C.D. Primeiro de Agosto in international football
This article aims at providing details on the participation and performance of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto at the various competitions organized by the Confederation of African Football, namely the CAF Champions League, the CAF Confederation Cup and the former CAF Cup and CAF Winner's Cup as well as international tournaments and friendlies. Primeiro de Agosto has a total 24 participations in CAF-sponsored competitions, including 12 in the CAF Champions League, 5 in the African Cup of Champions Clubs, 3 in the CAF Cup Winners' Cup and 2 in both the CAF Confederation Cup and the CAF Cup. In 1998, the club reached the final of the CAF Cup Winners' Cup, having finished as the runner-up. In 1997 and 2009, they reached the group stage of the CAF Champions League and of the CAF Confederation Cup, respectively. In 2018, they reached the semi-finals of the champions league, where they were eliminated in a second-leg 4-2 defeat to Espérance Tunis, a match that included an alleged biased officiating performance by referee Janny Sikazwe. Overall positions 2020–21 Champions League 2019–20 Champions League 2018–19 Champions League 2018 Champions League Espérance vs D'Agosto The heavily biased performance of Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe positively prevented