2000 Angola Cup

The 2000 Taça de Angola was the 19th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following the Girabola. Petro de Luanda beat Inter de Luanda 1-0 in the final to secure its 7th title.^[1]

2000 Angola Cup

Tournament details
Country	Angola
Dates	24 Feb - 11 Nov 2000
Teams	16
Defending champions	Sagrada Esperança
Final positions
Champions	Petro Luanda
Runners-up	Inter de Luanda
2001 African Cup Winners' Cup	Inter de Luanda (cup runner-up)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
← 1999 2001 →

Inter de Luanda, the runner-up, qualified to the African Cup Winners' Cup since Petro de Luanda, the winner, contested the CAF Champions League in their capacity as the Girabola winner.

Stadiums and locations

FC Cabinda
Sp Cabinda

Aca Soyo

Sagrada

Benfica
ASA
Progresso

Inter

D'Agosto
Petro
FC Corimba

Cambondo

ARA Gabela

Aca Lobito

Sporting Bié

Sonangol

 Locations of the 2001 Angola Cup teams

P	Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	1999	Current	P
5	Académica do Lobito	Lobito	Estádio do Buraco	10,000		R16
3	Académica do Soyo	Soyo				SF
6	ARA da Gabela	Sumbe				PR
4	ASA	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	60,000		QF
5	Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Campo de São Paulo	2,000		R16
6	Cambondo	Malanje	Estádio 1º de Maio			PR
6	FC da Corimba	Luanda	Campo de S.Paulo	2,000		PR
4	FC de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio do Tafe	25,000		QF
2	Inter de Luanda[a]	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	65,000		Runner-up	1
1	Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	65,000		Champion
5	Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	65,000		R16
5	Progresso	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	65,000		R16
4	Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	8,000		QF
4	Sonangol do Namibe[b]	Namibe	Estádio Joaquim Morais	5,000		QF
5	Sporting de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio do Tafe	25,000		R16
3	Sporting do bié	Kuito				SF

Championship bracket

The knockout rounds were played according to the following schedule:

• Mar 15 - Feb 24: preliminary rounds
• Jun 20 - 28: Round of 16
• Aug 2 - 3: Quarter-finals
• Sep 6: Semi-finals
• Nov 11: Final

Preliminary Rounds 15 Mar - 24 Feb 2000

1/16 Finals 20–28 Jun 2000

Quarterfinals 2 / 3 Aug 2000

Semifinals Wed, 6 Sep 2000

Final Sat, 11 Nov 2000

Wed, 15 Mar 2000

Petro de Luanda

4

Wed, 21 Jun 2000

Cambondo

0

Petro de Luanda

3

Académica Lobito

2

Wed, 2 Aug 2000

Petro de Luanda

1

FC de Cabinda

0

Wed, 6 Sep 2000

Petro de Luanda

4

Thu, 16 Mar 2000

Académica Soyo

0

Benfica Luanda

2

Wed, 28 Jun 2000

ARA da Gabela

0

Benfica de Luanda

0

Sonangol Namibe

1

Wed, 2 Aug 2000

Sonangol do Namibe

1

Académica do Soyo

2

Sat, 11 Nov 2000

Petro de Luanda

1

Inter de Luanda

0

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 (pen) a.e.t.

Sporting Bié

6

ASA

4

Tue, 20 Jun 2000

ASA

2

Thu, 24 Feb 2000

Progresso

0

Progresso

Wed, 6 Sep 2000

FC da Corimba

Sporting do Bié

0

Inter de Luanda

1

Sagrada Esperança

Sporting Cabinda

Thu, 3 Aug 2000

Sagrada Esperança

0

Inter de Luanda

1

Sat, 4 Mar 2000

Primeiro de Agosto

1

Inter de Luanda

2

Preliminary rounds

Progresso v FC Corimba

Thu, 24 Feb 2000 PR	Progresso	–	FC Corimba	Luanda
15:00

Round 1

Sagrada Esperança v Sporting Cabinda

R16	Sagrada Esperança	–	Sporting Cabinda	Dundo
15:00				Stadium: Quintalão do Dundo

1º de Agosto v Inter Luanda

Sat, 4 Mar 2000 R16	1º de Agosto	1–2	Inter Luanda	Luanda
15:00	Moisés 10'		81' Papy 90' (pen.) Ab.Amaral	Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela

Petro Luanda v Cambondo

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 R16	Petro Luanda	4–0	Cambondo	Luanda
15:00	William 24' 53' Betinho 34' Guedes 49'			Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela

Benfica de Luanda v ARA da Gabela

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 R16	Benfica de Luanda	2–0	ARA da Gabela	Luanda
15:00	Rabolé 47' Marcelo 62' (pen.)			Stadium: Campo de S.Paulo

1/16 finals

ASA v Progresso

Tue, 20 Jun 2000 R16	ASA	2–0	Progresso	Luanda
15:00

Petro de Luanda v Académica Lobito

Wed, 21 Jun 2000 R16	Petro de Luanda	3–2	Académica Lobito	Luanda
15:00				Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela

Benfica de Luanda v Sonangol do Namibe

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 R16	Benfica de Luanda	0–1	Sonangol do Namibe	Luanda
15:00			26' Minhas	Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela

Quarter-finals

Petro de Luanda v FC de Cabinda

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 QF	Petro de Luanda	1–0	FC de Cabinda	Luanda
15:00	Zico (pen.)			Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela

Sonangol do Namibe v Académica do Soyo

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 QF	Sonangol do Namibe	1–2	Académica do Soyo	Namibe
15:00				Stadium: Estádio Joaquim Morais

Sporting Bié v ASA

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 QF	Sporting Bié	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	ASA	Kuito
15:00	Dady		Joni

Sagrada Esperança v Inter de Luanda

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 QF	Sagrada Esperança	0–1	Inter de Luanda	Dundo
15:00			Pathy	Stadium: Quintalão do Dundo

Semi-finals

Petro de Luanda v Académica do Soyo

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 SF	Petro de Luanda	4–0	Académica do Soyo	Luanda
15:00	Av.Lopes 16' 80' Gui 59' Flávio 64'			Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela

Sporting do Bié v Inter de Luanda

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 SF	Sporting do Bié	0–1	Inter de Luanda	Kuito
15:00			Ab.Amaral

Final

^[2]

Sat, 11 November 2000

15:00

Petro de Luanda	1–0	Inter de Luanda
Flávio 79'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Referee: Luís Manuel João

Petro

Inter

GK – Nando RB – Renato CB – Dias Caires CB – Didí LB – Nsuka MF – Gui MF – Mbiyavanga MF – Jonas MF – Zico FW – Avelino Lopes FW – Flávio Substitutions: MF – Caricoco MF – Gilberto Manager: Djalma Cavalcante

GK – Papy DF – Baptista DF – Kikas DF – Não Tiri DF – Zequinhas MF – Buta MF – Dadi MF – Miloy MF – Pathy FW – Mimoso FW – Paulito Substitutions: MF – Abílio Amaral FW – André MF – Igor Manager: Oliveira Gonçalves

Assistant referees:

2000 Angola Football Cup winner Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 7th title Squad: Avelino Lopes, Betinho, Cacharamba, Caricoco, Chinho, Dias Caires, Didí, Filipe, Flávio, Gilberto, Guedes, Gui, Jonas, Mbiyavanga, Nando, Nsuka, Renato, William, Zico Head coach: Djalma Cavalcante

See also

• 2000 Girabola
• 2001 Angola Super Cup
• 2001 African Cup Winners' Cup
• Sonangol do Namibe players
• Inter de Luanda players

External links

• profile at rsssf.com