CS Mindelense

CS Mindelense
Full name Clube Sportivo Mindelense
Nickname(s) Unknown
Founded

1908

ground = Estádio Municipal Aderito Sena
Mindelo, Cape Verde
Chairman Augusto Vasconcelos Lopes
Manager Tchida
League São Vicente Island League
2008-09 1st
Home colours
Away 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.

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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.

Achievements

1976, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2011
1956, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971
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, 2008/09
1999/00, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09
2007/08
2005/06, 2008/09

Performance in African competitions

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

The club in the Portuguese football structure

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

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.

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