AD Bairro
| Full name | Associação Desportiva do Bairro Craveiro Lopes | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Canarinha (little canary) | ||
| Founded | 1975 | ||
| Ground |
Estádio da Várzea, Av. Cidade da Lisboa, Praia, Cape Verde | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman |
 Guto (Fernando Autustu Fernandes Ribeiro) | ||
| League | Santiago Island League (South) | ||
| 2014-15 | 6th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Associação Desportiva do Bairro Craveiro Lopes (ADESBA for short) is a multisport club that had played in 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 The club never won a title, they only have a single cup title which was won in 1995. Its sports include football (soccer), basketball, futsal, similar to arena football and volleyball.
It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams including Sporting Praia, Boavista, Académica and CD Travadores in the same stadium.
The athletic club was formed in 1975. Its logo color has a gree seal with ADESBA on top and the club's full name on the bottom with the football (soccer ball) and basketball in the middle, the sports that Bairro have.
Uniform
Its uniform color is yellow with black pants and black striped socks for home games and all light green clothing for away games.
Stadium
Estádio da Várzea is a multi-use stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west.
History
The football club was created in the late 1960s and participated in the second division until they reached the first division in 1990 and continued uninterruptedly since 1992.[1] The club entered the national competition for the first time in 2008, as Sporting, also from Praia won the island championship for the year and also they won the 2007 championship, they automatically participated which gave Bairro, the second place team to participate. Bairro reached the semi-finals and challenged against Sporting Praia, they won 3-2 in the first match and scored nothing and lost at the second match.
Achievements
- Praia Cup: 1
- 1995
League and cup history
National championship
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Notes | Playoffs |
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| 2008 | 1B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 | Promoted into playoffs | 3rd |
| Total: | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 | ||||
Island/Regional Championship
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Super Cup | Notes |
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| 2007-08 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Also promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2013-14 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 16 | |||
| 2014-15 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 19 |
Statistics
- Best ranking: 3rd (overall, national)
- Total wins: 3 (national)
- Total goals scored: 15 (national)
- Total points: 8 (national)
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
- Fufuco
- Kuca (in 2010)
- Zé Piguita
- Tchesco
Other clubs
Basketball
AD Bairro (Craveiro Lopes) won their national competition title in 2014/15 and was the first basketball club to compete in the African competitions and finished eight in the 2015 season.[4] Bairro Craveiro Lopes was the next club to compete in the African competitions in any sport, the last appearance was Sporting Clube da Praia in soccer in 2009.
Achievements
- Cape Verdean Basketball Championships: 3 listed
- 2012, 2014 or 2015?
Former players
- Ivan Almeida (in 2010-11, 2012 and 2013)
- Leonel Almeida
References
- ↑ "History of AD Bairro". Club website. 13 January 2014.
- ↑ AD Bairro's Facebook Pages
- ↑ AD Bairro article on the Spanish Wikipedia
- ↑ «Liga dos Campeões Africanos: Bairro termina na oitava posição» (African Champions League, Bairro Finished Eight in Basketball), A Semana, 19 December 2015, retrieved on 21 December 2015
External links
- Official website (Portuguese)
- Club profile at Zerozero
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