Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, usually known simply as Recreativo do Libolo, is an

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Libolo Libolo is a municipality in Cuanza Sul Province in Angola, with the town of Calulo Calulo is a town, with a population of 44,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Libolo, province of Cuanza Sul, Angola and the seat of the municipali ...

Cuanza Sul Province Cuanza Sul Province ("South Cuanza"; Umbundu: Kwanza Kombuelo Volupale) is a province of Angola. It has an area of and a population of 1,881,873. Sumbe is the capital of the province. Don founded the province in 1769 as Novo Redondo. Histo ...

. History has it that C.R.D. Libolo resulted as a merger of three different clubs in the village of Calulo: Palmeiras FC, Cambuco FC and Fortaleza FC. At present, the club competes in two sports: football and

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Honours

* Angolan League: 4 :: 2011,

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: 1 :: 2016 ::Runner-up: (1)

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* Angola SuperCup: 2 ::

, 2016 ::Runner-up: (3)

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Recent seasons

C.R.D. Libolo's season-by-season performance since 2011:

League and cup positions

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Girabola Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol em Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League. Girabo ...

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Performance in CAF competitions

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: 4 appearances :: 2016 – First Round ::

– Group Stage ::

– First Round ::

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– Preliminary Round *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and org ...

: 2 appearances ::

– Group Stage (Top 16) ::

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– Second Round

Stadium

Recreativo do Libolo is one of the few clubs in the Angolan football league to own a stadium. The 10,000-seat

Estádio Municipal de Calulo Estadio Municipal de Calulo is a multi-use stadium in Calulo, Angola. It is primarily used for football and serves as the home ground for C.R.D. Libolo of the Girabola. The stadium holds 5,000 spectators. Built in the colonial period, the sta ...

(''Calulo Municipal Stadium'') has recently been renamed after and to honour Africa's great statesman and nationalist

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Players and staff

Players

Staff

Manager history

External links

*
Girabola.com profile

Zerozero.pt profile

Facebook profile

Soccerway profile

Town of Calulo - Libolo (portuguese)

References

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