Benfica da Brava

Benfica
Full name Clube Desportivo Benfica da Brava
Founded 1 January 1996
Ground Estádio Aquiles Oliveira
Nova Sintra, Cape Verde
League Brava Island League

Clube Desportivo Benfica da Brava is a football club in Cape Verde that plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Cidade Nova Sintra the island of Brava. The club is affiliate to the Portuguese club SL Benfica.

History

Benfica Brava was founded on January 1, 1996. Around the start of the new century, it became a registered club of Brava. Benfica Brava won their only opening tournament title in 2003 and became the fhird club to receive a regional honour. Since 2014, the club is the only from the island participate only at the regional championships.

In recent years the club finished in the low positions. In 2014, the club finished last place with 4 points. In that season, Benfica conceded 52 goals, the most were conceded to Nô Pintcha which were 19, where Benfica lost 0-6 (6th round) and later 13-2 (13th round) to Nô Pintcha, the latter was the region's worst match. In 2015, there was a tiny success as they finished 6th with 4 points, it was a little worse as Benfica lost 8-0 to Sporting which was the club's worst match and conceded 38 goals. Benfica finished last for the next two seasons, also they scored only nine goals each.

The 2016 one was sufferable in goal concessions with 69, the most in Brava. On January 17, the club lost to Sporting 8-0, another 8-0 loss was made, this one to Juventude da Furna. Benfica's 0-3 win over Morabeza at the 8th round is the club's last win to date. On March 6, the worst came as they loast 0-11 to Sporting, on March 27, the club lost to Juventude 0-16 and made it the region's worst match, at the 13th round, the club lost 1-9 to Académica Brava. Benfica's five worst matches made up much of the goals they conceded totalling 53. Benfica suffered worst in 2017 as they only had two draws but conceded fewer with 53. The first two matches they lost were not worst up to February 12 where they lost 5-0 to Sporting and was the region's worst match, it became their loss to Académica 6-0 on February 26. Benfica had two matches ended in a goal draw, first with Juventude, then in two matches with Morabeza. The club suffered as the region's worst became their 0-14 loss to Sporting, not as worst as the previous season, it was held until April 30 and it became second behind Corôa's loss also to Sporting on April 30. The last three matches ended in losses, they were moderate.

ts logo is with a white crest (not fully circular) with a golden bird above, a green-red ribbon reading the Latin name "E pluribus unum", a red and white shield with a ball and a blue ribbon with the club name acronym (CDB) in the middle. Its logo is nearly the same as Benfica's but some differences. Other logos are the same in the nation (with some similarity) are Paulense, Sport Sal Rei Club, Praia's CD Travadores Benfica da Praia (Benfiquinha) and Benfica de Santa Cruz. Benfica Brava's parent club is Benfica Praia which is another club who uses the same logo to Benfica's but slightly different.

Honours

2003

League and cup history

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Tour Notes
2013–14[1] 2 7 121110 1252-404
2014–15[2] 2 6 12228 1238-364
2015–16[3] 2 7 121011 969-603
2016–17 2 7 120210 953-442 Not held

Statistics

References

  1. ↑ Batalha, José (4 June 2014). "2013/14 Brava Island Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Batalha, José (4 May 2015). "2014/15 Brava Island Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Batalha, José (12 May 2016). "2015/16 Brava Island Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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