Progresso Associação do Sambizanga (basketball)

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga
Leagues	Angola League
Founded	November 17, 1975
History	1975 - present
Arena	Pavilhão 28 de Fevereiro (capacity: 2,000)
Location	Luanda, Angola
Team colors	yellow, black
President	Paixão Júnior
Head coach	Cláudio Dikani

Introduction

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. It's men's basketball team competes at the Angolan league, as well as other local competitions organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation.

After being relegated to the second division in the previous year, Progresso has won the 2014 Angola Second Division Basketball Championship, thus being promoted to the 2015 BIC Basket ^[1]

Roster

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Updated as of April 14th, 2016

Progresso do Sambizanga roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 4 Edgar Chocolate 28 – 11 November 1988 5 Pedro Miguel 22 – 7 December 1994 6 Olêncio Ndatipo 30 – 23 November 1986 7 Hugo Cristiano 32 – 16 October 1984 8 Joaquim Xavier 35 – 22 January 1981 9 Valter Santos 22 – 10 March 1994 10 Eduardo Kiabola 22 – 29 March 1994 G 11 Hélio Francisco 30 – 14 November 1986 12 Manuel Mariano 29 – 7 July 1987 13 Márcio Mário 24 – 28 March 1992 SG 14 André João 22 – 12 September 1994 15 Cardoso Casimiro 38 – 15 December 1978 16 Yubi Major 28 – 24 December 1987 20 Martinho Paulo 28 – 17 August 1988 Adalberto António 28 – 31 July 1988 C Mwamba Ilunga 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – 4 August 1984	Head coach Cláudio Dikani Assistant coach(es) Celestino Kipacassa Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Past rosters

Progresso do Sambizanga Basketball – 2015 BIC Basket – xth place roster
Players							Coaches
Pos	#	Nat	Name	Height	Weight	Age	Head Coach
	3		Manuel Nowa			2 March 1990 (aged 25)	Cláudio Dikani
	4		Edgar Chocolate
	5		Pedro Miguel			7 December 1994 (aged 21)	Assistant coach(es)
	6		Márcio Mário			28 March 1992 (aged 23)
C	7		Hélder Gonçalves
	8		Miguel Maconda
	9		António Neto			8 August 1988 (aged 27)
	10		Kiamesso Koko
PG	11		Hélio Francisco			14 November 1986 (aged 29)
	12		José Fula (C)			31 December 1988 (aged 27)
	13		Alberto Costa
PG	14		André João			12 September 1994 (aged 21)
C	15		Mwamba Ilunga	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		4 August 1984 (aged 31)
	16		Yubi Major			24 December 1987 (aged 28)
C	20		Juliano Domingos

Progresso do Sambizanga Basketball – 2014 BAI Basket – 9th place roster
Players							Coaches
Pos	#	Nat	Name	Height	Weight	Age	Head Coach
			Augusto Sangunga				Cláudio Dikani
			Benvindo Quimbamba			5 February 1985 (aged 29)
			Egídio Ventura			18 February 1990 (aged 24)	Assistant coach(es)
			Escórcio António			12 December 1987 (aged 27)
			Hélder Cristina			19 February 1990 (aged 24)
			Joel Domingos
			José Fula			31 December 1988 (aged 26)
			José Salvador
			Joseney Joaquim			11 July 1992 (aged 22)
			Manuel Nowa			2 March 1990 (aged 24)
			Márcio Mário			28 March 1992 (aged 22)

See also

• Progresso do Sambizanga Football
• Progresso do Sambizanga Handball
• Angolan Basketball Federation

External links

• Africabasket profile

References

1. "Progresso end first stage of second division basketball championship unbeaten". ANGOP. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2014-11-15.