CD Travadores

CD Travadores

Full name	Clube Desportivo Travadores
Nickname(s)	Indios
Founded	15 October 1930
Ground	Estádio da Varzea, Praia, Cape Verde
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Armindo Oliveira[1]
Manager	Tazinho
League	Santiago Island League (South)
2014-15	8th
Home colours Away colours

Estádio da Várzea, the home field of CD Travadores

Clube Desportivo Travadores (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: Klubi Desportivu Travadoris) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) 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 the most cups before and after independence. They are affiliated with S.L. Benfica.

It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams including Académica and Sporting Praia in the same stadium. The club would enter African competitions three times.

Logo

Its logo is with a white crest (not fully circular) with a golden bird above, a green-red ribbon reading the Latin name "E pluribus unum", a red and white shield with a ball and a blue ribbon with the club name acronym in the middle. Its logo is nearly the same as Benfica's but the outer circle is white, Other logos are the same (with some similarity) are Paulense, Benfica of Brava and Benfiquinha (who currently plays in the region's second division).

Uniform

Its uniform color are colored red with a white collar used for home games and a white t-shirt and socks with red shorts used for away games. Its former uniform was a red t-shirt and socks with white shorts used for home games.

Home uniform up to the 2014 season

History

The club was founded on 15 October 1930 in the capital Praia (then colonial). Their first title was won in the early years of the club, title wins were achieved in 1960, 1968 and 1972, their greatest appearance in the colonial competition was in 1972 when they won their only colonial title. After independence, the club won two national titles in 1994 and in 1996. Their first continental competition was the CAF Cup in 1993 and advanced up to the preliminaries, their first appearance at the upper level was in 1995 and faced with Real de Banjul from the Gambia and their last was in 1997 when it became the CAF Champions League and participated up to the first round, this was their recent appearance in the continental level. The club played at the Sucupira Field until 2006 when they moved to the current Estádio da Várzea.

Playoff participation

Travadores first participated in the playoffs in 1960 and lost to CS Mindelense, this would repeat in 1968, they would win their first title in 1972 after defeating Académica from Mindelo, the first leg was tied and won the second 1-0, this was their only colonial title. After the end of colonial rule in Cape Verde, they participated in the finals for the first time as an independent nation, they lost to Mindelense in 1992, two years later in 1994, they would win their first title as an independent nation after defeating SC Atlético from the island of São Nicolau 2-0 and 2-1, they won their second and recent title in 1996.

Achievements

• Cape Verdean Championship: 3

Before independence: 1

1972

After independence: 2

1994, 1996

• Regional championship titles: 8
  • Santiago Island League: 7

1959/60, 1967/68, 1971/72, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1999/2000

• • Santiago Island League (South): 1

2002/03

• Praia Cup: 1

2013

League and cup history

Performance in African competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

1997: First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1995: First Round

Real de Banjul – CD Travadores 1–0, 0–0

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1993: Preliminary Round

Colonial era

Year	Final(s)		Club
	1	2
1972	2-2	1-0	Académica (Mindelo)

National championship

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Notes	Playoffs
2000	1A	4	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1	Did not advance	Did not participate
2003	1B	2	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7	Promoted into playoffs	Semifinalist

Island/Regional Championship

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Cup	Super Cup	Notes
2012-13	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Winner
2013-14	2	2	18	13	4	1	37	10	+27	43
2014-15	2	8	18	5	1	12	17	38	-21	16

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 Danilson Varela 2 Djoni (João Baptista Miguel) 3 Mia (Ezequiel da Veiga) 4 Guy Andrade 5 Sassa (Carlos Moreno) 6 Givalder da Silva 7 Jaquelson (Jacqueson Teixeira) 8 Ozair Baessa 10 Adilson Mário Reis 11 Eduardo Tavares 12 MF Chibike Okoronkwo 13 Batana (Edmilson Correia) 14 Deu (Adelson Vieira)

No. Position Player 15 Marcio Lopes 16 Elder Mendonça 18 Fortunato Gonçalves 19 Ivandro Correia 20 José Pereira 21 Celso Mendes 22 Adilson Lopes 23 Luis Tavares 24 Hermes Pinto 25 Jair Tavares 26 Kadu Barreto 27 Bertoni Santana

Former players

• Loloti, in the early 2010s (defender)
• Madjer (Paulo Jorge Horta), in 2012 (defender)
• Tazinho, in the 1990s

References

1. "Nova Direcção Dos Travadores Promete Continuidade De Tazinho Na Equipa Técnica". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
2. CD Travadores's Facebook Pages
3. CD Travadores article on the Spanish Wikipedia

External links

• Official website via Facebook (Portuguese)
• Continental Tournaments
• Travadores at foot-palmares.com (French)