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Full name | Vitória Futebol Clube da Praia | ||
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Founded | May 1, 1931 | ||
Ground | Estádio da Várzea, Av. Cidade da Lisboa, Praia, Cape Verde | ||
Capacity | 8,000 | ||
Manager | Daniel Ángula Cardoso [1] | ||
League | Santiago Island League (South) | ||
2016–17 | 12th, Relegated | ||
Vitória Futebol Clube da Praia is a football club that currently plays in the Santiago South Second Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago and plays in the stadium, Estádio da Várzea with a capacity of 8,000 The club won their only island title in 1973 and participated in the second last colonial (provincial) final and lost.
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 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).
Its logo and uniform are identical to Vitória FC de Setúbal of Portugal and is a club affiliate. It is the only Vitória Setúbal affiliate in Cape Verde, another affiliate in Africa, one example is Vitória Riboque based in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Vitória Futebol Clube do Riboque is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship.The club is most noted for the fact that they are the São Tomé and Príncipe one of oldest club, founded 1976. The team is based in Riboque a neighbourhood of city São Tomé in the Água Grande District on the island of São Tomé. Its offices are located at Avenida Geovany in Riboque. The club is the only unrelegated club in the island of São Tomé. Vitória Riboque is historically the third successful football (soccer) club in both São Tomé Island and São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 25 official titles, 14 are national and the remaining 11 are regional titles. In national championship titles, they have five, about 15% of the championship title totals, by district, half of the titles won. Of the regional titles, about 30% of the totals, by district, more than half of the totals. In cup titles it totals about 30% of the national titles.
The uniform has a yellow crown on top with a green circle with a green-white shield with a soccer ball in the middle and a tag reading the acronym "V.F.C.P.", a label on the top left reads the club's location and the founding date and a small tree branch on the right.
The club are the top 10 most popular clubs in the South Zone and the top 15 on the island.
The football (soccer) club was established on May 1, 1931. [2] and is the island's third oldest club and the nation's fourth oldest. Vitória won the Santiago Island title in 1973 and headed to one of the last provincial finals of Cape Verde under Portuguese rule.
Vitòria celebrated its 50th anniversary of the club's foundation in 1981. Vitória later celebrated its 75th anniversary of the club's foundation in 2006.
After the start of the new century, the club finished at a position that was nearly or at moderate. The late 2000s was the last time the club finished fifth and their last time they got a high position was sixth in 2011. In 2011, their last major regional success was at the regional cup where they headed up to the finals and faced Boavista, the club lost the title, as Boavista were also regional champions, they qualified into the regional super cup. Several months later, the super cup competition was not held and Vitória was no participant at the competition.
In recent years, the club was not as powerful as it was in its early years. In 2012, the club was relegated and participated in the Second Division for a season and finished first. Vitória became the only club of the original four of Praia to relegate. The club returned again into the Premier Division and finished 5th in the 2013/14 regional season and finished with 19 points, 6 wins, eleven draws and scored 12 goals. The following season, the club finished last place and was not relegated as two additional clubs were added for the 2015/16 season, Vitória finished with 14 points, 3 wins, half than last season, 5 draws and 10 losses, one less, the club scored 10 goals. The club finished ninth in the extended 2015/16 season and finished with 19 points, 5 wins, 13 losses and scored 30 goals, except for the losses part, better than last season. Vitória suffered losses in the early and the mid part of the 2016-17 season, the club made their first draw with Sporting Praia in the 3rd round and currently has four draws, the club made a win late in the season on March 26 and defeated Os Garridos 3-4 and became their season's highest match, they prevented themselves from keeping themselves in the relegation zone for a week, until the club lost to the top three Travadores and the club kept inside the relegation zone for the remainder of the season. Their final wins at the Premier Division were made in April, first over ADESBA, then Celtic. The club lost their last match to Desportivo and finished last place with 13 wins and three wins, the club scored 16 goals, second least ahead of Eugénio Lima's, they conceded 44 goals, third last to Garridos' and Travadores, in the later part of the season, the goal concessions was second. Vitória's second downfall of the club was complete and later participated in the Second Division in the following season.
Vitória, the only historically known club in the Second Division competed in a match with Kumunidadi, a 0-2 loss made and failed their planned immediate return to the Premier Division. Vitória made their season's first win on December 3 with a 2-1 win over Calabaceira Fiorentina. Vitória suffered another loss to a club who also relegated last season Os Garridos with the score 3-2. Vitória then had a goal draw with Vila Nova before suffering a two match losing streak. The club had a bye on January 7, originally the club was to play with Tira Chapéu, after Varanda's withdrawal, it was to be with Varanda. Their next match was a 3-2 win over Unidos do Norte made on January 27, though prevented the club from attempting for qualification into the Premier Division. Vitǒria was 8th place, one above last placed Calabaceira Fiorentina and was kept being a Second Division club. That time, Vitória had two wins and three draws. Another win was followed on February 3 which was over Calabaceira, then a loss to Os Garridos was next and a scoreless draw with Vila Nova. A second straight draw was next with three goals made with Asa Grande at the 15th round. Also during the match, Vitória lost their chance of returning to the Premier Division next season, together with Garridos, another season they will spend at the Second Division next season. Vitória faced Delta next and lost the match 1-2. The 17th round was a bye week for the club, the season's last match was their second against Relâmpago, it ended in a 1-2 loss and the club finished 8th, second to last, a very low position they never finished before.
In the 2016-17 regional cup, Vitória came up in the last days of 2016 and played against Travadores, as the match ended in goal draw, it went into the penalty shootouts and defeated that club 4-3. They advanced to the quarterfinals and challenged Celtic, it ended in a goal draw and later lost 4-3 in the penalty shooutouts and their participation was done. Vitória came back in the following season, around December, they were to face GD Varanda, as that club withdrew in late October, the club proceeded to the quarterfinals and made a cup rematch with Travadores, this time, they lost to that club and ended their further participation in the cup competition.
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 five other famous teams including Sporting Praia, Boavista, Académica, Desportivo and CD Travadores in the same stadium. The club also practices at the stadium.
Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Tour | Notes |
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2002 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 45 | -23 | 12 | |||
2002–03 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 33 | |||
2003–04 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -9 | 16 | |||
2005 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 32 | |||
2005–06 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 16 | |||
2006–07 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 23 | |||
2007–08 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 17 | |||
2008–09 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -10 | 23 | |||
2010–11 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 23 | |||
2011–12 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 14 | |||
2012–13 | 3 | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2013–14 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 32 | -20 | 19 | |||
2014–15 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 10 | |||
2015–16 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 30 | -16 | 19 | |||
2016–17 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 44 | -28 | 13 | Quarterfinals | ||
2017–18 [3] | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 14 | Quarterfinals |
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