Celtic da Praia
| Full name | Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Celtic da Praia | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Celticos | ||
| Founded | July 1, 1972 | ||
| Ground |
Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Manager |
 Gildo Ribeiro | ||
| League | Santiago Island League (South) | ||
| 2016–17 | 8th | ||
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Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Celtic da Praia, then as Celtic Futebol Clube is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the neighbourhood of Achadinha de Baixo in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 8,000[1] Its nickname is Celticos.
Logo and uniform
Its logo colours are green and white. Its uniform colors has a white t-shirt with green dots from green to light green and French green, white socks and green shorts for home games and everything green but the sleeves which are colored white used form away matches or as an alternative.
History
Celtic's performance in recent years were from low to modrate. The finished 7th in 2012 and 8th in 2014, Celtic that season had 16 points and 13 goals scored. Their position was better in 2015 as they finished 4th with 27 points. With a four additional match season in the 2015-16 season, their positions was two lower which was 6th but others were successful, slightly on its goals with 26 but more on wins with 11 and points with 38. Celtic had another double position loss for 2017, 8th with 24 points, they had six wins and scored fewer goals numbering 28. Celtic started out at the 2017 Cup at the Round of 8, they defeated ADESBA. Celtic Praia ended its match with Vitória with goal draw but won 4-3 in penalties and started to have a good cup season. Celtic lost to Garridos in the semis and had its greatest success for the season.
Minor rivalry
Celtic da Praia's rivalry is Varanda, it forms the Achadinha de Baixo rivalry.
Stadium
Celtic has its home field in Calabaceira, a perfect size field, its Premier Division matches are not played there, so Celtic plays its matches 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.
It is played along with Praia's five other famous teams including Sporting, Boavista, Vitória Praia, Académica and CD Travadores in the same stadium. The club also practices at the stadium and probably practices at Sucupira and Calabaceira, the main field of Celtic and Varanda.
League and cup history
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Notes |
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| 2011–12 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -17 | 16 | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 16 | ||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 27 | ||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 38 | ||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 24 | Semifinals |
Statistics
- Highest number of points in a season: 38, in 2016
- Highest number of matches played in a season: 22 (regional), one season
Players
Current squad
- As of February 4, 2017[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
References
- ↑ "Santiago Sul – Celtic prepara nova época futebolística" [Celtic Prepares For a New Football (Soccer) Season]. Oceanpress. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ "Scorer and squad statistics". Konkuri. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
External links
- Celtic Praia at Facebook (in Portuguese)
