UDESCAI

UDESCAI (União Desportiva Sardinha e Caça de Água-Izé) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the town of Água Izé in island of São Tomé and plays in Pantufo at Campo de Pantufo.

The club was playing in the second division up to 2001.^[1] The team has only one insular title and it was in 2004 beating GD Os Operários. The team never won a national and the Taça Nacional de São Tomé and Príncipe titles.^[2] In the 2003 national Cup, the club was finalist.^[3]

In 2009, the club was 8th place,^[4] in 2013, the club finished 9th and was related to the island's second division,^[5] a season later, the club was in the last positions and was relegated to the lowest Third Division for 2015.^[6] UDESCAI came back to the Second Division for 2016 after being in the top two of the Third Division. An unexpected climb was made for UDESCAI as they were second in the Second Division and together with Neves returned to the Premier Division for the 2017 season and currently competes.

Logo

Its logo is a seal and has a thick blue edges coloring the ocean with a thin black rim on either sides, the club name is written on the outer part of the seal with the club's location on the bottom. Inside is a small circle colorign from the lightest aqua-white to light aqua and tourmaline and has a sardine in the middle, of which the sardine is one of the most fished seafood in the country and is fished in the area, in the middle is a football (soccer ball).

Honours

• Taça Regional de São Tomé: 1

2003

• São Tomé Island League: 1

2004

League and cup history

Statistics

• Best position: Finalist (national)
• Best position at cup competitions: Finalist (national)
• Appearances at the National Championships:
  • National: 1

References

External links

• UDESCAI at the Final Ball (in Portuguese)