SC Morabeza
| Full name | Sport Clube Morabeza | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 | ||
| Ground |
Estádio Aquiles Oliveira Nova Sintra, Cape Verde | ||
| Manager |
 Alfredo Moreira. | ||
| League | Brava Island League | ||
| 2015–16 | 6th | ||
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Sport Clube Morabeza is a football club in Cape Verde that plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava and plays at Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira where all the clubs from Brava even those based outside the capital play. The club name's etymology is the name predominantly used in Cape Verde and it is used in other music albums and the hotel in the island of Sal. Its current coach is Alfredo Moreira, himself a former player. Together with Sporting, it is Brava's most successful teams.
History
The club was founded in 1980 and was Brava's first club, the club name's etymology is the nickname for Cape Verde Ilhas de morabeza. Morabeza is the Portuguese word for hospitality and Ilhas de morabeza means the "Islands of hospitality"'. Their first appearance was in 1985 and was semifinalist in the National Championships. Their first island title win was in 1985, their second was in 2005 and their recent in 2010.
They had five appearances in the national championships, their first was in 1985 where club headed to the finals and lost to Sporting Praia. Their second was in 2005 where they defeated the Longstanding Nô Pintcha who won the most titles, the club was placed in Group B and did not won a match. For their next four appearances, the club only played in the group stage. Again the club was in Group B in 2007 and Morabeza had only two draws with in the last two weeks with Maio's Académica da Calheta and São Nicolau's Ultramarina. In 2008, they were for the third time in Group B and made their first win of the century in the first round where they defeated Santiago North's Estrela dos Amadores 2-0, then they defeated Fogo's Vulcânicos 2-0 in the second round, in the third round, a scoreless draw was made with Boa Vista's Académica Operária, they had the highest point numbering seven. In 2010, after their second consecutive win for the island, the club had their last national appearnance and was placed in Group A for the 2010 season, the first match with Boavista was a scoreless draw in the first round, then Morabeza had their only loss with Marítimo do Porto Novo. Morabeza's only win was over Solpontense 3-1 on May 23. The remaining two matches had a goal draw with Batuque and Botafogo.
Recently, their positions was slipping in the last three seasons in 2016, they were 4th in 2014, 5th in 2015, each with only four wins but in the 2016 season Morabeza finished 6th had a win and the club with 10 losses, scored 12 goals and conceded 50 goals.
Morabeza started second for the 2016-17 Brava season with a win over once successful Juventude da Furna, then third, then at the third round second behind Sporting after their win over Benfica,.[1] They had their bye week for the fourth round, Sporting defeated Morabeza 1-4 on February 18 and lost a position to fourth along with their chance for another regional title. They did not got back third pace until a win over Nô Pintcha. On April 2, they defeated Corôa in the 11th round match, Académica scoring a higher match placed Morabeza fourth where they would finish. Their last appearance and win was 4-0 over Corôa on April 24. The unexpected came as Morabeza did not played in a final match against Académica, the region awarded 3-0 against the club. Morabeza had 17 points, 5 wins and 23 goals, fourth ranked in the region.
Logo and uniform
Its logo features a seal with white rim, the rose and the leaves with the short form "SCM" on top and inside the circle with the Island of Brava, the club's location.
Its clothing color is tourmaline-aqua for home matches and blue for away/alternate matches.
Honours
- 1985, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010
- 2001
League and cup history
National championship
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Notes | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1B | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -18 | 0 | Did not advance | Did not participated | |
| 2007 | 1A | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not participated | |
| 2009 | 1B | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |
| 2010 | 1A | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |||
| Total: | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 44 | -28 | 15 | |||||
Island/Regional Championship
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Super Cup | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2006–07 | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2007–09 | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2009–10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 13 | |||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 14 | |||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 50 | -58 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 17 | Not held |
Statistics
- Best ranking: 2nd (national)
- Total wins: 3 (national)
- Total goals scored: 6 (national)
- Total points: 15 (national)
Other clubs named Morabeza
The Brava club are the only two clubs in Africa and most part of the world that is named Morabeza. The other is a newly created club named Ke Morabeza (also as Ké Morabeza) which is based in the island of São Tomé in São Tomè and Príncipe, that club's named etymology is after hospitality.
References
- ↑ "Futebol Brava: Morabeza aposta na conquista do título". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
External links
- Club profile at Futebol 365 (in Portuguese)