Celtic (Achadinha de Baixo)
| Full name | Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Celtic da Praia |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Celticos |
| Founded | July 1, 1972 |
| Ground |
Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Manager |
 Gildo Ribeiro |
| League | Santiago Island League (South) |
| 2016–17 | 8th |
Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Celtic da Praia, then as Celtic Futebol Clube is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the neighbourhood of Achadinha de Baixo in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 8,000 Its nickname is Celticos.
Its logo colours are green and white. Its uniform colors has a white t-shirt with green dots from green to light green and French green, white socks and green shorts for home games and everything green but the sleeves which are colored white used form away matches or as an alternative.
Celtic da Praia was founded on July 1, 1972 in the last three years of Portuguese control over the Cape Verde Islands. In 1997, Celtic Praia celebrated its 25th anniversary of its foundation.
Around the late 2000s, Celtic Praia spend some seasons in the region's Second Division.
Celtic's performance in recent years were from low to moderate. The finished 7th in 2012 and 8th in 2014, Celtic that season had 16 points and 13 goals scored. Their position was better in 2015 as they finished 4th with 27 points. With a four additional match season in the 2015-16 season, their positions was two lower which was 6th but others were successful, slightly on its goals with 26 but more on wins with 11 and points with 38. Celtic had another double position loss for 2017, 8th with 24 points, they had six wins and scored fewer goals numbering 22, their worst was they conceded 28 goals, more than last season. Celtic started out at the 2017 Cup at the Round of 8, they defeated ADESBA. Celtic Praia ended its match with Vitória with goal draw but won 4-3 in penalties and started to have a good cup season. Celtic lost to Garridos in the semis and had its greatest success for the season.
Celtic da Praia's rivalry is Varanda, it forms the Achadinha de Baixo rivalry.
Celtic has its home field in Calabaceira, a perfect size field, its Premier Division matches are not played there, so Celtic plays its matches at Estádio da Várzea, a multi-use stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west.
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