GDRC Delta

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Delta
Full name Clube Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Delta
Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Delta
Ground Estádio da Várzea and Ponta da Água,
Praia, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 8,000
League Santiago Island League (South)
Second Division
2015–16 12th, Relegated

Clube (or Grupo) Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Delta (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Txadensi) is a football club that plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in a neighborhood of Praia. The club currently plays in the regional Second Division for the 2016-17 season.

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.

Association football Team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

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).

The name is absolutely unrelated to the cultural association based in Tarrafal named Delta Cultura, it even has its own football club that has been playing at Santiago North Zone Second Division since 2016.

The club had played at Estádio da Várzea. As they are in the second division, they play at other wide football (soccer) fields in Ponta d'Água and Calabaceira.

Estádio da Várzea stadium

Estádio da Várzea is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde just west of the city center's plateau in the subdivision of Várzea and on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa on its east side. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000 people. The stadium is owned by the city of Praia and is operated by the Santiago South Regional Football Association and serves its headquarters of the association. The other stadium operated by the association in the south of the island is Calabaceira. The entrance is on the west side of the stadium where most of the seat is. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides, 200 meters east is the Plateau of Praia. Its size is 108 by 69 m, the longest part of the field goes north to south with a 15 degree angle facing east at the top. Its elevation is about 4 meters above sea level. A smaller practice field lies due south. The stadium is home to the four best football clubs in Cape Verde, Sporting, CD Travadores, Académica and Boavista FC the Santiago Island first division alongside Vitória FC, one of the region's best, it also home of Desportivo da Praia which is a military club and the lesser club Benfica Praia. Other teams that base in another part include ADESBA located in the nearby neighborhood of Craveiro Lopes some hundreds of meters north but play in the stadium.

Its logo is colored blue in the shape of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet Delta, the shape is slightly wider into a form of a triangle. The club name is on the bottom written in white and in the middle, the hand.

History

The played in the first division, then the second division in the late 2000s.

At the end of the 2014-15 season, Delta finished first in the second division after Eugênio Lima, a club formerly known as Lapaloma.

Delta once again played in the Premier Division but only for a season in the 2015-16 season, it was their first that had 22 matches, it was a sufferable season for Delta. They lost the first match to Bairro on November 15 but remained in a good position with Boavista, they lost the second match to Varanda a week later, then lost to Desportivo da Praia in week 3, then Académica 3-2 in week 4. Delta saw a relief with a two-goal draw with Eugênio Lima, things went to the worse for Delta, a suffering loss by Boavista followed on January 10, ended 0-4. After two consecutive losses, Delta went to last place in the division and there was a last chance to remain as they went to a three-goal draw with Sporting. Their chance faded when they lost to Os Garridos 4-2, they went to a four-game losing streak, one of the match lost to Travadores 5-0 on February 12. Delta had a goal draw with Varanda on February 28. A week later, Delta suffered as they conceded the most goals in a match, the club lost 7-1 to Desportivo da Praia on March 6 which was their worst defeat, on May 8, it became the second, their next loss was to Eugênio Lima. The club's last draw of the season was a scoreless draw with Boavista on April 3. Delta suffered a five-game losing streak, at the same time, it was unescapable for Delta to leave the relegation zone. The club only had four points, four draws and 18 losses and was last place, the club scored 15 goals, second last to Varanda, the club conceded 60 goals, one of the worst in the season, Delta was relegated into the second division for the following season along with Varanda.

Delta had not a single win at the Premier Division for the 2015-16 season. Overall Delta had 26 losses at the championship which was the worst for the club, their next win came on January 8, 2017 after defeating Relâmpago in the first match. It is one of the worst, probably second to FC Talho of the São Nicolau Island League who had 50 matches without a win and with it, had around 70 with the Cup and Opening Tournaments without a win. Delta totalled a five game winning streak before a scoreless draw with Varanda on February 11. Two additional draws were followed totalling three and Delta's last win of the season was on March 5 with a 3-1 win over Fiorentina Calabaceira. Delta lost to Relâmpago 1-0 before another scoreless draw was made with Vila Nova. Delta's remaining matches ended in losses and finished the 2016-17 Second Division season seventh.

