Académica da Praia

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For other uses, see Académica (disambiguation).
Académica
Full name Associação Académica da Praia
Nickname(s) Micá, Briosa
Founded 15 December 1962
Ground Estádio da Varzea
Praia
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Cape Verde Júlio César Tomar
Manager Cape Verde José Barros Zé Piguita
League Santiago Island League (South)
2014–15 5th
Website Club home page
File:Varzea-2014.JPG
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 September 2007 after defeating 3–1 over Académico do Aeroporto[2]. Later in 2009, the club as champion of the South Zone also advanced to the single island competition, as they are now two championships of the island, the edition featured only a single match where the club, winner of the South Zone challenged with Estrela dos Amadores, winner of the North Zone for 2009, Académica Praia won their last championship of all Santiago.

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, 2009[lower-alpha 1]
2003/04, 2008/09
2006/07

League and cup history

Colonial era

Year Finals Club Result
1965 3-2 Challenged
FC Derby		 Champion
1968 Lost CS Mindelense Finalist

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 Finalist
Total: 14 9 3 2 23 11 +12 30

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P 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

Statistics

  • Best position: Semifinalist (national)
  • Number of appearances in the national competition:
    • Total: 6
      • Colonial era: 2
      • Since independence: 4
  • Highest number of goals scored in a season: 21 (regional)
  • Total points: 30 (national)
  • Highest number of points in a season: 13 (national)
  • Appearance in a cup competition: 1 (national)

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015[3][4]

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

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

Midseason squad

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

As of March 2016[4][6]

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 GK Aléssio
17 Cape Verde MF Duco Edson Moníz
25 Cape Verde GK Constantino

Former players

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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

Notes

  1. ↑ The edition featured only a single match where a club from the North Zone challenges a club from the South Zone

References

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  3. ↑ Article on the Spanish Wikipedia
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 not part of the midseason squad
  6. ↑ Article on the Ukrainian Wikipedia

External links

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