Sporting Clube da Praia
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Sporting Clube da Praia

Full name	Sporting Clube da Praia
Nickname(s)	Leões (Lions) Verde-e-Amarelos (Green'n'Yellow)
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	1st
Home colours Away colours Third 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.

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's old logo. Sporting Clube de Portugal are the fathering club of Sporting Clube da Praia.

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.

Sponsors

Main sponsor of Sporting Clube da Praia is TECNICIL – Sociedade de Imobiliária e Construções, S.A. TECNICIL was created in 1996, as a construction company, and has since established itself as the major real estate and land Developer Company in Cape Verde Islands. With its headquarters in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, and branches in Mindelo and Sal, TECNICIL has built a reputation for impeccable design detail and skilled construction practices, offering products that surpasses client’s expectations and provides effective long-term investment value.

Kit Providers

• 2008-2009
• 2007-2008 Patrick
• 2006-2007 Patrick

Stadium

Estádio da Várzea is a multi-use stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west. The stadium is home to the three best football clubs in Cape Verde, Sporting, CD Travadores and another team that plays in the first division, especially the Santiago Island first division.

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, yet again received their third title in 2007-08 season.

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.

In the 2007/08 season, there were protests by fans over Académica's loss on June 23 over a referee that received a penalty to one of Sporting's players. This cause a delay in the playoffs and was finally resolved on July 8, matches resumed two days later on July 10. The results for the first leg was 1-0 and won 3-0 against Derby in the second.

First team

As of 2008-07-20

N°	Nationality	Nome
Goalkeepers
1		Tunes
24		Magueti
73		Igori
Defenders
2		Penha
3		José Pedro Tavares Loloti
4		Evandro
13		Mário Pop
15		Chelo
16		Nicolas
Midfielders
5		Dário Osvaldo Dias Furtado
6		Elvis Macedo Babanco ( captain)
22		Danilo Saveljic (vice-captain)
11		Guy Ramos
20		Baptista Robalo, Joao
Forwards
7		Senny
9		A'lex
14		Macamiu Diop
21		Kadu

First squad

1. TUNES 3. LOLOTI 4. EVANDRO 16. NICOLAS 11. GUY RAMOS 5. FURTADO 6. BABANCO 20.BAPTISTA 22. SAVELJIC 9. A'LEX 21. KADU

Sporting Clube da Praia'2008

Recent transfers

out:

No. Position Player 4 DF Ianique dos Santos Tavares (to C.D. Santa Clara) 8 MF Walder Alves Souto Amado (to F91 Dudelange)

Titles

• National titles
  • Cape Verdean Championship (since independence): 7

1985, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

• • 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, 2007/08

• Santiago Island (South) Opening Tournament: 3

2001/02, 2003/04, 2005/06

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

External links

• http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/sporting-praia/
• http://www.gfdb.com/Club.1842.Sporting-Praia.aspx
• http://www.kickoff.com/static/teams/index.php?team_id=134
• http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapvregchamp.html
• http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/africa/cape_verde/praia_varzea.shtml
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7311062.stm
• http://www.foot-palmares.com/Fiches%20des%20pays/Fiche%20Cap%20Vert.htm
• http://www.weltfussball.de/transfers/tur-lig-a-2008-2009/ transfer in
• http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/danilo-saveljic/ transfer in
• http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/ronny_3/F91 Dudelange transfer out
• http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=27542 C.D. Santa Clara transfer out
• http://www.sportscheduler.co.sz/ac.htm
• http://www.tecnicil.com/- sponsor