Académica da Praia

For other uses, see Académica (disambiguation).
Académica
Full name Associação Académica da Praia
Nickname(s) Micá, Briosa
Founded 15 December 1962
Ground Estádio da Varzea
Praia
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Cape Verde Kiki
Manager Cape Verde Janito Carvalho
League Santiago Island League (South)
2015–16 4th
Website Club home page
Estádio da Várzea, the home field of Académica da Praia

Associação Académica da Praia is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde.[1] It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea. Its current president is Kiki and manager is Janito Carvalho who coached Sporting Praia in the previous season. It won several cups before and after independence. The team never won any national titles. It also had won five insular titles and one island and Cape Verdean cup title.

Uniform

Today's uniform has now added stripes and changed its home sock color to black.

History

Académica won the first upper level title in 1965 by defeating FC Derby from Mindelo 3–2 in extra time, they would win the only national title won before independence. Later, the team won the 1968 Santiago regional title at the time included other islands after beating Os Garridos a gigantic 21–0, 9 of which were scored by Luís Bastos. They challenged against Mindelense and lost 0–1 in the final round. Académica once played as Sucupira Field, they now play at Estádio da Várzea since 2006.

Académica celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012.

Académica had 16 goals in the 2014/15 regional season, with the extended 2015/16 season, their goal total doubled to 32, the club finished fourth with 43 points, 13 wins and 4 draws. Júlio Cesar Tomar was president and Zé Piguita was the coach up to 2016.

In the following season, Kiki became president and Janito Carvalho became coach who previously coached Sporting Praia. Académica da Praia started the season without a loss for some seasons, the club defeated ADESBA and made it their second first win in the first week and the first in seasons being the sole club in the number one position with three points and three goals, a goal more than Sporting Praia.

In the national competition

The team won their first regional title after the breakup (around fifth overall) and advanced to the 2004 finals, it challenged against Sal-Rei FC and lost both legs, 2–0 in the first and 1–2 in the second. The next two appearance succeeded as far as the semis. Académica da Praia was the first club to win the Cape Verdean Cup in September 2007 after defeating 3–1 over Académico do Aeroporto.[2] Later in 2009, the club as champion of the South Zone also advanced to the single island competition, as they are now two championships of the island, the edition featured only a single match where the club, winner of the South Zone challenged with Estrela dos Amadores, winner of the North Zone for 2009, Académica Praia won their last championship of all Santiago.

Achievements

1965
2007
1964/65, 1967/68
1988/89, 2009[lower-alpha 1]
2003/04, 2008/09
2006/07

League and cup history

Colonial era

Year Finals Club Result
1965 3–2 Challenged
FC Derby
Champion
1968 Lost CS Mindelense Finalist

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes Playoffs
2004 1B 2 4211 73+47 Promoted into playoffs 4th place
2007 1B 2 5311 63+310 Winner Promoted into playoffs 4th place
2009 1A 1 5410 105+513 Promoted into playoffs Finalist
Total:14932 2311+1230

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes
2003–04 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2006–07 2 2 ---- ---- Winner Also promoted into the National Championships
2008–09 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2013–14 2 6 18468 2126-518
2014–15 2 6 18837 1618-227
2015–16 2 4 221345 3218+1443

Statistics

Current squad

As of February 2016[3][4]

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

No. Position Player
1 Cape Verde GK Aléssio
2 Cape Verde GK Evandro Pina Dinis
3 Cape Verde GK Carlos Jorge, Jr.
4 Cape Verde DF Carlos Almeida
5 Cape Verde DF Alberto Baessa
6 Cape Verde DF Paulo Ricardo Tavares
7 Cape Verde DF Admir de Jesus Lopes
8 Cape Verde DF Nelson Alves
9 Cape Verde DF Ronny (Paulo Fortes Soares)
10 Cape Verde MF Admilson
11 Cape Verde MF Wilker Ricardo Silva
13 Cape Verde MF Moises Pires Lopes
14 Cape Verde MF Edeney Samir Lopes
No. Position Player
15 Guinea MF Abdoulaye Silla
16 Cape Verde MF Adilson dos Reis Martins
17 Cape Verde MF Duco Edson Moníz
18 Cape Verde FW Denane Barbosa
19 Cape Verde FW Alex Ribeiro Correia
20 Cape Verde MF Silvino Mendes
21 Cape Verde FW Bruno Furtado
22 Cape Verde FW Dário da Luz
23 Cape Verde FW Danildo Lima Monteiro
24 Cape Verde FW Carlos Alberto Ribeiro
25 Cape Verde DF Adilson Tavares Furtado
25 Cape Verde GK Constantino
26 Cape Verde MF Daniel Patrick Gonçalves

Former players

Chairmen history

NameNationalityFromTo
Júlio César Tomar Cape Verdeunknown2016
Kiki Cape Verdesince 2016

Managerial history

NameNationalityFromTo
Tokaaround 19641968
Celestino Mascarenhas Cape Verde20112012/13
José Barros Zé Piguita Cape Verde20142016
Janito Carvalho Cape Verde2016

Notes

  1. The edition featured only a single match where a club from the North Zone challenges a club from the South Zone

References

External links

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