Sporting Clube da Praia

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Sporting Clube da Praia
Full name	Sporting Clube da Praia
Founded	1929
Ground	Estádio da Varzea, Praia, Cape Verde (Capacity 8,000)
Chairman	Rui Évora
Manager	Felisberto Cardoso
League	Santiago Island League (South)
2007-08
Home colours 　 Away colours

Sporting Praia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Sporting Klubi di Praia) is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 8,000 It is one of the teams that won six championships since independence and a few before independence, recently they won the match during the 2006 finals. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence.

It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams including Académica and CD Travadores in the same stadium.

Contents 1 Logo 2 Jersey 3 Titles 4 Playoff advances in history 5 Players 6 Performance in African competitions

[edit] Logo

Its logo has a shield and is colored green and features a lion with a soccer ball on the left, the abbreviated name is bubbled on the top and the unabbreviated form is at the bottom. The logo is identical to Sporting Clube de Portugal old logo (also known as Sporting Lisbon). Sporting Lisbon are the fathering club of Sporting Clube da Praia.

[edit] Jersey

Its jersey features a striped green-white shirt with green sleeves and green socks. The uniform is identical to its fathering club, the Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal (also known as Sporting Lisbon).

[edit] Titles

• National titles
  • Cape Verdean Championship (since independence): 6

1985, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007

• • Before Independence:

1962

• Insular titles:
  • Santiago Island League (South) (since independence):

not all are listed here: 1985, 1988, 1991, 1997, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07

• Santiago Island (South) Opening Tournament: 3

2001/02, 2003/04, 2005/06

[edit] Playoff advances in history

Sporting Clube de Praia had won a championship in 1962, later they win their first title after independence in 1985, 1991, 1997, 2002 and 2006 beating the team known as Académico do Aeroporto from Espargos on Sal Island, during the semi-finals they won the most points, six before entering the finals and lost in the first leg and won in the second leg and claimed the title for the 2005-06 season, a year later, the team claimed their second title in a row in the 2006-07 season and also were the championships of the island's south zone.

Sporting Clube de Praia has been in the playoffs and reached the finals during the other times but never claimed the title, they lost to CS Mindelense 2-0 and 0-1 in the 1988 finals, in the 2004-05 season, the team versus Derby FC was tied in the first leg, the team lost 4-3 to Derby and were the 2004-05 champions.

[edit] Players

• Dei I
• Dei II
• Kadu
• Mario Pop
• Tunis
• José Pedro Tavares Loloti
• Elvis Macedo Babanco
• Dário Furtado

[edit] Performance in African competitions

• CAF Champions League:

2000 - Preliminary Round

2007 - withdrew in Preliminary Round

2008 - First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1992: First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

2001: Preliminary Round

Santiago Island League (South) 2007-08 v • d • e
Académica | Bairro | Boavista | Celtic | Desportivo (Praia) | Desportivo (Ribeira Grande) Praia Rural | Sporting (Praia) | Tchadense | Travadores | Vila Nova | Vitória
Football in Cape Verde v • d • e
Federation | National team | Cape Verdean Championships
Capeverdean National Division 2007-08 v • d • e
Group A Sporting (Praia) | Desportivo | Corôa | Sal-Rei FC | Académica (Fogo) | Académico do Aeroporto Group B FC Derby | Scorpions (Santa Cruz) | Bairro | Solpontense | Fiorentina | Barreirense
Regional Championships v • d • e
Boa Vista | Brava | Fogo | Maio | Sal | Santiago (North) | Santiago (South) Santo Antão (Ribeira Grande) | Santo Antão (Porto Novo) | São Nicolau | São Vicente
Opening Tournaments v • d • e
Boa Vista | Brava | Fogo | Maio | Sal | Santiago (North) | Santiago (South) | Santo Antão (Ribeira Grande) | Santo Antão (Porto Novo) | São Nicolau | São Vicente
Cups v • d • e
Sal | Santiago (South) | Porto Novo - Santo Antão | São Nicolau | São Vicente
SuperCup and other competitions v • d • e
Fogo Supercup | Sal SuperCup | São Vicente SuperCup