Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, usually known as Petro Atlético Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a traditional football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from Luanda

Luanda

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...

, Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982.

Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola

Angola national football team

The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras , is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol. Angola reached 45th in the FIFA Rankings in July 2002...

 at their first World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 in 2006

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

: Lebo Lebo

António Lebo Lebo

Antônio Lebo Lebo is an Angolan footballer, who currently, plays for Petro Atlético.-International career:The central defender is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.-External links:...

, Lamá

Luis Lamá

Luís Mamona João , nicknamed Lamá, is an Angolan football goalkeeper, who plays for Petro Luanda in the Girabola.-International career:...

, Zé Kalanga

Paulo Batista Nsimba

Paulo Batista Nsimba , nicknamed Zé Kalanga, is an Angolan football winger who plays for C.R.D. Libolo.-Career:...

 and Delgado.

The club has also a basketball

Basketball

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 team. Many basketball players of the team, participate with Angola national basketball team

Angola national basketball team

The Angola national basketball team represents Angola in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979...

 in the Olympics 2008.

Achievements

• Angolan League
  Girabola
  Girabola is the top division of Angolan football, and it is organized by the Angolan Football Federation.The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League.- History :...
  
  : 15

1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009

• Angolan Cup
  Angolan Cup
  The Angolan football Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Angolan football.The competition was established in 1982 following an unofficial cup competition won by Nacional in 1980 and by TAAG in 1981...
  
  : 8

1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002

• Angolan SuperCup
  Angolan SuperCup
  The Angolan football SuperCup is a two matches competition in Angolan football, played between the Girabola champions and the Angolan Cup winners.-Finals:*1988 : Petro Atlético bt Ferroviário da Huíla...
  
  : 4

1988, 1993, 1994, 2002

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 6 appearances

1998 – Second Round

2001 – Semi-Finals

2002

CAF Champions League 2002

-External links:*...

 – First Round

2004 – Third Round

2007

CAF Champions League 2007

The CAF Champions League 2007 was the 11th occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al-Ahly of Egypt 3–1 in a two-legged final.-Preliminary round:The 1st legs were...

 – First Round

2009

CAF Champions League 2009

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 – First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

1983

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1983

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1983 was the 19th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: Second Round

1985

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1985

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1985 was the 21st edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa....

: First Round

1987

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1987

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1987 was the 23rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: First Round

1988

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1988

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1988 was the 23rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: Second Round

1989

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1989

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1989 was the 24th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: First Round

1990

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1990

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1990 was the 25th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: First Round

1991

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1991

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1991 was the 26th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: Second Round

1994

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1994

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1994 was the 29th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: First Round

1995

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1995

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1995 was the 30th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

: First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup
  CAF Confederation Cup
  The CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...
  
  : 4 appearances

2004 – Group Stage

2006

CAF Confederation Cup 2006

The CAF Confederation Cup 2006 started with the preliminary round that was played in February and March 2006. Étoile Sahel of Tunisia beat FAR Rabat of Morocco in the final...

 – Group Stage

2008 – Second Round

2010 - Second Round of 16

• CAF Cup
  CAF Cup
  The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runner-ups of member associations who haven't qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or the African Cup Winners' Cup.-Format:Only runner-ups of...
  
  : 1 appearance

1997 – Finalist

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1992 – First Round

1993 – Second Round

1999 – First Round

2003 – First Round

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro

Estádio 11 de Novembro

The Estádio 11 de Novembro is a multi-use stadium in Luanda, Angola. Completed in 2010 ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, it hosted nine matches during the tournament, including five Group A matches, one group b match, one quarter final, one semi-final, and the final. Its capacity is...

, which has a maximum capacity of 50,000 people.

Current squad

Former notable players

Akwá Flávio Flávio Amado Flávio da Silva Amado , better known as Flávio, is an Angolan football forward who most recently played for Lierse S.K in Belgium....  Gilberto Sebastião Gilberto Felisberto Sebastião de Graca Amaral, more commonly known as Gilberto , is an Angolan footballer. He was formerly playing for Egypt's Al-Ahly, but currently he is playing for Belgian club Lierse S.K.. He suffered a knee injury that lasted about a year. He is the top left winger. He came from...  Luís Delgado Luís Delgado Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado, better known as Delgado , is an Angolan football left defender who plays for En Avant de Guingamp.- Career :...  Manucho Manucho Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves , better known as Manucho, is an Angolan footballer who currently plays for Real Valladolid.He moved from Petro Atletico to Manchester United in January 2008...  Zé Kalanga

Mateus Mateus Lopes Mateus Henrique Fonseca Lopes , simply Mateus, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Frenaros FC 2000 in Cyprus, as a striker. He also holds a Portuguese passport, due to the many years he spent in the country....  Francis Belonga Francis Oumar Belonga Francis Oumar Belonga is a Chadian footballer who currently plays for Renaissance FC.-Career:He has also played as Striker for Bontang PKT in the Indonesia Super League.- External links :...  Kapela Mbiyavanga Kapela Mbiyavanga Kapela Mbiyavanga is a Congolese footballer. He currently plays for Kabuscorp Sport Clube do Palanca.-International career:Mbiyavanga was part of the 2002 African Cup of Nations squad which lost to Senegal.-Notes:...  Papy Lukata Shumu Papy Lukata Shumu Papy-Shumu Lukata is a Congolese football player, who currently plays for Atlético Petróleos Luanda.-Career:He left in January 2009 his club AS Aviacao to sign for league rival Atlético Petróleos Luanda....  Teafore Bennett Teafore Bennett Teafore Bennett is a Jamaican football striker who currently plays for Village United F.C..He's most known for his speed and quick running.-Club career:...

Allan Wanga Allan Wanga Allan Wetende Wanga is a Kenyan footballer, currently playing for Hoang Anh Gia Lai in Vietnam. His main position is as a striker. Harambee Stars' striker Allan Wanga's dream of playing in the Europa League for the Azerbaijani first division club Baku FC has aborted.The deal turned sour after the...  Felix Katongo Felix Katongo Felix Katongo is a Zambian international footballer who plays professionally as a midfielder for Libyan team Al-Ittihad.-Club career:...  Elijah Tana Elijah Tana Elijah Tana is a former Zambian footballer.-International career:The defender represented the Zambian national team at the African Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2006...

External links

PetrodeLuanda.net Official club website