CD Falcões do Norte

Falcões do Norte

Full name	Clube Desportivo Falcões do Norte
Founded	August 19, 1960
Ground	Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Aldino Cruz
Manager	Edson Sousa
League	São Vicente Island League
2015–16	4th

Clube Desportivo Falcões do Norte, main name: Falcőes do Norte (Portuguese for Falcons of the North, Cape Verdean Creole (ALUPEK): Falkonis du Norti) is a football club that plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in Chã de Alecrim in the northern part of the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente and also covers the northern areas of the city including Lajinha, Madeiralzinho and Ponta João Ribeiro which corresponds to the north of the city. As of the 2014–15 season, the team had won an opening cup title, two cup titles and a super cup title.

The club was founded on August 19, 1960 and its motto is "order and discipline" (ordem e disciplina). The club relies on young players from the city.

Falcões won two consecutive titles in 2011 and 2012. As the 2011 Cape Verdean Cup was cancelled, the club did not attend, the club attended the 2012 edition and did not advance into the semis. This was their only appearance in a national competition.

In the 2013 island super cup, the club (as 2nd place cup winner) defeated CS Mindelense, the champion to win their only super cup title.

4th place the club finished in 2016. In 2017, they lost their further appearance for the following season in the Premier Division as the club finished last with 12 points, two less than Salamansa, in the following season, the club will play in the Second Division and will be Falcões' first. The fifth club after Amarante and well known to be relegated since the implementation of the two division system in 2008 and was one of four clubs that remained in the Premier Division.

Its logo has the globe with a brown falcon on top, it has three labels, the club name on top, the motto order and discipline (ordem e disciplina).

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