Delta was originally to start the 2017-18 season with a match with Tira Chapéu, as Varanda withdrew, it would be with Varanda and it became a bye week. Delta's first seasonal match of the Second Division was a 2-1 loss to Relâmpago, their third meeting, their second loss with that club. Delta suffered two more less before a 2-0 win over Calabaceira Fiorentina on December 17. A goal draw with Os Garridos was next, then a three match winning streak, then a bye week. After Delta lost again to Relâmpago in their fourth meeting. Another win came for Delta, a 2-4 win over Kumunidadi. Delta later underwent two more losses before a 1-0 win over Os Garridos was made. Delta defeated 1-2 over the historically top five club of Praia Vitória Praia, once powerful, now not as powerful. Deta was in the 50/50 zone of a possible return to the Premier Division until they lost 2-5 to Asa Grande on March 10 and Delta will have to spend their third straight season in the division as they were four points behind Os Garridos with 22. Delta was currently fourth, and this was the maximum position they will finished, the season's final match was a 4-2 Vila Nova at the 18th and final round. Delta had 22 points and also had 25 goals scored, fewer than Asa Grande.

Overall Delta's last win was at the Cape Verdean Cup in early 2016.

Regional cup

In the regional cup, the club advanced up to the 2016 finals for the first time and in May was to face Boavista FC, one of Praia's historically top four clubs, the cup final was not held, it would take place in the following year in 2017, on April 15, the match ended in a goal draw and went into the penalty shootout, Delta defeated Boavista 5-4 in the shootouts and claimed their only cup title. Delta may face Desportivo Praia in the rescheduled 2016 Super Cup.

Stadium

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Estádio da Várzea, the home field of GDRC Delta

GDRC Delta plays at Estádio da Várzea is a multi-use stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west.

It is played along with Praia's other famous teams including Sporting Praia, Boavista, Vitória FC Praia, Desportivo Praia, CD Travadores and Académica da Praia as well as Benfica da Praia in the same stadium. The club mainly practices in Calabaceira.

Honours

2015/16

Secondary achievements

2014/15

League and cup history

Island/Regional Championship

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDP Cup Notes
2002 291844101531-1616
2002–03 2101822141447-338
2003–04 2101824121655-3910
2005 291732121541-2611Remains in the Premier Division
2005–06 2101712141257-455Relegated into the Second Division
2013–14 [1] 3218-------Remains in the Second Division
2014–15 [2] 3118-------Promoted into the Regional Second Division
2015–16 [3] 2122204181560-454WinnerRelegated into the Second Division
2016–17 [4] 37186482225-322 Round of 8
2017–18 [5] 34167182529-422 1st Round

Statistics

Current squad

As of 30 April 2017

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

No.PositionPlayer
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Admir Oaldir [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Ceminick dos Santos
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cláudio David Ferreira
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Paulo Freire
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Igor Livramento
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Igor Vieira
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Ildemar Gomes
Flag of Cape Verde.svg José Malik Lopes
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Rivaldo Lopes
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Vanderley dos Santos
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Wila Cabral
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Zinedine Moreno
  1. Also as Admir Waldir

Other sports

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Gimnodesportivo Vava Duarte, home arena of GDRC Delta

GDRC Delta also has its own basketball team, they currently play in the Santiago South Basketball Championships. The team is a member of the Santiago South Regional Basketball Association. [7]

Arena

The team plays at Gimnodesportivo Vava Duarte in Gamboa, Praia just south of Estádio da Várzea and the city center.

See also

References

  1. Batalha, José (4 June 2014). "2013/14 Santiago Island League (South)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. Batalha, José (23 December 2015). "2014/15 Santiago Island League (South)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. Batalha, José (12 May 2016). "2015/16 Santiago Island League (South)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  4. Batalha, José (4 May 2017). "2016-17 Santiago South Second Division at Cape Verde Islands 2017/18 page". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  5. Batalha, José (22 March 2018). "2017/18 Santiago South Second Division". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  6. Santiago South Regional Basketball Association at League Line-Up