The Associação de Futebol do Algarve is one of the 22 district football associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Algarve administers lower tier football in the district of Faro.
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.
Grêmio Desportivo Amarante or Amarante is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo in the island of São Vicente.
Sporting Clube de Porto Novo is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the island of Santo Antão. The club was founded in 1956 and is the island's oldest sporting club. Geographically it was once the westernmost sporting club in Cape Verde and the whole of Africa, now it is one of several today.
The Cape Verdean Football Championship or the Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol is a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, when the islands were still part of the Portuguese Empire.
Cláudio Zélito da Fonseca Fernandes Aguiar, known as Lito, is a Cape Verdean retired professional footballer who played predominantly as a forward.
Clube Desportivo Scorpions Vermelho de Santa Cruz is a football club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone of the Grupo Centro Sul in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Santa Cruz in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago and plays at Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho west of town. Since the implementation of the two-tier regional system in 2015, Scorpion Vermelho are one of the ten unrelegated clubs of northern Santiago.
Vítor Manuel Oliveira was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.
António Manuel Pacheco Domingos, known as Pacheco, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a winger.
Leandro António Coelho Pimenta is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Ferreiras as a midfielder.
Luís Filipe Vieira Carvalha, known as Litos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder, working afterwards as a manager for several football teams and also as a sports commentator for Sporting TV.
Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, the second division of Portuguese football. It also fields various youth teams and a veterans team in football, as well as teams in basketball.
Erick Neres da Cruz is a Brazilian professional footballer, who plays for Olhanense as a midfielder.
Sporting Clube da Brava is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava with its offices located in nearby Lem. Its current coach is Ney Loko. Its nickname is Leões (Lions), the nickname of Lisbon-based Sporting CP and many other clubs founded as branches of Sporting CP. Its current president is Francisco Oliveira and its coach is Ney Loko.
Rafael Avelino Pereira Pinto Barbosa is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Farense.
The 2016–17 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.
The 2017–18 Primeira Liga was the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica were the defending champions for a fourth consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Porto became the new champions with two matches to spare, clinching their 28th league title. This was their first trophy in four years.
The 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 38th beginner level competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. It started on 13 May and finished on 27 August, it started a days later than last season. Originally to finish on 15 July, instead, it was rescheduled to 27 August. The championship was governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.
The 2018–19 Primeira Liga was the 85th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Porto were the defending champions but finished behind Benfica, who became champions for a record 37th time while equalling their own scoring record of 103 goals in the 1963–64 season.
Tiago Manuel Matos Fernandes is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
