Boavista FC (Cape Verde)
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| Full name | Boavista Futebol Clube |
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| Nickname(s) |
Boavista As Panteras (The Panthers) |
| Founded | July 5, 1939 |
| Ground |
Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Chairman |
 Luis Manuel Semedo |
| Manager |
Humberto Bettencourt |
| League | Santiago Island League (South) |
| 2015–16 | 2nd |
Boavista Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: FK Boavista or FK Boabista, Boavista or Boavista Futibol Klubi) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Praia in the island of Santiago. The team has only reached a few of these games before and after independence. Its current president is Luis Manuel Semedo who once coached Boa Vista's Académica Operária. and its manager is Nelito Antunes.
Boavista Praia is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde, having won about 18 official titles, 6 are national titles and 12 are regional titles.
Its nicknames are As Panteras,, also the nickname of Lisbon's Boavista F.C, the other nickanme is Boavista, the club name. Not commonly used is Os Axadrezados (The Chequered ones) which is also Lisbon's Boavista FC nickname.
The club was founded on July 5, 1939, it is also Santiago Island's fourth oldest and Cape Verde's sixth oldest club. Its logo and uniform with minimal exceptions are identical to Portugal's Boavista FC. The name is not related nor located on Boa Vista Island to the northeast, it is named after a Lisbon club founded during colonial rule. Its nickname is even a club name. 36 years after its foundation, the date of foundation would be the same as Independence Day in Cape Verde, the only major club to have the same date of foundation with Independence Day in Cape Verde.
Boa Vista won the insular titles in 1987, 1993 and 1995, after it split into two zones, Boavista won two titles for the South Zone in 2012 and in 2014. Boavista also won cup titles, three consecutive cup titles was won between 2009 and 2011, their last was in 2015, Boavista did not qualify for the first time to the 2015 Cape Verdean Cup due to financial concerns. Boavista's last Super Cup win was in 2015.
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