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Grupo Desportivo Os Operários, sometimes known as Sport Operários e Benfica, is a
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club that plays in the Principe Island League in
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main isla ...
. The team is based in the island of
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and plays at Estádio 13 de Julho in the island capital as does every club on the island. Os Operários is the second most successful football (soccer) club in Príncipe, it has one of the most honours in São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 14 official titles, including six national and eight regional titles. The club was once affiliated to Portugal's
S.L. Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...
.


Crest

Its club crest has a near-circle thick rim with blue on the left, purple in the middle and red on right. It has the club name and the club's location inside with a football (soccer ball) inside.


History


Championship competitions

The team has won five regional titles and four national titles, it was the sixth team ever to win their first title in 1990 and first from the island. In 1993, they won their second regional and national title and their third regional and national in 1998. Their fourth title was won in 2004, no titles were claimed in the 2005 and the 2006 season due to arbitrarily reasons which relegated teams into the second division, the next regional title was claimed by
UDAPB União Desportiva Aeroporto, Picão e Belo Monte ( Portuguese meaning the Picão e Belo Monte Airport Sporting Union, abbreviation and common form: UDAPB) is a football club that plays in Santo António in the island of Principe in São Tomé and ...
in 2007. Their national championship titles were second behind Vitória and shared with
Sporting Praia Cruz Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz is a professional Association football, football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé Island, São Tomé. The team has won eight national and six ...
until 2007, when the club won a title and Operários' totals became third. At the regional level, they possess the greatest number of championship titles, they solely held it from 1993 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2009 when it became shared with
GD Sundy Grupo Desportivo Sundy is a football club that is based in the section of Sundy/Sundi in the island of Principe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team plays in the Principe Island League in its local division and plays at Estádio 13 de Julho ...
, two more were shared,
Porto Real Porto Real () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 19,974 (2020) and its area is 50.9 km2.IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for ...
in 2014 and Sporting Príncipe in 2016. In late-September 2017, Os Operários finally won another regional championship title in 13 years and thus became the club with the greatest number of regional titles (last time exceeding the totals once shared by Porto Real, Sporting Príncipe and Sundy). The club will make their next national appearance in 13 years. The club finished second in the 2011 season behind Sporting Clube do Principe.


Cup competitions

The club also won two cup titles and was a finalist in 1999. In 2003, they hold the third most cup titles won in the country, in 2010, it was shared with 6 de Setembro from the island of São Tomé and later it was shared with
UDRA União Desportiva Rei Amador, known popularly by the abbreviation UDRA, is a football club based in the southern part of the island of São Tomé, in the city of São João dos Angolares. Founded in 1995, the club competes in the São Tomé and ...
of the same island in 2015, in 2016, the ranking became fourth. Regionally the club won three cup titles, first in 1999, then in 2003 and in 2016. Os Operários came to the 2016 national cup final and lost 6–2 to UDRA in November. Its regional cup titles was one of two clubs that shared it in 1999, the other was
1º de Maio Grupo Desportivo 1º de Maio is a football club that plays in the island of Principe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team plays in the Principe Island League in its local division and plays at Estádio 13 de Julho in the island capital as ev ...
, later it had GD Sundy and was one of three from 2003. That total became second in 2007 behind GD Sundy, two clubs shared it to 2010 as Sporting shared it until 2012 when its totals became third and last until 2013 when it became second ever since, from 2014 to 2016, they were shared with Sporting and their totals was third.


Honours

*
São Tomé and Príncipe Championship São Tomé and Príncipe Championship (Portuguese: ''Campeonato Nacional'') is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation. In the 2021/22 season there were 18 teams participating in two leagues – 12 teams from São Tomé Island, ...
s: 5 ::1990, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2022 * São Tomé and Príncipe Cup: 3 ::1992, 2003, 2024 * Príncipe Island League: 5 ::1990, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2017 *
Taça Regional de Príncipe Taça Regional de Príncipe,Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe
lite ...
: 3 ::1992, 1999, 2003 *
São Tomé and Príncipe Super Cup The São Tomé and Príncipe Super Cup ( Portuguese: ''Super Taça de São Tomé e Príncipe'') is a Super Cup competition played during the season in São Tomé and Príncipe. The competition is governed by the São Toméan Football Federation (F ...
: 1 ::2022


League and cup history


Island championships


Statistics

*Best position: 1st (national) *Best position at cup competitions: 1st (national) *Appearances: **National Championships: 5 **Regional Championships: 19 *Appearances at a regional cup competition: 13


References


External links


Club profile
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