CS Mindelense

CS Mindelense
Full name Clube Sportivo Mindelense
Nickname(s) Diabos Vermelhos (Red Devils)
Founded 1919
officially on May 25, 1922
Ground Estádio Municipal Aderito Sena
Mindelo, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 10,000
Chairman Cape Verde Daniel de Jesus
Manager Cape Verde Rui Alberto Leite
League Cape Verdean Football Championships
São Vicente Island League
2014-15 Champion, 1st
Website Club home page
Headquarters of CS Mindelense

Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: KS Mindelensi (KS - Klubi Sporting), São Vicente Crioulo: KS Mindelense (KS - Klube or Clube (CS)) is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Interisland League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo in the island of São Vicente and plays in the Adérito Sena Stadium with a capacity of once served up to 4,000, now serves 5,000 after the renovation, it is named after one of the first players of the club Adérito Carvalho da Sena (1905-1970). Mindelense is the oldest club in Cape Verde. It is the team won the most cups before and after independence especially in the 1950s and the 1970s with nine titles before independence and eleven after independence. Their first participation in the national division before independence was in 1938 and after independence in 1980. Its current chairman is Daniel de Jesus.

Logo

Its logo color (or colour) is light orange with an orange lion in the middle. The letters C and S representing CS is aligned separately at the top and the M representing Mindelense.

Uniform

Its home uniform is red with white shorts and its visitor uniform is white with red socks. Today, the uniform features white stripes on the shirt's side.

History

The club was founded in 1919, it would be officialized on May 25, 1922. One of the first greatest players was Adérito Carvalho da Sena who appeared in the 1930s, he would have the stadium named after him.[1] The club was the first in Cape Verde to achieve the professional status in July 1984.

Playoff participation

Their first time in the playoff participation was in 1957 before independence and 1976 after independence in which won their first eight titles in a row, their first national title after independence was in 1977. Their chance for the fourth one did not claim as Académico Sal Rei beaten CS Mindelelse 2-0 in 1983, not until 1988 when in both two legs beat Sporting Clube da Praia 2-0 in the first and finally 0-1 in the last., the sixth title was claimed after beating CD Travadores from Praia. The team won the most number of national titles between 1980 and 2008, Sporting tied it for one year and surpassed Mindelense in 2009 which would last until 2011 when Mindelense tied it once again as they won their eight title defeating Sporting 1-0 in the second finals match, their first match was scoreless. Sporting surpassed Mindelense once more for their third year with the most national titles alone (fourth year with the most national titles) in 2012. It would be broken the following year as Mindelense defeated 3-0 against Académica from Porto Novo in the neighbouring island, the second match was tied at 2 apiece and therefore won their ninth title and once again tied Sporting Praia with the most number of national titles, Mindelense would win their tenth title a year later beating Académia of the island of Fogo, the club won 2-1 in their first match and scoreless in their second, the 2014 season would become having the nation's most number of titles with ten titles,[2] again in six years one more than Sporting Praia and their second in a row. The 2015 season would be successful once again and this time challenged Paulense from Paúl, lost one in the first and won two in the second and advanced to the finals and challenged the city's other rival FC Derby by having a single point in each of the two matches, the match went onto penalty kicks and scored 4-3 to claim their third straight national title totalling eleven and two more than Sporting Praia, Mindelense is now being second in winning consecutive titles in a row numbering three ahead of two (1976–77) by the same club and behind of four by Sporting Praia (2006–09).

Upper appearances

Their first appearance in an African competition was during the 1993 season and challenged ASEC Ndiambour, a club from Senegal and lost 3-2 in all of the two preliminary matches. They did not appear in the 2011, 2013 and 2014 competition, they will not appear in the 2016 competition.

Regional championships

Mindelense has a total of 47 island titles, the most of any club of each regional leagues in the nation. The team won titles in the 1940s, the 1950s and the 1960s, later they won eight island titles in a row (seven after independence) from 1974 until 1982, Mindelense would have six titles in a row from 1988 until 1994, with the 1991 season where no championship was held. Mindelense won three back to back titles between 1996 and 1998, it would also be their last titles won in a row. Their next titles would be achieved in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015.

Other competitions

Mindelense competed in the first cup competition, the Portuguese Cup in 1971 during the final years of colonial rule and the only Cape Verdean club to compete. Mindelense challenged against Sporting Lisbon in 1971 and lost 0-21 in their only cup competition.

Their first cup title for Mindelense was claimed in 2007 for the island, their second was in 2014 and later won second in a row in 2015. Their first opening tournament title was achieved in 2000, their second was in 2003, their third in 2005 and later won two in a row in 2006, they would win the next two in 2008 and 2009 and their most recent was in 2012. And also two island SuperCup titles were achieved in 2006 and 2009.

Honours

National (Cape Verde Islands)

1976, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
1956, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971

Regional (São Vicente Island)

1937?, Listed: 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996-97, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012-13, 2014-15
1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011-12
2007–08, 2012-13, 2014-15
2005/06, 2008/09, 2014/15

League and cup history

Performance in African competitions

Best: 1992-93 Preliminary Round - Lost against ASEC Ndiambour 3 - 2 on aggregate

Colonial era

Year Finals Club Notes
1 2
1960 Winner CD Travadores
1968 Winner CD Travadores

The club in the Portuguese football structure

1971 - 1/8 final: Mindelense (0-21 vs Sporting CP)

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes Playoffs
2006 1B 4 5203 67-16 Did not advance Did not participate
2009 1A 2 5401 134+912 4th (no points)
2011 1A 1 5410 131+1213 Champion
2012 1B 3 5212 104+67 Did not advance Did not participate
2013 1A 2 5311 94+56 Champion
2014 1B 1 5401 92+712 Champion
2015 1B 1 5500 141+1315 Champion

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Assoc. Cup Notes
2005-06 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2008-09 2 1 ---- ---- Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2010-11 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2012-13 2 1 14--- ---- Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2013-14 2 2 141013 3714+2331 Winner Also promoted into the National Championships
2014-15 2 1 141220 367+2938 Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2015-16 2 1 14--- --- Promoted into the National Championships

Statistics

Current squad

2011 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 Vozinha
2 Cape Verde DF Betche
3 Cape Verde DF Vally
4 Cape Verde MF Nhambú
5 Cape Verde DF Guga
7 Cape Verde FW Dika
8 Cape Verde FW Pitéu
9 Cape Verde FW Flávio
10 Cape Verde MF Caspy
11 Cape Verde MF Bidjoi
12 Cape Verde GK Rilly
14 Cape Verde DF Toi Adão
15 Cape Verde MF Djim Kelly
No. Position Player
17 Cape Verde MF Bedje
18 Cape Verde DF Palela
19 Cape Verde FW Djassa
20 Cape Verde FW Fufuraa
22 Cape Verde FW Dirceu
23 Cape Verde MF Tuíta
24 Cape Verde DF Maíuca
25 Cape Verde MF Adir
26 Cape Verde FW Calu
33 Cape Verde DF Django
77 Cape Verde FW Duba
98 Cape Verde FW Valdinha
99 Cape Verde FW Tutai

Players as of the 2014 season:

Famous and former players

Chairmen

Managers

References

  1. 1 2 "Entry about Adérito Carvalho de Sena in Esquina do Tempo Online Magazine". SAPO blogs. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ «Campeonato Nacional: Mindelense Revalida O Título». Criolosport, May 31, 2014 (Portuguese), retrieved on 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.karambola.info/index.php/futebol/117-mindelense (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ "Daniel de Jesus toma posse como novo presidente do Mindelense". A Semana. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

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