Académica Operária

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Académica Operária

Full name	Associação Académica e Operária
Nickname(s)	Preto e VerdesosOs Sal Reis image = Image not available
Founded	July 3 1997
Ground	Estadio Marcelo Leitão Sal-Rei, Cape Verde (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	N/A
Manager	N/A
League	Boa Vista Island League
2008-09	1. Boa Vista Island League
[[File:Kit socks_fcbarcelona0910h leftarm1=.png|top|link=|alt=]] Home colours [[File:Kit socks_fcbarcelona0910a leftarm2=.png|top|link=|alt=]] Away colours

Associação Académica e Operária (first part, Portuguese meaning: "academy", Capeverdean Crioulo: Asosiason Akadémika y Operária/Uperária) is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista. The team has two titles, all of them won in a row between 1995 and 1996 and their only entry to the Interinsular league where they went their last time. Académica Operária also won their first and only opening tournament title in 2005.

Académica Operária plays with Boa Vista's teams in the same stadium.

Apart from football (soccer) there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and athletics departments.

[edit] Playoff advance

The team entered the playoffs in the 1999-2000 season even though it did not claim any title but were runner up and challenged São Vicente's Derby FC, the first leg was tied apiece with only one point, in the second leg, Académica lost its championship hope by one point

[edit] Achievements

• Boa Vista Island League: 3

1994/95, 1995/96, 2008/09

• Boa Vista Island Opening Tournament: 1

2004/05

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