Atlético Petróleos de Luanda

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980.^[2] The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country.

Petro de Luanda

Full name	Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
Nickname(s)	Os Tricolores Os Petrolíferos
Founded	14 January 1980; 45 years ago (1980-01-14)[1]
Ground	Estádio 11 de Novembro Luanda, Angola
Capacity	48,500
President	Tomás Faria
Manager	Franc Artiga
League	Girabola
2024–25	1st (champions)
Website	www.petroatletico.co.ao
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

This article is about football club. For basketball team, see Petro de Luanda (basketball).

In its initial days, the club was known as Petroclube.

Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola at their first World Cup in 2006: Lebo Lebo, Lamá, Zé Kalanga and Delgado.

The club has also a basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participated with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008.

Honours

• Angolan League: 19
  • 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
• Angola Cup: 15
  • 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Angola Super Cup: 6
  • 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2013

Jesus

Tony

Zeca

Santos

Feliciano

Melanchton

Teixeira

Macuéria

Franco

Nandinho

 First lineup in official competition

Lito

J.Machado

Jesus

Abreu

Meco

Dedé

Melanchton

Cuba

Moreno

Franco

Panzo

 First lineup in Girabola – 9/5/1981

Recent seasons

Petro de Luanda's season-by-season performance since 2001:
As of 2 October 2023^[update]

Overall match statistics Season Pld W D L GF GA GD % 2022–23 43 32 5 6 90 22 +68 0.814 2021–22 48 31 14 3 101 37 +64 0.677 2020–21 45 28 7 10 61 29 +32 0.733 2019–20 36 18 14 4 57 28 +29 0.556 2018–19 45 28 9 8 60 24 +36 0.711 2018 32 15 14 3 44 17 +27 0.516 2017 33 22 3 8 49 21 +28 0.788 2016 33 21 7 5 42 17 +25 0.712 2015 33 12 8 13 29 31 –2 0.561 2014 43 19 11 13 63 41 +22 0.593 2013 38 18 9 11 46 29 +17 0.618 2012 – – – – – – + – 2011 – – – – – – + –

Classifications GB AC SC CL CC 1st 1st – GS - 1st 1st – SF - 2nd 1st – GS - - - – GS - 2nd SF – – GS 2nd – – – R1 2nd 1st – – – 2nd SF 8th SF 5th 2nd RU 4th 1st W 3rd 1st 3rd R32 R16

Top season scorers Player LG AC SC CL CC T Azulão 20 2 – 5 - 27 Azulão 21 4 – 7 - 32 Azulão 16 1 – 2 - 19 António Rosa Ribeiro 14 1 – 3 - 18 Azulão 13 2 – – 5 20 Azulão 20 – – – 1 21 Azulão 15 3 – – – 18 Azulão 9 1 – – – 10 Job 6 1 – – 1 7 Ladji Keita 13 2 0 – 4 19 Ladji Keita 8 5 0 – 0 13 Kembua 10 – – – Love 20 – – –

• PR = Preliminary round, R1 = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals, RU = Runner-Up, W = Winner

Performance in CAF competitions

Main article: Atlético Petróleos de Luanda in African football

• CAF Champions League: 7 appearances

1998 – Second Round

2001 – Semi-Finals

2002 – First Round

2004 – Third Round

2007 – First Round

2009 – First Round

2010 – Second Round

2019−20 – Group Stage

2020−21 – Group Stage

2021−22 – Semi-Finals

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

1983: Second Round

1985: First Round

1987: First Round

1988: Second Round

1989: First Round

1990: First Round

1991: Second Round

1994: First Round

1995: First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 7 appearances

2004 – Group Stage

2006 – Group Stage

2008 – First Round

2010 – Second Round of 16

2013 – First Round

2014 – Second Round of 16

2015 –

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1997 – Finalist

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1992 – First Round

1993 – Second Round

1999 – First Round

2003 – First Round

 2019–2020

Logo

At a General Assembly meeting held on June 27, 2020, it was decided that the former logo should be reinstated with a few minor adjustments.^{[citation needed]}

Players and staff

Jonathan Toro, who played numerous games for Honduras, joined Atlético Petróleos de Luanda in 2023

Players

Main article: List of Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players

Squad

As of 5 July 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ANG Hugo Marques 2 DF  ANG Diógenes 5 MF  BRA William Soares (vice-captain) 7 FW  ANG Anderson Cruz 8 MF  HON Jonathan Toro 9 FW  ANG Julinho 10 MF  ANG Megue 11 FW  ANG Jaredi Teixeira 12 GK  ANG Nathan 17 FW  ANG Vanilson 18 DF  ANG Vidinho 19 FW  ANG Yano 20 MF  POR Pedro Aparício

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  ANG Gelson 24 DF  ANG Kinito 25 DF  ANG Eddie Afonso 26 FW  BRA Tiago Azulão (captain) 27 DF  ANG Antonio Hossi 30 MF  ANG Pedro Agostinho 33 FW  ANG Florentino 37 MF  ANG Maya — MF  POR Jorge Pereira — FW  ANG Gilberto — FW  ANG Jó Paciência — FW  BRA Tiago Reis — FW  HON Bryan Róchez

Staff

Name	Nationality	Position(s)
Technical staff
Franc Artiga		Head coach
José Nhwengo		Assistant coach
Cristóvão M'Bala		Assistant coach
Medical
Rodolfo Muleka		Physician
Francisco Chipenga		Physio
António Mbuyamba		Masseur
Management
Tomás Faria		Chairman
Filipe Nkosi		Vice-chairman
Daniel Lungu		Head of Foot Dept

Manager history

Season Coach S L C Coach S L C Coach S L C 1980 Vassili Moratev Vesco 1981 Antônio Clemente 1982 1983 1984 Carlos Queirós Severino Miranda Smica † 1985 Alfredo Abraão 1986 Carlos Silva 1987 Carlos Silva Carlos Queirós Antônio Clemente 1988 Antônio Clemente 1989 Carlos Queirós 1990 Antônio Clemente Carlos Queirós 1991 1992 Gojko Zec 1993 1994 1995 Jesus Saturnino 1996 António Lopes Chiby 1997 Jorge Ferreira 1998 Jorge Ferreira 1999 Dragan Popadić Djalma Cavalcante 2000 Djalma Cavalcante 2001

Season Coach S L C Coach S L C 2002 José Roberto Ávilas 2003 Jan Brouwer 2004 Antônio Clemente 2005 Arthur Bernardes Carlos Alhinho 2006 Carlos Alhinho Djalma Cavalcante 2007 Bernardino Pedroto 2008 2009 2010 Miroslav Maksimović 2011 Miroslav Maksimović 2012 Miller Gomes 2013 Miller Gomes José Dinis 2014 Alexandre Grasseli 2015 2016 Beto Bianchi 2017 2018 2018-19 Toni Cosano 2019-20 Toni Cosano 2020-21 Mateus Agostinho Bodunha 2021-22 Alexandre Santos 2022–23

Chairman history

• Tomás Faria – 2014–present
• Mateus de Brito † – 2012–2014
• Cardoso Pereira – 2008–2011
• Paulo Gouveia Júnior – 2004–2007
• Silva Neto – 1999–2003
• Botelho de Vasconcelos – 1990–1999

Other sports

• Petro Atlético Basketball
• Petro Atlético Handball
• Petro Atlético Hockey

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola