Académica da Praia

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
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
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 4211 73+47 Promoted into playoffs 4th place
2007 1B 2 5311 63+310 Winner Promoted into playoffs 4th place
2009 1A 1 5410 105+513 Promoted into playoffs 2nd Place
Total:14932 2311+1230

Statistics

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 18468 2126-518
2014–15 2 6 18837 1618-227

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015[2][3]

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[4]
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[4]
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[4]
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[3][5]

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

Chairman

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.
  2. ↑ Article on the Spanish Wikipedia
  3. 1 2 "Académica da Praia squad at the official site" (in Portuguese).
  4. 1 2 3 not part of the midseason squad
  5. ↑ Article on the Ukrainian Wikipedia

External links

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