Vulcânicos

Vulcânicos
Vulcânico
Full name Vulcânicos Futebol Clube
Vulcânico Clube do Fogo
Nickname(s) Encarnados
Benfiquinhas
Founded July 18, 1953
Ground Estádio 5 de Julho
São Filipe, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 1,000
Manager Cape Verde Lão
League Fogo Island League
2014-15 5th

Vulcânicos Futebol Clube or Vulcânico Clube do Fogo is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in São Filipe the island of Fogo. The club has a total of nine island titles.

Logo and uniform

Its logo features a shield crest rimmed red, the club name is on top and the volcanic mountain of Fogo in the bottom. The year of foundation is on top and the nickname Benfiquinha on the bottom. A red label carried by a golden bird with the acronym VCF in the middle and inside a football or a soccer ball.

Its uniform colours for home matches has a white-red striped t-shirt with white sleeves and the rest of the clothing coloured red and a full white uniform used for away matches (alternative during matches played by a different team sharing the stadium).

History

The club was founded on July 18, 1953 after the publication of the charter in the official listing and is the oldest club on the island. Before the club was developed on the island, it consisted of fans and friends of Lisbon's Benfica and gave its nickname to the club "Benfiquinha" (Little Benfica in Portuguese). Their first island title win was in 1992, Vulcânicos won three straight titles in 2000, their fifth one was in four years, between 2007 and 2011, the club won titles once every two years, their recent title win is in 2016. The other island achievement was their only cup win in 2011,[1] the club appeared in the 2011 edition of Cape Verdean National Cup. Their greatest success was in the 1999 season when they advanced into the finals and lost, they received second place.[2]

Achievements

1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016
2011[1]

League and cup history

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes Playoffs
1999 1B 1 3120 63-35 Advanced into the finals 2nd place
2000 1B 2 2110 10+14 Did not advance Did not participate
2004 1B 4 4121 78-15 Did not advance Did not participate
2009 1B 4 5212 34-17 Did not advance Did not participate
2011 1A 4 4112 39-64 Did not advance Did not participate

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
2008-09 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2010-11 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2013-14 2 7 183510 2231-914
2014-15 2 5 18864 4622+2430
2015-16 2 1 18--- ----

Statistics

References

  1. 1 2 "Vulcânico conquista Taça do Fogo" [Vulcânico Conquered the Fogo Cup]. A Semana. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2015. (Portuguese)
  2. "Pré época Fogo: Vulcânicos – Histórico aposta na experiência". Criolosport. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015. (Portuguese)

External links

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