Académica da Praia

Académica

Full name	Associação Académica da Praia
Nickname(s)	Micá, Briosa
Founded	15 December 1962
Ground	Estádio da Varzea Praia
Ground Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Júlio César Tomar
Manager	José Barros Zé Piguita
League	Santiago Island League (South)
2014–15	5th
Home colours Away colours

Estádio da Várzea, the home field of Académica da Praia

Associação Académica da Praia is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Premier division of the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde.^[1] It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea. It won several cups before and after independence. The team never won any national titles. It also had won five insular titles and one island and Cape Verdean cup title.

History

Académica won the first upper level title in 1965 by defeating FC Derby from Mindelo 3–2 in extra time, they would win the only national title won before independence. Later, the team won the 1968 Santiago regional title at the time included other islands after beating Os Garridos a gigantic 21-0, 9 of which were scored by Luís Bastos. They challenged against Mindelense and lost 0–1 in the final round.

The team won their first regional title after the breakup (around fifth overall) and advanced to the 2004 finals, it challenged against Sal-Rei FC and lost both legs, 2–0 in the first and 1–2 in the second. The next two appearance succeeded as far as the semis. Académica da Praia was the first club to win the Cape Verdean Cup in 2007 after defeating 3-1 over Académico do Aeroporto.

Académica once played as Sucupira field, they now play at Estádio da Várzea since 2006.

Académica celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012.

Today's uniform has now added stripes and changed its home sock color to black.

Achievements

• National titles: 2
  • Cape Verde Championship: 1

1965

• • Taça Nacional de Cabo Verde: 1

2007

• Regional titles: 6
  • Santiago Regional League: 2

1964/65, 1967/68

• • Santiago Island League: 1

1988/89

• • Santiago Island League (South): 2

2003/04, 2008/09

• • Praia Cup: 1

2006/07

League and cup history

National championship

Statistics

• Best advance: Semifinalist (national)
• Highest number of goals scored in a season: 21 (regional)
• Total points: 30 (national)

Island/Regional Championship

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 Henry Ijama 2 Evandro Pina Dinis 3 Carlos Jorge, Jr. 4 Carlos Almeida 5 Alberto Baessa 6 Paulo Ricardo Tavares 7 Admir de Jesus Lopes 8 Nelson Alves 9 Paulo Fortes Soares 10 Admilson 11 Wilker Ricardo Silva 12 António José Horta 13 Moises Pires Lopes

No. Position Player 14 Edeney Samir Lopes 15 Abdoulaye Silla 16 Adilson dos Reis Martins 17 Mandinho 18 Denane Barbosa 19 Alex Ribeiro Correia 20 Silvino Mendes 21 Bruno Furtado 22 Dário da Luz 23 Danildo Lima Monteiro 24 Carlos Alberto Ribeiro 25 Adilson Tavares Furtado 26 Daniel Patrick Gonçalves

Former players

• Luís Bastos (played in the 1960s)
• Caló
• Adilson Gerson Araújo

Chairman

• Júlio César Tomar

Managers

• Toka (around 1964-68)
• Celestino Mascarenhas (in 2012)
• José Barros Zé Piguita

References