CD Flor Jovem da Calheta
| Full name | Clube Desportivo Flor Jovem da Calheta |
|---|---|
| Ground |
Estádio da Calheta, Calheta de São Miguel on Santiago Island, Cape Verde |
| League | Santiago North Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | 10th |
Clube Desportivo Flor Jovem da Calheta (Portuguese meaning young flower, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Flor Juven also in the São Vicente Crioulo) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Calheta de São Miguel in the eastern part of the island of Santiago and its stadium is in the northwest of town named Estádio da Calheta.
The club name is Portuguese for young flower whereas the club were mainly founded by youngsters and young flowers grown around Calheta.
The team only won a regional title in 2005 and participated once in the Cape Verdean football championships. In the national season, no win was made but a draw, the club's first match was against Académica do Sal and lost 1-2 on May 14, then they lost to Sport Sal Rei Club of Boa Vista and Académica do Fogo where they made their worst defeat at the nationals with the score 6-1. Their last match was a goal draw with São Nicolau's Desportivo Ribeira Brava. As the club did a poor performance, Flor Jovem withdrew and the final match of the season which was on June 18 with Paulense, champion of Santo Antão North was cancelled. Flor Jovem da Calheta was thought to become another participant from the municipality into the national championships, as AJAC fielded an ineligible player, it was later kept as the only participant from the municipality at the nationals, a decision by the national federation chose AJAC to be champions of the Premier Division of the North Zone and is now listed as the first of the two from the municipality.
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