List of football clubs in Cape Verde

For a complete list see Category:Football clubs in Cape Verde

This article is about a list of football (soccer) clubs in Cape Verde.

Key

Key to Divisional Change
New club
Club was promoted to a higher level, winner or runner-up of each regional league qualified into the National Championships
Club was transferred between divisions at the same level
Club resigned or was demoted to a lower level
Club was relegated to a lower level
Lowest division contains only a single division

Contents :

• Top
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
ABC de Patim	Patim	Fogo Island Second Division	3
Académica da Brava	Vila Nova Sintra	Brava Island League	2
Académica do Sal	Espargos	Sal Island League	2
Académica do Mindelo		São Vicente Island League	2
Associação Académica do Porto Novo		Southern Santo Antão Regional League	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner
Académica da Praia		Southern Santiago Premier Division	2
Académica da Preguiça		São Nicolau Island League	2
Académica da Calheta		Maio Island Premier Division	2
Académica Operária	Sal Rei	Boa Vista Island League	2
Academico 83	Cidade do Maio	Maio Island League	2	Qualified and participated into the National Championships as regional winner
Académico do Aeroporto	Espargos	Sal Island Premier Division	2	Qualified and participated into the National Championships as regional winner
Académico Sal Rei		Boa Vista Island League	2
Achada Fluminense		Fogo Island League	Did not participate
ADEC	Calheta de São Miguel	Northern Santiago Second Division	3
África Show	Rabil	Boa Vista Island League	2
AJAT'SN	Tarrafal do São Nicolau	São Nicolau Island League	2
GD Amarantes	Mindelo	São Vicente Island League	3	Relegated into the regional second division
Os Amigos	Assomada	Northern Santiago Second Division	2
Asa Grande	Praia	Southern Santiago Second Division	3
ASGUI	Espargos	Sal Island Premier Division	3	Relegated into the regional second division
Atlântico		Fogo Island Second Division	3
Atlético		Fogo Island Second Division	3
SC Atlético	Ribeira Brava	São Nicolau Island League	2	style="background:lightgreen"|Qualified and participated into the National Championships as regional winner

B

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
AD Bairro	Craveiro Lopes neighbourhood of Praia	Southern Santiago Premier Division	2
Barcelona (Tarrafal)	Tarrafal	Northern Santiago Regional League	2
Barreirense	Barreiro	Maio Island League	2
Batuque FC	Mindelo	São Vicente Premier Division	2
Baxada[lower-alpha 1]	Cova Figueira	Fogo Island Premier Division	2
FC Belo Horizonte	Juncalinho	São Nicolau Island League	2
Beira-Mar	Ribeira Grande	Northern Santo Antão Premier Division	2
Beira-Mar (Maio)	Cidade do Maio	Maio Island League	2
Beira-Mar	Tarrafal	Northern Santiago Regional League	2
Benfica		Brava Island League	2
Benfica[lower-alpha 2]	Praia	Southern Santiago Second Division	3
Benfica	Santa Cruz	Northern Santiago Regional League	2
Boavista Futebol Clube	Praia	Southern Santiago Premier Division	2
Botafogo FC	São Filipe	Fogo Premier Division	2
Brasilim		Fogo Second Division	3

C

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Sport Clube Caleijão		São Nicolau Island League	3	not in competition
Calhau		São Vicente Second Division	3
GS Castilho	Mindelo	São Vicente Second Division	3
Celtic FC	Achadinha de Baixo neighbourhood, Praia	Southern Santiago Second Division	2
Chã de Matias		Sal Island Second Division	3
Chão Bom or Tchom Bom	Chão Bom	Santiago Island Second Division	3
SC Corinthians São Vicente	Mindelo	São Vicente Second Division	3
Clube Desportivo Corôa	Nossa Senhora do Monte village	Brava Island League	2
Cruzeiro		Maio Island League	2
Cutelinho FC	Mosteiros	Fogo Premier Division	2

