Atlético Semu is an

Equatoguinean Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

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club based in the city of

Malabo Malabo ( , ; formerly Santa Isabel) is the capital of Equatorial Guinea and the province of Bioko Norte. It is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko, ( bvb, Etulá, and as ''Fernando Pó'' by the Europeans). In 2018, the city had a p ...

. It currently plays in

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's top football division the

Equatoguinean Primera División The Liga Nacional de Fútbol (formerly known as Liga Semiprofesional and Primera División de Honor) is the top division of the Equatoguinean football league system. It was founded in 1979. Prior to independence, two separate leagues existed, on ...

. They currently share the newly created

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with fellow Primera División sides

Atlético Malabo Club Atlético de Malabo, commonly known as Atlético de Malabo, is an Equatoguinean football club based in Malabo that plays in the National League First Division. The club have won the NLFD on three occasions and 6 Equatoguinean Cups. Achieveme ...

, Deportivo Unidad,

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, The Panthers and, its rival club, Leones Vegetarianos.

History

In 2011 Atlético won their first ever major trophy as a football club which was the

Equatoguinean Cup The Equatoguinean Cup (Spanish: ''Copa de Su Excelencia'') is the top knockout tournament of the Equatoguinean football. Its full name is Equatoguinean Cup - King's Cup Abudunal Sun. It was created in 1974. Winners *1978 : Union (Mongomo) *1979 : ...

, Atlético beat

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2–1 in the final of the competition. Due to their cup success they played the SuperCup final against 2011 league winners

in which they lost the game 1–0 thanks to goal from Emeka. Due to their cup triumph they are scheduled to play

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an side LLB Académic in the

2012 CAF Confederation Cup The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2012 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African F ...

qualifying rounds of the competition. The winner will progress to the first round. Current Equatoguinean international footballer

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played for Atlético during the 2015 and 2015–2016 rimera División seasons.

was part of the national side which participated in the

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...

Honours

: **Winners (1): 2011 *Equatoguinean SuperCup: **Runners-up (1): 2011

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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References

External links

Official site
Sport in Malabo Football clubs in Equatorial Guinea {{EquatorialGuinea-footyclub-stub