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Académica
Full nameAssociação Académica da Praia
Nickname(s)Micá, Briosa
Founded15 December 1962
GroundEstádio da Varzea
Praia
Capacity8,000
ChairmanCape Verde Júlio César Tomar
ManagerCape Verde José Barros Zé Piguita
LeagueSantiago Island League (South)
2014–155th
Websitehttp://www.academicadapraia.cv/
Estádio da Várzea, the home field of Académica da Praia

Associação Académica da Praia is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde.[1] It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea. It won several cups before and after independence. The team never won any national titles. It also had won five insular titles and one island and Cape Verdean cup title.

History

Académica won the first upper level title in 1965 by defeating FC Derby from Mindelo 3–2 in extra time, they would win the only national title won before independence. Later, the team won the 1968 Santiago regional title at the time included other islands after beating Os Garridos a gigantic 21–0, 9 of which were scored by Luís Bastos. They challenged against Mindelense and lost 0–1 in the final round.

The team won their first regional title after the breakup (around fifth overall) and advanced to the 2004 finals, it challenged against Sal-Rei FC and lost both legs, 2–0 in the first and 1–2 in the second. The next two appearance succeeded as far as the semis. Académica da Praia was the first club to win the Cape Verdean Cup in 2007 after defeating 3–1 over Académico do Aeroporto.

Académica once played as Sucupira field, they now play at Estádio da Várzea since 2006.

Académica celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012.

Today's uniform has now added stripes and changed its home sock color to black.

Achievements

1965
2007
  • Regional titles: 6
    • Santiago Regional League: 2
1964/65, 1967/68
1988/89
2003/04, 2008/09
2006/07

League and cup history

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes Playoffs
2004 1B 2 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 Promoted into playoffs 4th place
2007 1B 2 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 10 Winner Promoted into playoffs 4th place
2009 1A 1 5 4 1 0 10 5 +5 13 Promoted into playoffs 2nd Place
Total: 14 9 3 2 23 11 +12 30

Statistics

  • Best advance: Semifinalist (national)
  • Highest number of goals scored in a season: 21 (regional)
  • Total points: 30 (national)

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Super Cup Notes
2003–04 2 1 - - - - - - - - Promoted into the National Championships
2006–07 2 2 - - - - - - - - Winner Also promoted into the National Championships
2008–09 2 1 - - - - - - - - Promoted into the National Championships
2013–14 2 6 18 4 6 8 21 26 -5 18
2014–15 2 6 18 8 3 7 16 18 -2 27

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015[2][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1   Henry Ijama[4]
2 GK Cape Verde CPV Evandro Pina Dinis
3 GK Cape Verde CPV Carlos Jorge, Jr.
4 DF Cape Verde CPV Carlos Almeida
5 DF Cape Verde CPV Alberto Baessa
6 DF Cape Verde CPV Paulo Ricardo Tavares
7 DF Cape Verde CPV Admir de Jesus Lopes
8 DF Cape Verde CPV Nelson Alves
9 DF Cape Verde CPV Ronny (Paulo Fortes Soares)
10 MF Cape Verde CPV Admilson
11 MF Cape Verde CPV Wilker Ricardo Silva
12 Cape Verde CPV António José Horta[4]
13 MF Cape Verde CPV Moises Pires Lopes
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Cape Verde CPV Edeney Samir Lopes
15 MF Guinea GUI Abdoulaye Silla
16 MF Cape Verde CPV Adilson dos Reis Martins
17 Cape Verde CPV Mandinho[4]
18 FW Cape Verde CPV Denane Barbosa
19 FW Cape Verde CPV Alex Ribeiro Correia
20 MF Cape Verde CPV Silvino Mendes
21 FW Cape Verde CPV Bruno Furtado
22 FW Cape Verde CPV Dário da Luz
23 FW Cape Verde CPV Danildo Lima Monteiro
24 FW Cape Verde CPV Carlos Alberto Ribeiro
25 DF Cape Verde CPV Adilson Tavares Furtado
26 MF Cape Verde CPV Daniel Patrick Gonçalves

Midseason squad

This section is a list of players who participated during midseason:

As of March 2016[3][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Cape Verde CPV Aléssio
17 MF Cape Verde CPV Duco Edson Moníz
25 GK Cape Verde CPV Constantino

Former players

Main article: List of Académica da Praia players
  • Cape Verde Caló (played in 1996)
  • Cape Verde Adilson Gerson Araújo

Chairman

  • Cape Verde Júlio César Tomar

Managers

References

  1. ^ "Futebol Santiago Sul: Campeonato Regional Época 2014–15 Arranca A 05 De Dezembro (2014–15 Santiago South Regional Football Championships Begins on December 5" (in Portuguese). Criolosport , 8 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Article on the Spanish Wikipedia
  3. ^ a b "Académica da Praia squad at the official site" (in Portuguese).
  4. ^ a b c not part of the midseason squad
  5. ^ Article on the Ukrainian Wikipedia
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