CS Mindelense

Full name

Clube Sportivo Mindelense

Nickname(s)

Diabos Vermelhos (Red Devils)

Founded

1908

Ground

Estádio Municipal Aderito Sena
Mindelo, Cape Verde

Capacity

10,000

Chairman

Augusto Vasconcelos Lopes

Manager

Almara

League

São Vicente Island League

2012-13

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.

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.

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	GK	Vozinha
2	DF	Betche
3	DF	Vally
4	MF	Nhambú
5	DF	Guga
7	FW	Dika
8	FW	Pitéu
9	FW	Flávio
10	MF	Caspy
11	MF	Bidjoi
12	GK	Rilly
14	DF	Toi Adão
15	MF	Djim Kelly

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Bedje
18	DF	Palela
19	FW	Djassa
20	FW	Fufuraa
22	FW	Dirceu
23	MF	Tuíta
24	DF	Maíuca
25	MF	Adir
26	FW	Calu
33	DF	Django
77	FW	Duba
98	FW	Valdinha
99	FW	Tutai

Former players

Fock (Fredson Tavares) (2008–10)

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 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.

Performance in African competitions

CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

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

The club in the Portuguese football structure

Portuguese Cup: 1 appearance

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

Honours

Regional (São Vicente Island)

São Vicente Island League: 21

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, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012-13