2008 Angola Cup

2008 Angola Cup
Country	Angola
Dates	23 Jul – 11 Nov 2008
Teams	18
Defending champions	1º de Maio
Champions	Santos FC
Runners-up	Recreativo Libolo
CAF Confederation Cup	Santos FC (winner); Libolo (runner-up)
Matches played	17
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Taça de Angola was the 27th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition in Angola, following the Girabola. Santos Futebol Clube de Angola beat Recreativo do Libolo 1–0 in the final, to secure its 1st title.^[1]

The winner and the runner-up qualified to the CAF Confederation Cup.

Stadia and locations[]

Desp Huíla
Benfica Lub

Location of the 2008 Angola Cup teams

P	Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2007	Current	P
5	Académica do Lobito	Lobito	Estádio do Buraco	3,000	DNP	R16	n/a
5	ASA	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	60,000	QF	R16	1
6	Baixa de Cassanje	Malanje	Estádio 1º de Maio	3,500	DNP	PR	n/a
5	Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	Runner-Up	R16	3
5	Benfica do Lubango	Lubango	Estádio da N.Sra do Monte	14,000	QF	R16	1
5	Bravos do Maquis	Luena	Estádio Mundunduleno	4,300	R16	R16
4	Desportivo da Huíla	Lubango	Estádio do Ferrovia	15,000	R16	QF	1
4	Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	R16	QF	1
4	Kabuscorp	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	DNP	QF	n/a
5	Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	50,000	SF	R16	2
5	Petro do Huambo	Huambo	Estádio dos Kurikutelas	17,000	R16	R16
4	Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	50,000	SF	QF	1
3	Primeiro de Maio	Benguela	Estádio Edelfride Costa	6,000	Champion	SF	3
5	Progresso	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	DNP	R16	n/a
2	Recreativo do Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Municipal de Calulo	10,000	R16	Runner-Up	3
3	Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	8,000	QF	SF	1
1	Santos FC	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	R16	Champion	4
6	Sporting de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio do Tafe	25,000	DNP	PR	n/a

Championship bracket[]

Preliminary Rounds
23 Jul 2008

1/16 Finals
9/10 Aug 2008

Quarterfinals
30 Aug 2008

Semifinals
8 Nov 2008

Final
11 Nov 2008

Sun, 10 Aug 2008

Progresso

1

Wed, 23 Jul 2008

Santos FC

2

Progresso

1

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 (pen)

Baixa Cassanje

0

Santos FC

3

Interclube

1

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 (pen)

Interclube

6

Bravos Maquis

4

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 (pen)

Santos FC

4

1º de Maio

2

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 (pen)

Petro Huambo

4

1º de Maio

6

Sat, 30 Aug 2008

1º de Maio

1

Desportivo Huíla

0

Sat, 9 Aug 2008

ASA

0

Desp da Huíla

1

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 (a.e.t.)

Santos FC

2

Rec do Libolo

1

Sun, 10 Aug 2008

Petro Luanda

0

Rec do Libolo

1

Sat, 30 Aug 2008

Rec do Libolo

3

1º de Agosto

2

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 (pen)

1º de Agosto

6

Benfica Lubango

5

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 (pen)

Rec do Libolo

7

Wed, 23 Jul 2008

Sagrada Esperança

5

Académica Lobito

4

Sporting Cabinda

1

Académica Lobito

1

Kabuscorp

2

Sat, 30 Aug 2008

Kabuscorp

2

Sagrada

3

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 Walkover

Sagrada Esperança

3

Benfica Luanda

0

Preliminary rounds[]

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 PR	Progresso	1–0	Baixa Cassanje	Luanda
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Pingo 66'			Stadium: Campo de S. Paulo

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 PR	Académica Lobito	0–0 (4–1 p)	Sporting Cabinda	Lobito
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)				Stadium: Buraco

Round of 16[]

^[2]

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 R16	Académica Lobito	1–2	Kabuscorp
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 R16	ASA	0–1	Desportivo Huíla	Luanda
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)				Stadium: Coqueiros

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 R16	1º de Agosto	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Benfica Lubango	Luanda
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Love ?', ?'		Mbinda Zé Bula	Stadium: Cidadela Referee: Figueiredo da Costa

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 R16	Progresso	1–2	Santos FC	Luanda
15:30 WAT (UTC+1)	Micki 30'		9' Miloy 60' Man Loyde	Stadium: Campo de S. Paulo Referee: Inácio Rangel

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 R16	Interclube	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Bravos Maquis	Luanda
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Traoré		83' Castro	Stadium: 22 de Junho Referee: Paulo Talaia
	Penalties
	Romi Dione Lucas Yuri Nuno		Paulito

