Desportivo de Assomada

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Desportivo de Assomada
Full name Desportivo de Assomada
Nickname(s)

Os Brancos

Os Pensionarios

Founded September 16, 1990
Ground

Estádio Assomada (Cumbém), Assomada on Santiago Island,

Contents

Ground Capacity 8.000
Chairman Flag of Cape Verde.svg Jose da Costa
Manager Flag of Cape Verde.svg João Ramos
League Santiago Island League (North)
2014-15 Did not participate

Desportivo de Assomada (in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportibu di Asomada, São Vicente Crioulo: D'sportiv' d' Assomada) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Assomada in the central part of the island of Santiago and plays at Estadio de Assomada, also known as Cumbém which was completed in around 2008. The team has won no titles in its history.

The Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano, commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognized by the Cape Verdean government to write Cape Verdean Creole.

Cape Verde Country comprising ten islands off the Northwest coast of Africa

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles. In ancient times these islands were referred to as "the Islands of the Blessed" or the "Fortunate Isles". Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) west of the Cape Verde Peninsula off the coast of Northwest Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).

Assomada Settlement in Santiago, Cape Verde

Assomada is a city on the Sotavento (leeward) island of Santiago in Cape Verde. Since 1912, it is the seat of the municipality of Santa Catarina, which comprises the central western part and much of the interior of the island. It is the largest city in that region.

History

The club was founded on September 16, 1990 in Assomada. [1] The club celebrated its 10th year after foundation in 2000. From 2012 up to the end of the 2014/15 season, the club had been absent from Santiago North competition, one exception was in the 2014 season in during the last three rounds, the club was disqualified and all of its matches were annulled. The club missed the 2014-15 season. On September 16, 2015, the club celebrated its 25th year of foundation. The club returned to regional competition in late 2015, they qualified into the regional premier division while others would qualify into the regional second division. The club finished 13th and relegated into the second division in the following season after having 3 wins and 18 losses, the club scored 21 goals which was the region's least and conceded 53 goals, the third most in the region, it was one of the worst of any of the regional championships in the nation. The club played in the second division for the first time in the 2016-17 season and finished in a level where they would remain in that division for the following season and become the second club that will fully participate twice, the other being Juventus Assomada.

League and cup history

Island/Regional Championship

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDP Cup Notes
2015–16 [2] 2132635182153-3214

Statistics

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