D

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
GDRC Delta	Praia	Southern Santiago Second Divison	3	Relegated to the Regional Second Division
Delta Cultura	Tarrafal	Northern Santiago Second Division	3
FC Derby	Mindelo	São Vicente Premier Division	2	Qualified and participated into the National Championship as runner-up
Desportivo de Assomada		Northern Santiago Island League	2
Desportivo da Praia		Southern Santiago Premier Division	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner
Desportivo de Santa Cruz		Northern Santiago Island League	2
Dynamo de Cova Figueira		Fogo Island League	4	not in competition

E

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Esperança		Fogo Island Second Division	3
Desportivo Estância Baixo		Boa Vista Island League	2
Estrela dos Amadores	Tarrafal	Northern Santiago Regional League	2

F

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Falcões do Norte	Chã de Alecrim, Mindelo	São Vicente Premier Division	2
Farense		São Vicente Premier Division	2
Fiorentina	Calabaceira in Praia	Southern Santiago Second Division	3
GDRC Fiorentina	Porto Novo	Northern Santo Antão Premier Division	2
Florença	Espargos	Sal Island Premier Division	2
Flor Jovem da Calheta		Northern Santiago Regional League	2
Foguetões	Eixo	Northern Santo Antão Premier Division	2	Eito
Figueirense	Figueira da Horta	Maio Second Division	3

G

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Os Garridos	Praia	Santiago Island Premier Division	2
Gaviões		Sal Island Second Division	3
Grito d'Povo	Povo	Fogo Island Second Division	2

I

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Inter Cutelo	Cutelo in Assomada	Northern Santiago Second Division	3
Inter de Porto Novo	Southern Santo Antão Regional League	2
Irmãos Unidos	Paul	Northern Santo Antão Second Division	3

J

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Janela		Northern Santo Antão Premier Division	2
Juventude da Furna		Brava Island League	2
Juventude de Assomada		Northern Santiago Second Division	3
Juventude do Norte		Boa Vista Island League	2
Juventude	Espargos	Sal Premier Division	2
Associação Juventus		Northern Santiago Second Division	3

K

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Kumunidade	Praia	Southern Santiago Second Division	3

L

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Lagedos FC, also known as Lagedos		Southern Santo Antão Island League	2
Eugênio Lima	Praia	Southern Santiago Premier Division	2
Luzabril		Fogo Second Division	3

M

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
CS Marítimo	Porto Novo	Southern Santo Antão Island League	2	Withdrew due to financial problems
CS Mindelense	Mindelo	São Vicente Premier Division	2	Qualified into the 2015 Cape Verdean National Championship as winner
Miramar		Maio Island Second Division	3
SC Morabeza	Vila Nova Sintra	Brava Island League	2
Morrerense or Morreirense	Morreiro	Maio Premier Division	2

N

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Grémio Desportivo de Nhagar	Assomada	Northern Santiago Island League	2
Nova Era		Fogo Second Division	3
Nova Geração		Sal Second Divsiion	3
Nô Pintcha	Nova Sintra	Brava Island League	2
Nô Pintcha do Mosteiros		Fogo Premier Division	2

O

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Onze Estrelas	Bofarreira	Boa Vista Island League	2
Onze Unidos	Cidade do Maio	Maio Premier Division	2

P

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
GD Palmeira	Santa Maria	Sal Island Premier Division	2
Parque Real		Fogo Second Division	3
Paulense Desportivo Clube	Paul	Northern Santo Antão Premier Division	2
Ponta de Pom, also as Ponta Pon, Ponta d'Pon and Ponta d'Pom		São Vicente Second Division	3
Futebol Clube Praia Branca		São Nicolau Island League	2

