Sambizanga

The club made its debut in the Girabola in 1981 and won their only cup title in 1996 after defeating Primeiro de Agosto and qualified into the 1997 CAF Winners' Cup where they challenged with Gabon's FC 105 Libreville and won a goal in the first leg and lost 2–0 in the last, this was their only appearance in the continental competition.

In the 1980s, the club expanded its international relations, Progresso Sambizanga was the first African club to play in the legendary Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.

One of the friendly pre-season matches were in 2012 where they played in Brazil in the Toca de Raposa I with the two popular clubs Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro.

Progresso do Sambizanga was the first African team to play in the Estádio do Maracaña. That occurred in the 1990s at the time when the team was on campus in a 1-2 loss to a team of retired Brazilian footballers.

Angola Girabola	01/02 14:00	2	Baixa de Cassanje v Progresso do Sambizanga	D	0-0
Angola Girabola	03/22 14:00	25	Ferroviario do Huambo v Progresso do Sambizanga	D	0-0
Angola Girabola	03/15 14:00	24	^[13] Progresso do Sambizanga v Sagrada Esperanca ^[5]	W	1-0
Angola Girabola	03/07 14:00	23	Desportivo da Huíla v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	1-0
Angola Girabola	02/26 14:00	17	Progresso do Sambizanga v Petro Luanda	D	1-1
Angola Girabola	02/23 15:00	21	Progresso do Sambizanga v Wiliete SC	W	3-2
Angola Girabola	02/17 14:00	20	SC de Cabinda v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	2-1
Angola Girabola	02/09 15:00	19	Progresso do Sambizanga v Académica do Lobito	L	0-1
Angola Girabola	02/01 14:00	18	Recreativo do Libolo v Progresso do Sambizanga	W	0-1
Angola Girabola	01/19 16:00	16	Primeiro de Agosto v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	4-0
Angola Girabola	12/21 14:00	15	FC Bravos do Maquis v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	1-0
Angola Girabola	12/07 15:00	14	Progresso do Sambizanga v GD Interclube	L	1-2
Angola Girabola	12/01 14:00	13	FC Cuando Cubango v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	3-0
Angola Girabola	11/24 16:30	12	Progresso do Sambizanga v CR Da Caála	W	1-0
Angola Girabola	11/17 14:30	8	Progresso do Sambizanga v Desportivo da Huíla	D	1-1
Angola Girabola	11/03 14:00	11	Santa Rita de Cássia v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	1-0
Angola Girabola	10/26 15:00	10	Progresso do Sambizanga v Ferroviario do Huambo	L	0-1
Angola Girabola	10/23 14:00	9	Sagrada Esperanca v Progresso do Sambizanga	D	1-1
Angola Girabola	10/18 16:00	2	Petro Luanda v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	2-1
Angola Girabola	10/05 14:00	7	1º de Maio de Benguela v Progresso do Sambizanga	D	1-1
Angola Girabola	09/29 15:00	6	Wiliete SC v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	2-0
Angola Girabola	09/21 15:00	5	Progresso do Sambizanga v SC de Cabinda	W	2-1
Angola Girabola	09/18 14:00	4	Académica do Lobito v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	2-1
Angola Girabola	09/01 15:00	3	Progresso do Sambizanga v Recreativo do Libolo	L	0-1
Angola Girabola	08/27 16:30	1	Progresso do Sambizanga v Primeiro de Agosto	W	1-0
Angola Girabola	05/19 15:00	30	Progresso do Sambizanga v Petro Luanda	D	1-1
Angola Girabola	05/11 15:00	29	Recreativo do Libolo v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	2-1
Angola Girabola	04/28 16:00	28	Progresso do Sambizanga v FC Cuando Cubango	W	3-1
Angola Girabola	04/24 16:00	27	Progresso do Sambizanga v Académica do Lobito	W	3-0
Angola Girabola	04/21 16:00	21	Santa Rita de Cássia v Progresso do Sambizanga	L	2-0

Sambizanga

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