UDRA

UDRA
Full name União Desportiva Rei Amador
Ground São João dos Angolares on São Tomé Island,
São Tomé and Príncipe
League São Tomé and Príncipe Championship
2014 Champion

UDRA (União Desportiva Rei Amador) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the southern part of the island of São Tomé. The club is named after Rei Amador, a slave king in Angolares mythology.[1]

Uniform

Its uniform colors features a blue-white striped T-shirt with white sleeves with the rest of the clothing blue used during home games and orange clothing with blue socks for away/alternate games[2] Its shield color is brown with Rei Amador featured in the middle and the date of the foundation of the town at the bottom.

History

UDRA became the twelfth and recent club to win their first title and along with four other clubs, has only one national title won today.[3] The club now also has two national cup titles.[4]

The club competed in the first division until the club was relegated in 2007 and did not return again until the 2009/10 season. Four years they were the island's top five clubs, their final positions creeped up each year, fourth in 2011 with 34 points and 31 goals scored, third in 2012 and fewer points and goals with 32 and 28, second in 2013 with a higher 41 points and 37 goals. UDRA finally finished first and won their first and only island title in 2014 which achieved them entry into the national championship event and competed with FC Porto Real of Príncipe with the score 2–1 away and 1–0 at home field, the match went into penalty shootouts and UDRA defeated Porto Real and claimed their only national title, also being the only club from Caué to do so. UDRA won their very first cup title in 2013 after defeating GD Sundy 5–1, UDRA was the first club from Caué to get a national competitive honor. In the national cup, UDRA would go on to defeat Sporting Clube do Príncipe 2–1 to claim their second cup title, their overall totals became third. Two years later, UDRA was cup winner of São Tomé Island and headed to the 2016 national cup finals to face GD Os Operários, UDRA defeated that club 6-2 and won their third and recent cup title and became the club solely possessing the country's third most cup titles.[5] Overall it was the second consecutive cup final that finished 6-2 by the cup winner. In the 2016 island championships, the club defeated UD Correia 8-0 on July 24 and made it the highest scoring match on the island.

Honours

2014
2013, 2014, 2016
2014
2013, 2014, 2016

League and cup history

Island championships

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Qualification/relegation
2011 2 4 211047 3118+1334 None
2012 2 3 181026 2826+232 Advanced into the 2012 National Championship
2013 2 2 181251 3714+2341 Nat. Winner Advanced into the 2013 National Championship
2014 2 1 18--- ---- Nat. Winner Advanced into the 2014 National Championship
2016 2 22--- ---- Nat. Winner None

Statistics

Current squad

As of November 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
São Tomé and Príncipe MF Gando

References

  1. ↑ A Verdadeira Origem do Célebre Rei Amador Gerhard Seibert of Espaço Cultural STP (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Vaz, Gil (12 December 2014). "Campeonato Nacional: Príncipe acolhe a primeira mão". Téla Nón. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Vaz, Gil (12 November 2014). "UDRA Campeão Nacional de Futebol" [UDRA, National Football (Soccer) Champion]. Téla Nón. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. ↑ UDRA, vence Taça de Futebol de S. Tomé e Príncipe. Radio France Internationale, 21 December 2014, retrieved on 22 December 2015
  5. ↑ "UDRA goleia e conquista a 3ª taça da história" [UDRA Scored and Won the 3rd Cup in Their History]. Telanon (in Portuguese). 27 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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