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Académico Do Aeroporto
Académico do Aeroporto ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Akadémiku du Aeropurtu'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal. The team was is named after its nearby airport ( Sal International Airport). Its current director is Ivan Lopes since mid-February 2017, its chairman is Carlos Moniz who returned for the second time and its manager was Lúcio Antunes since 2015. Now that Verdun Pedra de Lume was relegated, the club became the island's five unrelegated original clubs. Académico do Aeroporto is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde and is the most successful on the island, having won about 32 official titles, only one is national and the remaining 31 are regional titles. History The club was founded on December 1, 1966 and are one of two affiliates with Académica de Coimbra, the other is Académica do Sal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Marcelo Leitão
Estádio Marcelo Leitão is a multi-use stadium in Sal Island, Cape Verde. It is used mostly for football matches and now track and field and has a capacity of 8,000 people. It is named for Marcelo Leitão, one of the two main features on the island, the other is a square located in Santa Maria. The stadium is owned by the municipality of Sal and still does as the municipality has yet to split into two. The stadium are operated by the Sal Regional Football (Soccer) and Athletic associations. It is the home stadium of Espargos teams, Académico do Aeroporto and others based in a neighborhood Juventude and recently Chã de Matias, Gaviões, Jovens Unidos of Ribeira Funda (the three since 2014) and Pretória (since 2017), it is also home to the island's club Académica do Sal. The ground is made of artificial grass, its area is 105 x 68 meters. Its location is south of the road connecting the east of the city with the road encircling most of the city. The stadium also had rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the capital city of Praia, on the island of Santiago, and plays in a stadium with a capacity of 8,000. It is affiliated with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and was its first affiliate in Cape Verde and in the western part of West Africa. Travadores' nicknames are ''Índios'' (Indians) and ''Águias'' (Eagles). Travadores is one of the most successful football clubs in Cape Verde, having won 12 official titles, of which 3 are national and 9 are regional. Along with Sporting and Boavista, they form the Big Three of Praia (until 2003, the Big Three of Santiago). History The club was founded on 15 October 1930 in the then-colonial capital of Praia, and is the island's second, and the country's fourth, oldest club. CD Travadores was officially regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académica Da Brava
Associação Académica da Brava ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Akadémika da Brava'') is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Brava Island League in Cape Verde. The logo and the uniform as well as other teams with the name Académica and Académico in Cape Verde is identical to Académica de Coimbra. It has a small "Br" on the bottom of the left letter A (standing for Associação, Association in Portuguese), the first two letters, the island of the club being based, Brava. About the club Their first island title was won in 2002 and their recent in 2012. The club appeared in the national championships for the first time in 2002. They never won a single match, they had their only draw with Onze Unidos and scored two goals, one with Sanjoanense of Santo Antão, the other with Onze Unidos, the club lost 7 matches which was the worst of any club at the national championships, even with the reformatted 2017 season into three groups and an extension of a week t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Clube Da Praia
Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: ''Sporting Klubi di Praia'') is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, one of the unrelegated clubs in the south of the island along with three of the city's four historically mightiest clubs including Académica, Boavista and CD Travadores. Along with Académcia, Boavista, Desportivo, Travadores and Vitória, it is one of several teams that share the same ground, Estádio da Várzea, which has a capacity of 8,000. Sporting has won six championships since independence and a few before independence. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence. Sporting recently won the 2017 national title. Its current president is Carlos Daniel Caetano and its manager is Lito, who once played for Portuguese clubs as footballer. Sporting Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onze Unidos
Clube Desportivo Onze Unidos (Portuguese for "Eleven United", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Unzi Unidus'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Maio Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the island of Maio Island. Since the implementation of the Second Division in 2015, Since the implementation of the Second Division in 2015, Onze Unidos are one of five unrelegated clubs of Maio. Onze Unidos is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde and is Maio's most successful club, having won about 20 official titles, 2 are national and the remaining 18 are regional titles. History The club was founded after independence in 1976. The club celebrated its 10th anniversary in 1986. It became a registered club before 1990 and competed in its first regional championships in the early 1990s. Since 1992, the club has the most number of regional titles ahead of Académico 83, from 1995 to 1996, the club was tied wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjoanense (Porto Novo)
