History
The club is the second oldest in the island of São Vicente founded on 18 February 1923. The club was founded by a group of students, being the first in Cape Verde to do so.
Early in 1973, the club celebrated its 50th anniversary. Later, the club won their first national (then mainly colonial) and only title in 1973, two years before the independence of Cape Verde, they defeated Vitória from Praia 1–0. [2] A year later, Castilho won their last regional title, in their last final match and competition under Portuguese rule, the club lost 2–1 to Sporting Clube da Praia. Castilho had the fourth least number of regional titles, in 1983, it was shared with Derby and a year later, Castilho's totals became fifth and last, from 2003 to 2010, their totals was shared with Batuque until 2010 when Castilho's totals became sixth and last, which is their performance since.
Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, one of the unrelegated clubs in the south of the island along with three of the city's four historically mightiest clubs including Académica, Boavista and CD Travadores. Along with Académcia, Boavista, Desportivo, Travadores and Vitória, it is one of several teams that share the same ground, Estádio da Várzea, which has a capacity of 8,000. Sporting has won six championships since independence and a few before independence. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence. Sporting recently won the 2017 national title. Its current president is Carlos Daniel Caetano and its manager is Lito, who once played for Portuguese clubs as footballer.
Batuque Futebol Clube is a football club that plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. Its current president is Jota who became first president in around the mid 2000s. Its nickname is Panteras (Panthers) which is also Portugal's Boavista F.C. nickname, the club is not an affiliate to that club. Since 30 April 2017, they are one of three unrelegated clubs in the island along with Derby and Mindelense.
In 1998, Castilho celebrated its 75th anniversary of its foundation of the club.
The regional competition became two tiers in 2008 and Castilho became the first club to be relegated into the regional Second Division where they remained until 2012, Castilho competed in the Premier Division once more and for the next two seasons.
Recently the club was relegated to the second island division in the 2013–14 season after being ranked 8th with 8 points and only 2 wins, they were second in the island second division during the 2014–15 season. The first match against Académica lost a nearly huge 6–1 in the first match and the second ended in a draw with 3 goals, thus Castilho is kept in the second division. Castilho achieved second place in the regional second division once more for 2016, the club faced Farense which was tied one apiece in the first match and Castilho lost 1-2 in the second match and again remains in the regional second division this season. After three seasons in that division, Castilho achieved first position in the regional Second Division and will return again to the regional Premier Division in the following season. [3] Also Castilho was to be the third participant into the 2017 Champion's Cup (or Trophy) and would have challenge the Premier Division winner CS Mindelense, the match did not took place.
Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: KS Mindelensi, São Vicente Crioulo: KS Mindelense is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Interisland League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo in the island of São Vicente. Mindelense is the oldest club in Cape Verde. It is the team won the most cups before and after independence especially in the 1950s and the 1970s with nine titles before independence and eleven after independence. Their first participation in the national division before independence was unofficially in 1938 and officially in 1954, Mindelense first appeared after independence in 1980. Since 30 April 2017, they are one of three unrelegated clubs in the island along with Batuque and Derby. Its current chairman is Daniel de Jesus. The club's nickname is Leões Encarnados or the Incarnated Lions. A nickname that is used less often is the Red Devils or the Diablos Vermelhos.
Castilho started the 2017-18 season with a 1-2 loss to the powerful Mindelense but Castilho remained in low position. Their next two rounds were successful with two straight wins and had the most goals scored in the region to date with six goals. Castilho lost their match to Derby 5-1 and had seven goals which became second alongside Batuque, on the opposites, Castilho conceded nine goals, the most in the region, worst than last placed Ribeira Bote. Castilo defeated Farense before a loss to Salamansa, then a win over Batuque at the 7th round, a back to back loss to Mindelense followed, then a back to back win over Ribeira Bote. A repeat of the loss, this one to Académica and was fifth place with 12 points shared with Farense, the worst they conceded 21 goals, the worst in the region. Castilho suffered an 0-3 loss and lost a position and etched themselves into the relegation zone and now conceded a total of 26, still the worst, also they had seven losses. Castilho scored 14 goals shared with Académica. Castilho lost 2-1 to Farense, they scored their next goal in three matches, their totals is fourth alone, the club slightly escaped that relegation zone.
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