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 R16	Petro Huambo	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	1º de Maio	Huambo
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Korando 12' Jorginho 68'		21' Coimbra 51' Fita	Stadium: Kurikutelas Referee: Venâncio Daniel
	Penalties
	Jorginho Dudú Tchitchi Ngueno		Hélder Vemba Marcos Calala Coimbra

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 R16	Petro Luanda	0–1	Rec do Libolo	Luanda
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)			79' Reginaldo	Stadium: Cidadela Referee: Romualdo Baltazar Jerson Emiliano, Sérgio Sebastião

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 R16	Sagrada	*Walkover*	Benfica Luanda	Dundo
15:30 WAT (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sagrada Esperança

Quarter-finals[]

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 QF	1º de Maio	1–0	Desportivo Huíla	Benguela
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	William 52'			Stadium: Edelfride Costa Referee: Figueiredo da Costa

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 QF	Kabuscorp	2–3	Sagrada	Luanda
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Mungusso 23' Adolfo 25'		14' Jó 47' Sotto 55' Nando	Stadium: Coqueiros Referee: Venâncio Daniel

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 QF	Rec do Libolo	3–2	1º de Agosto	Calulo
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Machado 41' Buá 66', 70'		14' Fofaná 65' Joãozinho	Stadium: Municipal de Calulo Referee: João Bastos Pedro Canombo, Abías Moisés

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 QF	Santos FC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Interclube	Luanda
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Chinho	Report	Fabrício Wetshi	Stadium: Coqueiros Referee: Pedro dos Santos Júlio Lemos, Sebastião da Silva
	Penalties
	Rasca C.Caputo Fissy		Kito

Semi-finals[]

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 SF	Santos FC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	1º de Maio	Namibe
15:30 WAT (UTC+1)				Stadium: Joaquim Morais Referee: Romualdo Baltazar
	Penalties
	Chinho Rasca Miloy Solange		Vemba Márcio

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 SF	Rec do Libolo	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Sagrada	Calulo
15:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Reginaldo 6', 39'		50' Albano 70' (o.g.) Machado	Stadium: Municipal de Calulo Referee: Fernando Mação
	Penalties
	Reginaldo Figueiredo Miller Nilo Rats		Vilar Nsingui Stopirrá

Final[]

^[3]

11 November 2008

16:00

Santos FC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Rec do Libolo
Manucho 90+'	Report

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda

Attendance: 2.500

Referee: Muluta Prata

Santos

Libolo


GK	–	Thierry
RB	–	Solange
CB	–	Enoque
CB	–	Tchebe
LB	–	Edú
RM	–	Zezão	76'
CM	–	Miloy
CM	–	Milex
LM	–	Fissy	90+4'
CF	–	Chinho (c)
CF	–	Rasca
Substitutions:
CF	–	Manucho	76'
DF	–	Ribeiro	90+4'
–	–
Manager:
Fernando Morais


GK	12	Capoco
RB	21	Vadinho
CB	–	Lebo Lebo
CB	–	Machado
LB	–	Miro
RM	–	André Cunha
CM	17	Rats (c)
CM	31	Lito
LM	10	Gefferson	83'
CF	11	Gazeta	62'
CF	9	Reginaldo
Substitutions:
MF	6	Figueiredo	83'
MF	9	Buá	62'
MF	28	Miller
Manager:
Luís Mariano

Assistant referees:
Luciano António
Zeferino Muanda

2008 Angola Football Cup winner
Santos Futebol Clube de Angola 1st title

Squad: Tsherry (GK) Buanza, Chico Caputo, Edú, Enoque, Fissy, Ribeiro, Solange (DF) Black, Maninho Loide, Milex, Miloy, Paz, Tchebe, Zé Manuel, Zezão (MF) Loló, Manucho Barros, Mauro, Rasca, Sawú (FW) Jorge Humberto Chaves (Head Coach)

External links[]

References[]

^ "Santos FC win Angola Cup". ANGOP.com. 11 Nov 2008. Retrieved 7 Nov 2016.
^ "Taça de Angola 2008 - Oitavos-de-Final" (in Portuguese). Girabola.com. Retrieved 4 Nov 2016.
^ "Taça de Angola / Golo de Manucho Barros dá troféu ao Santos FC" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 11 Nov 2008. Retrieved 7 Nov 2016.

[1] "Santos FC win Angola Cup". ANGOP.com. 11 Nov 2008. Retrieved 7 Nov 2016.

[2] "Taça de Angola 2008 - Oitavos-de-Final" (in Portuguese). Girabola.com. Retrieved 4 Nov 2016.

[3] "Taça de Angola / Golo de Manucho Barros dá troféu ao Santos FC" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 11 Nov 2008. Retrieved 7 Nov 2016.

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2008 Angola Cup

Contents

Stadia and locations[]

Championship bracket[]

Preliminary rounds[]

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

See also[]

External links[]

References[]