Clube Desportivo Amabox (or Amabos) Barcelona Tarrafal (also in

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for

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ALUPEC The ''Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano'' (Unified Alphabet for Cape Verdean Writing), commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognizedResolução n.º 48/2005' (Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde – ...

ALUPEK The ''Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano'' (Unified Alphabet for Cape Verdean Writing), commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognizedResolução n.º 48/2005' (Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde – ...

: ''Barselona'' also in the São Vicente Crioulo) was a

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club that played in the Santiago Island League North in

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. The team was based in the town of Tarrafal in the northern part of the island of

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. The team was founded in 1995 and its logo and uniform rarely equals to that of the Spanish club

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, it is predominantly different as the club is also known as Amabos Barcelona or Amabos Barcelona Tarrafal. The team two titles, one in 2000 and their recent in 2003. Since 2011/12, the club had been absent from Santiago North competition, and not long after, the club was dissolved, no merger was made. The home stadium is the Municipal Stadium (Estádio Municipal) located roughly 1 km south on a branch road connecting the road to the national capital of

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, its location is approximately halfway between Tarrafal and

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. The club's greatest player was

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who played from 1997 to 2002.

Honours

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: 2 :1999/00, 2002/03

League and cup history

National championship

Island/Regional Championship

References

External links

Barcelona Tarrafal Blog

Information about the club
Football clubs in Santiago, Cape Verde Tarrafal Municipality 1995 establishments in Cape Verde Association football clubs established in 1995 2016 disestablishments in Cape Verde Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 Defunct football clubs in Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-footyclub-stub