Clube de Futebol Os Sanjoanenses, also known as Sanjoanense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Sanjoanensi'', also in the other Capeverdean Crioulo forms of the Santo Antão and the São Vicente Crioulos) is a football club that currently plays in the Santo Antão Island League South Zone in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Porto Novo in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão. History The club was founded on February 4, 1984 and was called Futebol Clube Esperança (FC Esperança). In 1996, the club changed its name to Sanjoanense after Saint John, the patron saint of Porto Novo. The team is the only one of the four teams in the division that never won any title since the breakup of the island division in 1997. Recently the club cannot afford to compete in the island league due to the financial reasons in the early 2010s. The club won their regional title and was their last title before breakup in 2002 and brought their only appearance in the champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batuque FC
Batuque Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Batuki Futibol Klubi'', São Vicente: ''Batúque Futebol Klube'') is a football club that plays in the São Vicente Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. Its current president is Jota (João Jose Cardoso da Silva) who became first president in around the mid 2000s. The club's nickname is ''Panteras'' (''Panthers''). Since 30 April 2017, they are one of three unrelegated clubs in the island along with Derby and Mindelense. Batuque are one of the most successful football clubs on the island, having won about 12 official regional titles, of which, four of them are island or championship titles, four cup titles, three super cup titles and two association cup (opening tournament) titles. Batuque also has a handball team. History The club was formed on May 5, 1981 and was founded by players one of them was Jota (João José Cardoso da Silva) and students from Liceu Ludg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GD Palmeira
Grupo Desportivo Palmeira (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Palméra'', also in the Sal Crioulo) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Santa Maria and plays in its municipal stadium north of the town center. Palmeira is the fourth successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 8 official regional titles. Origin of the name The name mainly originates from several palms in the area, one area, there are palms on Avenida Amílcar Cabral today, since there is a village name Palmeira in the west of the island which has the same origin, the team does not owe its name from a village on the same island. To avoid confusion, the club mainly calls it under the name Palmeira do Sul do Sal or Palmeira de Santa Maria Logo Its logo contains a green colored (or palm) shield with three white lines and the abbreviated full form on top, Palmeira on top of the second shield whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inforpress
Inforpress - Capeverdean News Agency (Portuguese: Inforpress - Agência Cabo-verdiana de Notícias) is the official news agency of Cape Verde. It is headquartered in the capital city of Praia. Its current head is Jacqueline Elisa Barreto de Carvalho which she became in October 2017. History It was founded in 1988 as Cabopress, it changed to its current name in 1998. Inforpress is the elemental name of "Informative Press" It is sometimes known as the "Capeverdean News Agency" but that is not the official name. It is one of the founding members of Aliança das Agências de Informação de Língua Portuguesa (ALP), Alliance of Portuguese-speaking News Agencies, formed in July 1996. The building is located in Largo de Marconi in the neighborhood of Achada Santo António. The agency offers news service in text, videos, sounds for radio, information relating to photographies. Also, it provides services to all the organizations of social communications, national and international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SC Santa Maria
Sport Clube Santa Maria (also in Capeverdean Crioulos of ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Sal) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Santa Maria in the southern part of the island of Sal. Santa Maria is the third successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 10 official regional titles. History The club was founded on April 1, 1937 and is the oldest on the island and was once the island's only club until 1948. It is one of the most titled teams in Sal regional division numbering 7. The club participated 8 times in the national level. Their greatest appearance was in the national finals where they lost to Académica do Mindelo in the 1989 edition. As Académico do Aeroporto won their only national title in 2003, Santa Maria qualified as a runner up in 2004, the club only had a draw and finished 5th with a point. The club was next qualified as a runner up since the early 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progresso Associação Do Sambizanga
Progresso Associação do Sambizanga is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club was founded in 1975, as a result of a merger of three clubs: Juventude Unida do Bairro Alfredo (JUBA), Juventista and Vaza. Progresso do Sambizanga is notably the only club in Girabola to maintain a women's soccer team, even without official competition. They play their home games at the state-owned Estádio da Cidadela. History 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 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
