CLUBE FUTEBOL OS BALANTAS celebrates 75th anniversary in 2021

Congratulations to the players, teammates and all the fans of Clube de Futebol Os Balantas, which can look back on a long soccer tradition!

The Clube de Futebol Os Balantas is a Guinea-Bissau football club based in Mansôa. Today, they play in the top division of the professional Guinean football league.

Originally created on September 16, 1946 as an affiliate of the Portuguese club CF Os Belenenses, Clube de Futebol Os Balantas was founded in 1974 in Mansôa, the year that the country became independent. It is the first club founded in Mansôa. The team was the first Guinean champion after the independence from Portugal and played in the preliminary round of the African Cup of Champions Club in 1976. Their next appearances was 31 years later at the CAF Champions League 2007. The Club nearly played after that in every continental competition after winning their championship title in 2010.