R

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Real Júnior	Chão Bom/Tarrafal	Northern Santiago Island League	2
Real Marítimo	Cascabulho	Maio Island League	2	Promoted into the Regional Premier Division
Relâmpago		Santiago Regional Second Division	3	New club
CD Ribeira Brava		São Nicolau Island League	2
Ribeira Bote		São Vicente Second Division	3	Promoted into the Regional Premier Division
Ribeira Grande		Southern Santiago Second Division	3
Rosariense Clube	Ribeira Grande, Nossa Senhora do Rosário parish	Northern Santo Antão Second Division	3

S

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Salamansa FC	Salamansa	São Vicente Premier Division	2
Sal Rei FC, also as SC Sal-Rei or SC Sal Rei		Boa Vista Island League	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner
Santa Clara	Alcatraz, Pilão Cão	Maio Regional Second Division	3	New club
SC Santa Maria		Sal Premier Division	2
Santana de Morrinho		Maio Premier Division	2
Sanjoanense		Boa Vista Island League	2
Sanjoanense (Porto Novo)		Southern Santo Antão Island League	2	Returned to the club after missing a season due to financial problems
Santo André	Norte	Southern Santo Antão Island League	2	Returned to the club after missing two seasons due to financial problems
Santo Crucifíxio	Coculi	Northern Santo Antão Premier Division	2	Promoted into the Regional Premier Division
São Pedro Apostolo	Garça de Cima	Northern Santo Antão Second Division	3
Scorpions Vermelho	Santa Cruz	Northern Santiago Island League	2
CD Sinagoga		Northern Santo Antão Premier Division	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner
Solpontense Futebol Clube	Ponta do Sol	Northern Santo Antão Second Division	3	Relegated into the Regional Second Division
Spartak d'Aguadinha		Fogo Premier Division	2
Sporting Clube da Boa Vista	Sal Rei	Boa Vista Island League	2
Sporting Clube da Brava	Nova Sintra	Brava Island League	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner
Sporting Clube do Porto Novo		Southern Santo Antão Island League	2
Sporting Clube da Praia		Southern Santiago Premier Division	2

T

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
FC Talho		São Nicolau Island League	2
Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo		Southern Santo Antão Island League	2	Withdrawn due to financial problems
Tchadense	Praia	Southern Santiago Premier Division	2	Promoted into the regional second division
Tira Chapêu	Tira Chapêu, Palmarejo and Cidadela in Praia	Southern Santiago Second Division	3	New club
Torreense	Xoxo and Ribeira da Torre including Corda	Northern Santo Antão Second Division	3	New club
CD Travadores	Praia	Southern Santiago Premier Division	2

U

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2014–15
FC Ultramarina	Ribeira Brava	São Nicolau Island League	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner
Unidos do Norte[lower-alpha 3]		Southern Santiago Premier Division	2
União de São Lourenço		Fogo Second Division	3
União Picos		Northern Santiago Regional League	3

V

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Lvl	Change from 2015–16
Valência		Fogo Premier Division	2
Varanda	Praia	Southern Santiago Premier Division	2	Relegated to the regional second division
Varandinha	Tarrafal	Northern Santiago Island League	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner
SC Verdun	Sal Island League		2
Vilanova	Praia	Southern Santiago Second Division	3
Vitória FC	Praia	Southern Santiago Premier Division	2
Vulcânicos FC	São Filipe	Fogo Premier Division	2	Qualified and participated in the National Championships as regional winner

Former clubs

Club	Location	League/Division (Regional)	Status
Àfrica Negra	Milho Branco	Santiago Island League
Andorinha	São Domingos	Santiago South Regional Championships	now part of Os Garridos
Black Panthers	Praia	Santiago South Regional Championships	football club no longer exists
Lapaloma	Praia	Santiago South Regional Championships	now part of another club
Paiol	Paol, Praia	Santiago South Regional Championships	now part of União dos Norte
Praia Rural		Santiago South Island League	now part of União dos Norte

See also

• Football in Cape Verde

Notes

1. Also known as Beira Mar or Baixada Fluminense
2. Also known as Benfiquinha
3. Sometime known as União dos Norte