Desportivo da Praia

Desportivo Praia
Full name Desportivo da Praia
Nickname(s) militares (troops)
Founded 1979
Ground Av. Cidade da Lisboa
Estádio da Varzea,
Praia, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Cape Verde Jorge Martins Andrade
Manager Cape Verde Kuko
League Santiago Island League (South)
Cape Verdean Football Championships
2015–16
2016		 1st, Champion
3rd Group B
Website Club home page
Estádio da Várzea, the home field of Desportivo Praia

Desportivo da Praia is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde.[1][2] 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 played along with Praia's three other famous teams including Académica and CD Travadores in the same stadium. The team won the first and only regional opening tournament in 2014.

Its logo has a blue circle with the acronym GDCP in the middle and a large D on the right and the club name on the right. Its uniform color features a blue clothing with a t-shirt with white stripes in the middle for home games and a white t-shirt with the remainder blue for away games,

History

Their appearance into the national competition was in 1990 and advanced up to the finals and faced CS Mindelense and lost two matches, this was their greatest position. As Sporting Praia won the 2012 title and would win another regional title, team again entered the national division in 2013 as runner up in the Santiago Island League South. Desportivo won their second regional title in 26 years, their first since the breakup for the South Zone, the club finished with a record 47 points and scored 43 goals, their next was their third appearane and was placed in Group A, Desportivo finished third with 7 points and with two wins and losses and a draw, scored 7 goals. For the first time, the club also heads to the regional super cup in late 2016.

Achievements

1990
2016
2014, 2015

League and cup history

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Notes Playoffs
2013 1B 3 5230 63+39 Semifinalist
2016 1A 3 5212 76+17

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Tour Notes
2012–13 2 2 18--- ---- Also promoted into the National Championships
2013–14 2 3 181062 3717+2036 Winner
2014–15 2 3 18963 3720+1733 Winner
2015–16 2 1 221453 4312+3047 Also promoted into the National Championships
2016–17 2 - ---- ---- 1st Rd

Statistics

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Cape Verde Ailton Filomena Varela
2 Cape Verde Antóio Gomes Correia
3 Cape Verde Ariano Edgar Sanches
4 Cape Verde Belssed Andrade M. Teixeira
5 Cape Verde Bruno Miguel Correia
6 Cape Verde Délcio António Carvalho
7 Cape Verde Danielson Tavares
8 Cape Verde Esmael Guilherme Ferreira
9 Cape Verde Euclides T. Monteiro
10 Cape Verde Fávio Miguel Monteiro
No. Position Player
11 Cape Verde Geginando P. Tavares
12 Cape Verde Gilson Henrique de Pina
13 Cape Verde Isaias Furtado Rocha
14 Cape Verde José dos Santos Rodrigues
15 Cape Verde Jeorginho Daniel de Pina
16 Cape Verde João Paulo C. Lopes
17 Cape Verde Keven dos Reis
18 Cape Verde Leonel Maldini Pereira
19 Cape Verde Luis Filipe G. Ribeiro
20 Cape Verde GK Patrick Brandão

Former famous player

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Grupo Desportivo e Cultural de Praia Futebol" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ↑ CD Travadores article on the Spanish Wikipedia

External links

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