C.R. Caála

Angolan football club

Football club

Clube Recreativo da Caála, commonly known as just Recreativo da Caála, is an Angolan football club based in Caála, a municipality 23 km to the province's capital city of Huambo.

History

CR Caála was founded on 24 June 1944 and competing in Angola's top-level league, the Girabola.^[1]

The management of Recreativo da Caála dismissed on Monday [3 May] the Portuguese Victor Manuel as the coach of the football club. Also according to the same source, the team also sacked the assistant coach Jorge Prisca and Fernando Pereira, goalkeepers coach. [1]

Stadium

Recreativo da Caála is one of the few clubs in Angola's top division to own a football stadium, the Estádio Mártires da Canhala. The former 3,000 capacity stadium has been rehabilitated and expanded to 10,000-seats. It's reinauguration took place on 6 October 2013.^[2]

Achievements

• Angola Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2012

Recent seasons

C.R. Caála'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

League and cup positions

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2011 – First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
  • 2013 – Second Round

Players and staff

Players

Staff

Manager history and performance

See also

• Girabola
• Gira Angola

References

1. "Clube Recreativo da Caála reabilita infra-estruturas sociais". Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
2. "Estádio Mártires da Canhala será inaugurado domingo" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 4 Oct 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 21 Mar 2016.

External links

• Girabola.com profile
• Zerozero.pt profile
• Facebook profile
• Blog