Académica da Praia

Académica

Full name	Associação Académica da Praia
Nickname(s)	Micá, Briosa
Founded	15 December 1962
Ground	Estádio da Varzea Praia
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Kiki
Manager	Janito Carvalho
League	Santiago Island League (South)
2015–16	4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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

• National titles: 2
  • Cape Verde Championship: 1

1965

• • Taça Nacional de Cabo Verde: 1

2007

• Regional titles: 6
  • Santiago Regional League: 2

1964/65, 1967/68

• • Santiago Island League: 2

1988/89, 2009^{[lower-alpha 1]}

• • Santiago Island League (South): 2

2003/04, 2008/09

• • Praia Cup: 1

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	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7		Promoted into playoffs	4th place
2007	1B	2	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3	10	Winner	Promoted into playoffs	4th place
2009	1A	1	5	4	1	0	10	5	+5	13		Promoted into playoffs	Finalist
Total:			14	9	3	2	23	11	+12	30

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	18	4	6	8	21	26	-5	18
2014–15	2	6	18	8	3	7	16	18	-2	27
2015–16	2	4	22	13	4	5	32	18	+14	43

Statistics

• Best position: Semifinalist (national)
• Best position at a cup competition: 1st, Winner (national)
• Number of appearances in the national competition:
  • Total: 6
    • Colonial era: 2
    • Since independence: 4
• Total points: 30 (national)
• Highest number of goals scored in a season: about 30 (regional), in 1968
• Highest number of points in a season:
  • National: 13
  • Regional: 43
• Appearance in a cup competition: 1 (national)
• Highest scoring match: Académica 21-0 Garridos, in 1968

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 GK Aléssio 2 GK Evandro Pina Dinis 3 GK Carlos Jorge, Jr. 4 DF Carlos Almeida 5 DF Alberto Baessa 6 DF Paulo Ricardo Tavares 7 DF Admir de Jesus Lopes 8 DF Nelson Alves 9 DF Ronny (Paulo Fortes Soares) 10 MF Admilson 11 MF Wilker Ricardo Silva 13 MF Moises Pires Lopes 14 MF Edeney Samir Lopes

No. Position Player 15 MF Abdoulaye Silla 16 MF Adilson dos Reis Martins 17 MF Duco Edson Moníz 18 FW Denane Barbosa 19 FW Alex Ribeiro Correia 20 MF Silvino Mendes 21 FW Bruno Furtado 22 FW Dário da Luz 23 FW Danildo Lima Monteiro 24 FW Carlos Alberto Ribeiro 25 DF Adilson Tavares Furtado 25 GK Constantino 26 MF Daniel Patrick Gonçalves

Former players

• Caló (played in 1996)
• Adilson Gerson Araújo

Chairmen history

Name	Nationality	From	To
Júlio César Tomar	Cape Verde	unknown	2016
Kiki	Cape Verde	since 2016

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	From	To
Toka		around 1964	1968
Celestino Mascarenhas	Cape Verde	2011	2012/13
José Barros Zé Piguita	Cape Verde	2014	2016
Janito Carvalho	Cape Verde	2016

Notes

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

References

1. "Futebol Santiago Sul: Campeonato Regional Época 2014–15 Arranca A 05 De Dezembro (2014–15 Santiago South Regional Football Championships Begins on December 5" (in Portuguese). Criolosport , 8 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
2. "Académica Praia won the first Cape Verdean Cup". Panapress (in Portuguese). 2 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
3. "Académica da Praia squad at the official site" (in Portuguese).
4. Article on the Ukrainian Wikipedia

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)