CF Os Balantas

CF Os Balantas
Full name Clube de Futebol Os Balantas
Founded 1974
Ground Estádio Corca Sow
Mansôa, Guinea-Bissau
Ground Capacity 3,000
Chairman Guinea-Bissau Quicala Balde
Manager Tanzania Idrrissa Mwhinni
League Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau
2014 6th place

Clube de Futebol Os Balantas is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Mansôa. They play in the top division in Guinean football, the Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau.

The club was founded in 1974 in Mansôa, the year that the country became independent. The team was the first Guinean champion after the independence from Portugal and played in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League 2007. Os Balantas nearly played in every continental competition, they missed the 2014 competition against Séwé Sports as Balantas withdrew. They also won their only super cup title in 2006 after winning their second championship title.

The earlier Os Balanta was created on 16 September 1946. The club took part in the upper rounds of the Portuguese Cup before independence, they participated in five matches including Lusitano Évora, SC Braga, Fabril, Acadèmica Coimbra and Beja. They had three colonial titles for what it was Portuguese Guinea.

Logo

Its logo is blue and features the acronym CFB.

Achievements

1975, 2006, 2009, 2013
2006

League and cup history

Performance in CAF competitions

2007 - Preliminary Round
Algeria JS Kabylie , 1-2, 1-3
2010 - Preliminary Round
Morocco Difaa El Jadida, 0-0, 0-3
1976 - First Round
Senegal ASC Diaraf, 1-4, 1-6

National level

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes
2003-04 1 5 18756 2121026
2004-05 1 4 211065 2716+1136
2006 1 1 221480 31112050
2009 1 1
2013 1 13rd Round
2014 1 6

Statistics

Current squad

As of 2016[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Kyrgyzstan GK Vadtem Sirivrov
3 Guinea-Bissau DF Aruma
4 Guinea-Bissau DF Bruma
5 Guinea-Bissau DF Manuel Carlos
6 Guinea-Bissau MF Ba Wa Djaló
7 Guinea-Bissau MF Papa
8 Guinea-Bissau MF Du
9 Papua New Guinea FW Simos Bubu Jr.
10 Cuba MF Alonso Castro
No. Position Player
11 Guinea-Bissau FW Rasid Forbes
12 Guinea-Bissau FW Amidu
13 Guinea-Bissau FW Barri
14 Vanuatu MF Henrry Babah
15 Guinea-Bissau DF Person Luís Có
22 Namibia GK Williams Shilow
28 Uganda FW Johel Uysempa
33 Mozambique DF Shukko

Previous squads

2012 and 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Guinea-Bissau GK Salif
3 Guinea-Bissau DF Aruma
4 Guinea-Bissau DF Bruma
5 Guinea-Bissau DF Manuel Carlos
6 Guinea-Bissau MF Ba Wa Djaló
7 Guinea-Bissau MF Papa
8 Guinea-Bissau MF Du
10 Guinea-Bissau MF Sá Pinto
No. Position Player
11 Guinea-Bissau FW Rasid Forbes
12 Guinea-Bissau FW Amidu
13 Guinea-Bissau FW Barri
14 Guinea-Bissau MF Pansau Nhasse
15 Guinea-Bissau DF Person Luís Có
22 Guinea-Bissau GK Fode

Managers

References

External links

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