CS Mindelense

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CS Mindelense
Full name	Clube Sportivo Mindelense
Nickname(s)	Unknown
Founded	1957
Ground	Estádio Municipal Aderito Sena Mindelo, Cape Verde (Capacity 5,000)
Chairman	Augusto Vasconcelos Lopes
Manager	Tchida
League	São Vicente Island League
2006-07
Home colours

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 (soccer) 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 stadium with a capacity of 4,000 It is the team won the most cups before and after independence especially in the 1950s and the 1970s with six titles before independence and seven after independence. Their first participation in the national division before independence was in 1957 and after independence in 1980.

Contents 1 Logo 2 Achievements 3 The club in the Portuguese football structure 4 Playoff participation 5 Performance in African competitions 6 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Achievements

• Cape Verdean Championship: 7

1976, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998

• Before Independence: 7

1956, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1971

• São Vicente Island League: 14

1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1991/92 1993/94, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2005/06

• São Vicente Opening Tournament: 4

1999/00, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06

• São Vicente Cup: 1

2007/08

• São Vicente SuperCup: 1

2005/06

[edit] The club in the Portuguese football structure

• Portuguese Cup : 1 appearance

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

[edit] 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 1981. Their chance for the second 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 fourth title was claimed after beating CD Travadores from Praia.

[edit] Performance in African competitions

• CAF Champions League (1 appearance)

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

[edit] External links

• Official Site

São Vicente Island League 2007-08 v • d • e
Académica | Amarantes | Batuque | Castilho | Derby | Falcões do Norte | Mindelense | Ribeira Bote
Football in Cape Verde v • d • e
Federation | National team | Cape Verdean Championships
Capeverdean National Division 2007-08 v • d • e
Group A Sporting (Praia) | Desportivo | Corôa | Sal-Rei FC | Académica (Fogo) | Académico do Aeroporto Group B FC Derby | Scorpions (Santa Cruz) | Bairro | Solpontense | Fiorentina | Barreirense
Regional Championships v • d • e
Boa Vista | Brava | Fogo | Maio | Sal | Santiago (North) | Santiago (South) Santo Antão (Ribeira Grande) | Santo Antão (Porto Novo) | São Nicolau | São Vicente
Opening Tournaments v • d • e
Boa Vista | Brava | Fogo | Maio | Sal | Santiago (North) | Santiago (South) | Santo Antão (Ribeira Grande) | Santo Antão (Porto Novo) | São Nicolau | São Vicente
Cups v • d • e
Sal | Santiago (South) | Porto Novo - Santo Antão | São Nicolau | São Vicente
SuperCup and other competitions v • d • e
Fogo Supercup | Sal SuperCup | São Vicente SuperCup