Grupo Desportivo Interclube, usually known as Interclube or Inter de Luanda, is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club is attached to the Angolan police force. Interclube is one of the two clubs based in Luanda (the other one is 1º de Agosto) with a stadium of its own as all the remaining clubs in the capital play their home matches at the state-owned 11 de Novembro and Coqueiros. The stadium, built in 2004, has an 10,000-seat capacity.[2]

GD Interclube
Full nameGrupo Desportivo Interclube
Nickname(s)Os Polícias
FoundedFebruary 28, 1976; 48 years ago (1976-02-28)
GroundEstádio 22 de Junho,
Luanda, Angola
Capacity10,000[1]
ChairmanAlexandre Canelas
ManagerIvo Campos
LeagueGirabola
2023–249th
Websitehttp://interclube.co.ao/

History

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Founded on February 28, 1976, by the then Ministry of the Interior Santana André Pitra aka Petroff as Inter de Luanda, it won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1986.

In 2005, the club finished 9th in the Angolan first division.[3] In that year, it also reached the domestic cup final, but was defeated 1–0 by ASA.[4]

Two players from Inter represented the Angola national team in its first FIFA World Cup tournament, in 2006 in Germany: Miloy and Mário.

Stadium

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Interclube is one of two clubs in Angola to play their home games in their own stadium, the Estádio 22 de Junho.

Honours

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Recent seasons

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Interclube's season-by-season performance:

  • 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

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Performance in CAF competitions

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2008 – Third Round
2011 – Second Round
2004 – First Round
2005 – First Round
2006 – Group Stage
2008 – Group Stage
2011 – Semi-finals
2012 – Group Stage
1987 – First Round
2001 – Finalist

Players and staff

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Players

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Staff

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Name Nat Pos
Technical staff
Ivo Campos   Head coach
Filipe Mufinda   Assistant coach
Vítor Kanguimbo   Assistant coach
Sebastião Ndongala   Goalkeeper coach
Medical
Jorge Kamukanda   Physician
Valdomiro Nguvulu   Physical trainer
Nuno Nguimbo   Physio
Management
Alexandre Canelas   Chairman
Rui Kapyanga   Vice-chairman
Feliciano Kakulu   Head of Foot Dept

Manager history

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Other sports

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References

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  1. ^ "Girabola – Campeonato Nacional de Futebol de Angola".
  2. ^ Stadiums in Angola Archived 2021-06-13 at the Wayback Machine; at World Stadiums
  3. ^ Angola 2005; at RSSSF
  4. ^ Angola Cup 2005; at RSSSF
  5. ^ "Football: Interclube Wins National Senior Championship". ANGOP.com. 21 Oct 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
  6. ^ "Interclube win national first division football championship". ANGOP.com. 1 Nov 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
  7. ^ "The football team Interclube is the winner of the Angola Cup". ANGOP.com. 11 Nov 2003. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 Nov 2014.
  8. ^ "Interclube win 30th edition of Angola football cup". ANGOP.com. 11 Nov 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 Nov 2014.
  9. ^ "Football: Interclube Win Angola Super Cup". ANGOP.com. 25 Feb 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
  10. ^ "Interclube win Angola Super Cup". ANGOP.com. 26 Feb 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.