Paulense Desportivo Clube

Paulense

Full name	Paulense Desportivo Clube
Nickname(s)	Unknown
Founded	1981
Ground	Pombas, Paúl, Cape Verde and Estadio João Serra, Ponta do Sol
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Octávio Delgado Veiga
Manager	Rildo Tavares
League	Santo Antão Island League (North)
2014-15	1st
Home colours Away colours

Paulense Desportivo Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Paulensi Disportibu Klubi and the São Vicente Crioulo: Paulense Dsportiv' Klube) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Pombas, the seat of Paúl in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão and is being the main club of Vale do Paul. Paulense won their first title in 2003 and in 2005 won two more totaling three titles in a row, now the club has won two recent titles in a row in 2014 and 2015. In other competitions, the team won two cup titles, four titles in a row for the Super Cup, their recent was in 2015 and four of the five Opening tournament titles were won two years each, in 2007 and 2008 and 2013 and 2014, the last title before the opening tournament competition would be held for the whole island.

The club has a dirt stadium located in Pombas and with no seats, much of the matches are played in Ponta do Sol at Estadio João Serra.

The club celebrated its 32nd anniversary in 2013^[1]

Logo

Its logo is with a coconut crest with a golden bird above, a green-red ribbon with its motto, unlike other clubs with the Benfica based logo in the country, written in Portuguese, a red and white shield with an orange ball and a blue ribbon with the club name acronym in the middle. Except for the colour and the full semi-circular crest. Its logo is the nearly the same as Portugal's Benfica and remains an affiliate. Other logos that are the same in the nation are CD Travadores, one Benfica club and Benfiquinha.

Achievements

• Santo Antão Island League (North): 6

2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15

• Santo Antão Island (North) Cup: 2

2012/13, 2014/15

• Santo Antão Island (North) Super Cup: 4

2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15

• Santo Antão Island (North) Opening Tournament: 5

2002/03, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2012/13, 2013/14

League and cup history

National championship

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Notes	Playoffs
2003	1B	4	4	1	1	3	5	8	-3	4	Did not advance	Did not participated
2004	1A	5	5	1	0	4	3	13	-10	3	Did not advance	Did not participate
2005	1A	4	5	1	1	2	7	6	+1	4	Did not advance	Did not participate
2012	1B	4	5	1	2	2	6	9	-3	3	Did not advance	Did not participate
2014	1A	4	5	1	2	2	3	4	-1	3	Did not advance	Did not participate
2015	1A	2	5	3	1	1	6	2	+3	4		Semifinalist
Total:			29	8	7	14	30	42	-12	18

Regional Championship

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Cup	Opening	Notes
2003-04	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Promoted into the National Championships
2004-05	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Promoted into the National Championships
2011-12	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Promoted into the National Championships
2013-14	2	1	10	7	1	2	25	14	+11	22		Winner	Promoted into the National Championships
2014-15	2	1	10	9	0	1	24	4	+20	27	Winner	Winner	Promoted into the national championships

Current squad

Partial listing

• Oceano

Statistics

• Best ranking: Semifinalist (national)
• Total matches played: 29 (national)
• Total wins: 8 (national)
• Total draws: 7 (national)
• Total goals scored: 30 (national)
• Total points: 18 (national)

References

1. "Paulense Desportivo Club, Santo Antão Norte, comemora 32ª aniversario com gala" (in Portuguese). RTC. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

External links

• Paulense at Facebook (Portuguese)
• Paulense at ZeroZero
• Paulense at Soccerway