusto Miranda Kongo | 32 | GK | | | 1 | $^3$ | $^0$ | → | 16 | $^8$ | $^0$ | 16 | $^6$ | $^0$ | → | | | |
| | | Vata | João Vata | | GK | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Vemba | Vemba Mawete | | FW | | 23 | 23 | $^{10(1)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Vidinho | Victor Pedro Nangue | 22 | DF | | | | | | | 24 | $^{16(2)}$ | $^2$ | 24 | $^8$ | $^1$ | | | | |
| | 17 | Yanick | Simão Cambani Nascimento | | MF | | | | | | | | | | → | → | → | 2021 | | | |
| | | Yuri | Roberto Yuri Lutonda | 25 | MF | | 15 | 15 | $^{20}$ | $^0$ | → | 15 | $^{24}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | |
| | | Yuyú | João Sama Mateus | | DF | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Zé Kalanga | Paulo Baptista Nsimba | 34 | MF | | | 17 | $^{4(5)}$ | $^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3 | Zeza | Carlos Guimarães Gomes | | DF | | | | | | → | 3 | $^{14(1)}$ | $^1$ | 3 | $^{14}$ | $^0$ | 2021 | | | |
| Years | Years | Years | Years | Years | Years | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018–19 | 2018–19 | 29 | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 16 | | | | |

* ↑ Gama whose real name is Nsangou Gamal Yasin, a cameroonian national, was found to hold a forged Angolan identity and subsequently evicted from the championship

## 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 |
