Estádio João de Deus Lopes da Silva
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| Location | Ribeira Brava on São Nicolau |
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| Capacity | 1,000 |
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SC Atlético Desportivo Ribeira Brava | |
Estádio João de Deus Lopes da Silva is a multi-use stadium in São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SC Atlético and Desportivo Ribeira Brava. The stadium holds 1,000 people.[1] It is named for João de Deus Lopes da Silva. Its size is 105x68 m and its grass is artificial.
Numerous National Championship finals took place. All of them with Desportivo Ribeira Brava and SC Atlético losing the total number of goals in its two matches. The first was in 1987 wth Boavista FC, the second was in 1990 with Sporting Clube da Praia, the third was in 1994 with CD Travadores of Santiago Island, the recent was the 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships, the first game was held here which ended in a goal draw, Sporting won their ninth and recent title the following week.
SC Atlético was to play against ES Sahel in the 1995 CAF Cup, as they did not received the entrant on time, Atlético was disqualified and the match was cancelled.
References
- ↑ "Stadiums in Cape Verde". World Stadiums. WorldStadiums.Com. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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Coordinates: 16°37′05″N 24°17′37″E / 16.6181°N 24.2936°E