Desportivo Praia
| Full name | Desportivo da Praia |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | militares (troops) |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Ground | Av. Cidade da Lisboa Estádio da Varzea, Praia, Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Chairman |
 Jorge Martins Andrade |
| Manager |
Kuko |
| League |
Santiago Island League (South) Cape Verdean Football Championships |
| 2016–17 | 3rd |
| Website | Club website |
Desportivo da Praia is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago. It is the military team of Cape Verde. Its nickname is militares. The team won the first and only regional opening tournament in 2014.
Its logo has a blue circle with the acronym GDCP in the middle and a large D on the right and the club name on the right. Its uniform color features a blue clothing with a T-shirt with white stripes in the middle for home games and a white T-shirt with the remainder blue for away games.
The club was founded in 1979 by the Cape Verdean Armed Forces.
Their appearance into the national competition was in 1990 and advanced up to the finals and faced CS Mindelense and lost two matches, this was their greatest position.
In 2004, Desportivo da Praia celebrated its 25th anniversary of its foundation.
On December 16, 2011, the third round of the season, Desportivo defeated Varanda 7-0 and made it the region's highest result of the season, also in that season, 46 goals were scored, the region's highest ahead of Sporting Praia. Desportivo finished as runner up to Sporting with 41 points and failing to qualify into the nationals. As Sporting Praia won the 2012 title and would win another regional title, team again entered the national division in 2013 as runner up in the Santiago Island League South. Desportivo won their second regional title in 26 years, their first since the breakup for the South Zone, the club finished with a record 47 points and scored 43 goals, the points record is shared with Sporting's 2013 total and is behind Sporting's 2012 total of 48 and 2005 total of 49 in the region, it is also one of the highest of any island leagues in Cape Verde. Their next was their third appearance and was placed in Group A, their first match was a second round which ended in a scoreless draw with CD Sinagoga from Santo Antão North, on June 1, they played their rescheduled first round match with the champion from the north of the island Varandinha from Tarrafal, they lost 1-3 in their last meeting with the club from two parts of the island even at the nationals, their last match ended in a 2-1 win over Sporting Brava. Desportivo finished third with 7 points and with two wins and losses and a draw, scored 7 goals.For the first time, the club also heads to the regional super cup in late 2016. Desportivo qualified into the 2015-16 Super Cup, as the Boavista-Delta cup final was not played in May 2016, the match was rescheduled for April 15, 2017, Desportivo will face the cup winner Delta in the rescheduled 2016 regional super cup as early as May 2017.
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