Académica Petróleos Clube do Lobito

AC Lobito
Basic data
Surname	Académica Petróleos Clube do Lobito
Seat	Lobito
founding	March 17, 1970
Colours	yellow black
president	Luís GB Borges
First soccer team
Venue	Estádio do Buraco
Places	5,000
league	Girabola
2018/19	12th place
home Away

Académica Petróleos Clube do Lobito , usually just called AC Lobito , is a football club from the Angolan port city of Lobito . It was founded on March 17, 1970 by Portuguese in what was then the Portuguese colony of Angola.

The club welcomes its guests in the 15,000-seat Estádio do Buraco . The professional league Girabola specifies the stadium's capacity for league games at 3,000.

AC Lobito finished the 2014 season as champions of Angola's second division, the Gira Angola . As a result, he returned to the top division of Angola, the professional league Girabola . From 2000 to 2005 the AC Lobito already played in Girabola, where he achieved his best placement with 4th place in 2001. In 2009 he played again in the first division, but rose again in 14th place. The club has not yet been able to win national titles.

In addition to men's and women's football, the club also operates departments for other sports, in particular handball, chess, and roller hockey , which is relatively popular in Angola (as of December 2014).

Lobito in the African competitions

competition	round	opponent	First leg	Return leg
CAF Cup 2000	1 round	TP Mazembe Lubumbashi	0: 4 (A)	2: 3 (H)

	Games	Victories	draw	Loss	Gates
Overall balance	2	0	0	2	2: 7

Web links

• Profile of AC Lobito in the professional league Girabola
• Profile of AC Lobito on www.fussballzz.de
• AC Lobito page on Facebook

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the Estádio do Buraco stadium on the Girabola professional league website, accessed on January 3, 2015
2. ↑ Girabola final tables and club profile on the Girabola professional league website, accessed on January 3, 2015
3. ↑ Information on the club's own Facebook page , accessed on January 3, 2015