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, 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.
Jorge Martins Andrade
