Académica (Espargos)

For other uses, see Académica (disambiguation).
Académica
Full name Associação Académica do Sal
Nickname(s) Atlético
Founded August 3, 1963[1]
Ground Estadio Marcelo Leitão
Espargos, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 8,000
League Sal Island League
2014-15 6th

Académica do Sal (Capeverdean Crioulo, also in the Sal Crioulo language, ALUPEC or ALUPEK, Akadémika) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal and its location is on Palmeira Road (Caminho da Palmeira) next to the city library.[2] It is one of many teams that only won one title since independence. Its current proprietor is Mário Ramos.

It is played along with Sal's famous teams including Académico do Aeroporto.

Logo and uniform

Home uniform up to 2015

The logo and the uniform as well as other teams with the name Académica and Académico in Cape Verde is identical to Académica de Coimbra.

Its current uniform feature a blue-yellow striped t-shirt with yellow in its edges and blue sleeves along with blue shorts and socks used during home matches and the uniform used during away matches remains white.

Its former uniform colours were black for home matches and white for away matches.

Playoff participation

Académica challenged against FC Derby in the 1984 finals and lost to Derby 3-2 on penalties, they would win their first and only national title in 1993 after beating Boavista from Praia, they were tied 2 in the first match, they won 2-1 over Boavista.


Achievements

1992/93
1983/84, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96, 2000/01, 2004/05
2001/02, 2007/08
2004 or 2005?, 2007, 2008, 2011

Performance in CAF competitions

1994: Preliminary Round

League and cup history

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Notes Playoffs
2001 1 2 6411 105+513
2005 1B 1 5410 104+613 Promoted into playoffs 4th place

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup SuperCup Notes
2004-05 2 1 ---- ---- Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2013-14 2 2 10613 188+1019 Promoted into the National Championships
2014-15 2 6 10028 529-242

Statistics

Managers

References

  1. Foundation date of Académica of Sal
  2. Information at Académica Sal's Facebook page (Portuguese)

External links

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