Desportivo Militar 6 de Setembro (Portuguese meaning 6 September in which the date is founded) is a

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club that plays in the

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. The team is based in the village of

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island of

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. The club is the country's only military football club. The team is one of the few teams to claim presently only one island and national title, the club also has two island and national cup wins. Its logo has two silver blue eagles native to the island, one with a brown tail (brown tailed booby) on the right with two tags on top and bottom and a yellow shield in the middle with the club name inside, on top is a blue star. Its uniform colors are yellow and green.

History

Their first cup title was won in 1988, 6 de Setembro made their second cup final appearance and lost the chance to win their second cup title for twenty years. The club was in the island division until they were relegated in the beginning of the 20th century, the club returned to the first division in the 2009/10 season and in the same season won their second and recent cup title. after defeating

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3–0. 6 de Setembro became the third most possessed cup titled with two, the other being Príncipe's

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, it was shared with

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in 2015 and the ranking became fourth in 2016. Later, the club was relegated to the second and then the third divisions. In 2014 and in 2015 alongside Palmar, the club did not take part in the regional championships. Both 6 de Setembro and Palmar returned to competition, Palmar headed above to the Second Division while 6 de Setembro spend a season at the Third Division. The club won a Third Division title for 2016 and competed in the Second Division in the 2017 season, the club was second behind

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and the club will return to the Premier Division for the following season.

Honours

*National: **

s: 1 :::1988 ** Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Principe: 2 :::1988, 2010 **

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: 1 :::2011 *Regional: **

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: 1 :::1988 **

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: 1 :::2010

Tertiary achievement

*São Tomé Island Third Division: 1 ::2016

League and cup history

Island championships

Statistics

*Best position: 1st (national) *Best position at cup competitions: 1st (national) *Appearances: **National: 1 *Appearance at a national cup competition: 2

References

External links

6 de Setembro at the Final Ball6 de Setembro at Soccerway
{{DEFAULTSORT:6 Setembro Football clubs in São Tomé and Príncipe Cantagalo District São Tomé Island Second Division Military association football clubs