GD Corôa da Brava

Grupo Desportivo Coroa
Full name Grupo Desportivo Coroa da Brava
Founded 2004
Ground Nossa Senhora do Monte
Estádio de Futebol Aquiles de Oliveira,
Cidade de Nova Sintra, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 500
Manager Cape Verde João Domingos
League Brava Island League
2015–16 4th

Grupo Desportivo Coroa da Brava or Desportivo Coroa is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Brava Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in Nossa Senhora do Monte and plays in Estádio Aquilés de Oliveira in Nova Sintra with a capacity of 500.

History

The club was founded in 2004. They played their first match in 2004. Coroa finished second for the next two seasons.[1][2][3][4] Coroa was the island champion and won their first and only title in 2008 and appeared in their only national appearance in the 2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships and played in Group A, Coroa scored 3 goals and never won a match, Coroa scored a goal in a week 3 match with Académico do Aeroporto from Sal and lost the match, the final week match was tied at 2 with Boa Vista's Sal Rei.[5] Coroa's success was not as much as the previous seasons, they finished 3rd for the 2009 season,[6] Coroa finished 2nd for the last time in 2010.[7] No competition occurred during the 2011 season. Coroa finished in the lower positions, 6th in the 2012,[8] 2013[9] and 2014,[10] Coroa finished last with 7th place in 2015 and conceded 46 goals that season.[11]

Coroa celebrated its 5th anniversary after its foundation in early 2009 and later its 10th anniversary in early 2014.

The club kept a good position for 2016 where they finished fourth. Corôa Brava had a moderate season in the first few weeks in January 2017, 7th they became in the third round, then 6th at the fourth round, kept it for the remainder of the season but not when they defeated Benfica 6-3 on April 9 where they were fifth. The club suffered a heavy loss in the final round on April 29 and lost to Sporting Brava 16-2, they conceded the most in a match. They finished with 3 wins, the club conceded the most goals in the region numbering 56, worst then Benfica Brava's.

Its logo features a shield used in Portuguese towns and cities, once used in Cape Verde until 1975, it top part has a golden fortress with brown bricks and silver door rims with woodsn doors. It has a semicircular crest, black on left and red on right, three stars, one red and two black on right and Brava's mountain viewed from the east in the bottom. The bottom label is colored red on left and black on right and reads the club name, "Grupo Desportivo-" on left and colored red "- Coroa da Brava" on right.

Achievements

2007/08

League and cup history

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Notes Playoffs
2008 1A 6 5014 313-101 Did not advance Did not participated
Total:5014 313-101

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Opening Notes
2004–05 2 2 10--- ----
2005–06 2 2 10--- ----
2006–07 2 2 10--- ----
2007–08 2 1 10--- ----
2008–09 2 3 10--- ----
2009–10 2 2 10--- ----
2011–12 2 6 12327 2039-1911
2012–13 2 7 12011 1543-281
2013–14 2 6 12156 722-154
2014–15 2 7 121110 1346-334 not held
2015–16 2 4 12417 1736-1913
2016–17 2 6 12318 2756-2910 Not held

Statistics

References

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