Sporting Clube de Luanda

Sporting de Luanda

Full name	Sporting Clube de Luanda
Founded	1920
Ground	Estádio dos Coqueiros Luanda, Angola
Ground Capacity	12.000
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Sporting Clube de Luanda best known as Sporting de Luanda, is an Angolan multisports club based in Luanda. The club's football team, while being one of the most ancient and traditional clubs in Luanda, has been out of major competition due to financial reasons.

Following the country's independence in 1975 and in an attempt by the communist regime to cut off all traces of colonial rule, the club which has been created as an affiliate to Sporting Clube de Portugal was ordered to change its name and therefore became known as Diabos Verdes (Green Devils). Later on, the club's name changed again as Leões de Luanda (Luanda's Lions). In the early 1990s, with the establishment of democracy, the club was able to reclaim its original name.

The team was founded in 1920.

During the colonial period in Angola, the club has won seven times the Angolan Provincial Championship the top division of Angolan football.

Stadium

The team used to play at the 12000 capacity Estádio dos Coqueiros.

Honours

• Angolan Provincial Championship: 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1956

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