AD Ribeira Grande

AD Ribeira Grande
Full name Associação Desportivo de Ribeira Grande
Ground Cidade Velha and
Estádio da Várzea and
Estádio da Calabaceira
Praia, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 8,000
League Santiago Island League (South)
Second Division
2016–17 1st, Promoted

Associação Desportivo de Ribeira Grande or as Ribeira Grande de Santiago (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Ribêra Grandi di Santiagu) is a football club that again will play in the Premier League of the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Cidade Velha, capital of Ribeira Grande de Santiago and the nation's oldest city located in the south of the island of Santiago and serves the whole municipality.

History

The club became registered in 2005 and started to compete in the revived regional Second Division after seasons of cancellations due to financial problems. The club was first place in the 2007 Second Division and qualified into the Premier Division where they remained up to the 2013 season, in 2013, they never won a match and had five points, all of them in draws, they lost 13 matches, they scored 15 goals and conceded 43 goals, the most in the region.

The club was 6th in 2012 and was last place in 2013 and participated in the Second Division. The club was second place in that division behind Os Garridos and headed to play two division decisional matches against Varanda, 9th in the Premier Division,[1] Ribeira Grande lost all the two matches and had to spend the next three seasons in the Second Division. In the shortened 2016 season, the club was 3rd place and failed to quality into the Premier Division as they were behind the promotion zone as two new clubs competed in the following season. In the re-extended 2016-17 Second Division, the club was climbing in positions and reached the number two spot in the middle of the season and kicked out Unidos do Norte from that position. Ribeira Grande later superseded Varanda in the number one spot and finished as the 2016-17 Second Division champions. After four years, Ribeira Grande will once again return to the Premier Division in the following season. In the 2016-17 regional cup, the club started at the First Round, they reached up to the semis and lost to the almighty Sporting 1-0 and prevented Ribeira Grande from competing in the cup final.

Stadium

Estádio da Várzea, second home field of Tchadense

Ribeira Grande has a small field in the area of Cidade Velha, they also play in the area of Calabaceira. Ribeira Grande's matches are played at Estádio da Várzea, a multi-use stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west. The stadium is home to the three best football clubs in Cape Verde and the island's six best, Sporting, CD Travadores, Boavista FC, Académica, Desportivo and Vitória, all in the Santiago South Championships. Also while they were in the Second Division, they played some matches at Calabaceira.

The club practices at Várzea and Calabaceira.

Achievements

Secondary achievements

2006/07, 2016/17

League and cup history

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes
2011–12 2 6 18648 2528-322
2012–13 2 10 180513 1543-285 Relegated into the Regional Second Division
2013–14[2] 3 2 18855 2021-119 Remains in the Regional Second Division
2015–16[3] 3 3 16--- ----
2016–17 3 1 181242 3211+2140 Semifinalist Promoted into the Regional Second Division

Statistics

References

  1. ↑ "Varanda e Ribeira Grande defrontam se sabado para a liguilha" [Varanda and Ribeira Grande Challenged for the Promotion Match of the League]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). July 2014.
  2. ↑ Batalha, José (4 June 2014). "2013/14 Santiago Island League (South)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Batalha, José (12 May 2016). "2015/16 Santiago Island League (South)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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