Sporting Clube da Praia

Football club infobox
clubname = Sporting Clube da Praia


fullname = Sporting Clube da Praia
nickname = "Leões" (Lions) "Verde-e-Amarelos" (Green'n'Yellow)
founded = 1929
ground = Estádio da Varzea,
Praia, Cape Verde
capacity = 8,000
chairman =flagicon|Cape Verde Rui Évora
manager = flagicon|Cape Verde Felisberto Cardoso
league = Santiago Island League (South)
season = 2007-08| position = 1st
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Fs end*Sporting Praia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: "Sporting Klubi di Praia") is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. 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 one of the teams that won six championships since independence and a few before independence, recently they won the match during the 2006 finals. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence.

It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams including Académica and CD Travadores in the same stadium.

Logo

Its logo has a shield and is colored green and features a lion with a soccer ball on the left, the abbreviated name is bubbled on the top and the unabbreviated form is at the bottom. The logo is identical to Sporting Clube de Portugal's old logo. Sporting Clube de Portugal are the fathering club of Sporting Clube da Praia.

Jersey

Its jersey features a striped green-white shirt with green sleeves and green socks. The uniform is identical to its fathering club, the Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal.

ponsors

Main sponsor of Sporting Clube da Praia is TECNICIL – Sociedade de Imobiliária e Construções, S.A.TECNICIL was created in 1996, as a construction company, and has since established itself as the major real estate and land Developer Company in Cape Verde Islands.With its headquarters in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, and branches in Mindelo and Sal, TECNICIL has built a reputation for impeccable design detail and skilled construction practices, offering products that surpasses client’s expectations and provides effective long-term investment value.

Kit Providers

*2008-2009
*2007-2008 Patrick
*2006-2007 Patrick

tadium

Island first division.

Playoff advances in history

Sporting Clube de Praia had won a championship in 1962, later they win their first title after independence in 1985, 1991, 1997, 2002 and 2006 beating the team known as Académico do Aeroporto from Espargos on Sal Island, during the semi-finals they won the most points, six before entering the finals and lost in the first leg and won in the second leg and claimed the title for the 2005-06 season, a year later, the team claimed their second title in a row in the 2006-07 season and also were the championships of the island's south zone, yet again received their third title in 2007-08 season.

Sporting Clube de Praia has been in the playoffs and reached the finals during the other times but never claimed the title, they lost to CS Mindelense 2-0 and 0-1 in the 1988 finals, in the 2004-05 season, the team versus Derby FC was tied in the first leg, the team lost 4-3 to Derby and were the 2004-05 champions.

In the 2007/08 season, there were protests by fans over Académica's loss on June 23 over a referee that received a penalty to one of Sporting's players. This cause a delay in the playoffs and was finally resolved on July 8, matches resumed two days later on July 10. The results for the first leg was 1-0 and won 3-0 against Derby in the second.

First team

"As of 2008-07-20"

First squad

Sporting Clube da Praia'2008

Recent transfers

out:

Titles

*National titles
** Cape Verdean Championship (since independence): 7::: 1985, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

**Before Independence:::: 1962

*Insular titles:
** Santiago Island League (South) (since independence):::: not all are listed here: 1985, 1988, 1991, 1997, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08
*Santiago Island (South) Opening Tournament: 3::: 2001/02, 2003/04, 2005/06

Performance in African competitions

*CAF Champions League:::2000 - Preliminary Round::2007 - withdrew in Preliminary Round::2008 - First Round
*African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance::1992: First Round

*CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance::2001: Preliminary Round

External links

*http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/sporting-praia/
*http://www.gfdb.com/Club.1842.Sporting-Praia.aspx
*http://www.kickoff.com/static/teams/index.php?team_id=134
*http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapvregchamp.html
*http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/africa/cape_verde/praia_varzea.shtml
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7311062.stm
*http://www.foot-palmares.com/Fiches%20des%20pays/Fiche%20Cap%20Vert.htm
*http://www.weltfussball.de/transfers/tur-lig-a-2008-2009/ transfer in
*http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/danilo-saveljic/ transfer in
*http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/ronny_3/F91 Dudelange transfer out
*http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=27542 C.D. Santa Clara transfer out
*http://www.sportscheduler.co.sz/ac.htm
*http://www.tecnicil.com/- sponsor