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Full name
  
Atlético Sport Aviação

Ground Capacity
  
35,000

Manager
  
João Machado

Location
  
Luanda, Angola

League
  
Girabola

Nickname(s)
  
Os Aviadores

Chairman
  
Elias José

2016
  
13th

Founded
  
1 April 1953

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Grounds
  
Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola

Atlético Sport Aviação, best known as ASA, is a football club from Luanda, Angola.

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The club was founded in 1953 by a group of workers from TAAG's predecessor DTA. Mr. Jacinto Medina was the first chairman.

Before Angola's independence, the club was known as Atlético de Luanda [1]. After independence, it was called Desportivo da TAAG, named after its major sponsor, the Angolan Airlines.

The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1995. Two players from ASA represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Jamba and Love.

Achievements

  • Angolan League: 3
  • Angolan Cup: 3
  • Angolan SuperCup: 6
  • Recent seasons

    Atlético Sport Aviação's season-by-season performance since 2011:

  • PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals
  • References

    Atlético Sport Aviação Wikipedia