Batuque FC
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| Full name | Batuque Futebol Clube |
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| Nickname(s) | Panteras (Panthers') |
| Founded | May 5, 1981 |
| Ground | Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo, Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 5000 |
| Chairman |
 João José Cardoso da Silva (Jota) |
| Manager |
Nhela |
| League | São Vicente Island League |
| 2015–16 | 5th |
Batuque Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: Batuki Futibol Klubi, São Vicente: Batúque Futebol Klube) is a football club that plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. As of the 2014–15 season, the team had won four island titles, qualifying them for participation in the Capeverdean National Division, their first title was won in 2002 and their last title was won in 2012, in other regional achievements, the team also won four cup titles, three super cup titles and two aassociation cup (opening tournament) titles. The best ranking was the national semi-finals in 2012.
Its current president is Jota (João Jose Cardoso da Silva) who became first president in around the mid 2000s. Its nickname is Panteras (Panthers) which is also Portugal's Boavista F.C. nickname, the clun is not an affilaite to that club.
Batuque are one of the most successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won about 12 official regional titles.
The club was formed on May 5, 1981 and was founded by players one of them was Jota (João José Cardoso da Silva), it is named after the Cape Verdean music and dancing genre, the batuque. Many of its greatest players took part in European clubs, notably Portuguese clubs.
The club's headquarters was built in 1990, later it became a registered club and played their first season in the 1996-97 season. In the 1990s, the coach for Batuque was Alexandre Alhinho, one of the nation's greatest coaches. Around 2012, the next few coach was Piki whose actual name is José Alberto Soares Fermino, his later management gone souw as the club positions slowly dropped from third in 2014, then fourth in 2015 and fifth in 2016, its wins and points totals also dropped and the goal totals which had 22 in 2014 almost dropped by half in 2016. Nhela replaced Piki in September 2016.
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