AD Ribeira Grande
| Full name | Associação Desportivo de Ribeira Grande |
|---|---|
| Ground |
Cidade Velha and Estádio da Várzea and Estádio da Calabaceira Praia, Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| League |
Santiago Island League (South) Second Division |
| 2016–17 | 1st, Promoted |
Associação Desportivo de Ribeira Grande or as Ribeira Grande de Santiago (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Ribêra Grandi di Santiagu) is a football club that again will play in the Premier League of the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Cidade Velha, capital of Ribeira Grande de Santiago and the nation's oldest city located in the south of the island of Santiago and serves the whole municipality.
The club became registered in 2005 and started to compete in the revived regional Second Division after seasons of cancellations due to financial problems. The club was first place in the 2007 Second Division and qualified into the Premier Division where they remained up to the 2013 season, in 2013, they never won a match and had five points, all of them in draws, they lost 13 matches, they scored 15 goals and conceded 43 goals, the most in the region.
The club was 6th in 2012 and was last place in 2013 and participated in the Second Division. The club was second place in that division behind Os Garridos and headed to play two division decisional matches against Varanda, 9th in the Premier Division, Ribeira Grande lost all the two matches and had to spend the next three seasons in the Second Division. In the shortened 2016 season, the club was 3rd place and failed to quality into the Premier Division as they were behind the promotion zone as two new clubs competed in the following season. In the re-extended 2016-17 Second Division, the club was climbing in positions and reached the number two spot in the middle of the season and kicked out Unidos do Norte from that position. Ribeira Grande later superseded Varanda in the number one spot and finished as the 2016-17 Second Division champions. After four years, Ribeira Grande will once again return to the Premier Division in the following season. In the 2016-17 regional cup, the club started at the First Round, they reached up to the semis and lost to the almighty Sporting 1-0 and prevented Ribeira Grande from competing in the cup final.
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