Gaviões
| Full name | Grupo Desportivo Gaviões de Hortelã |
|---|---|
| League | Sal Island Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | 7th |
Grupo Desportivo Gaviões de Hortelã (Capeverdean Crioulos of ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Grupu Disportibu Gabiõis di Hortelan) is a football club that plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde and currently plays in the Sal Premier Division. It is based in the subdivision of Hortelã located in the north of Espargos, capital of the island of Sal, in an area where it saw recent housing developments in almost all areas. The club plays at Estádio Marcelo Leitão to their south. The level is a beginner club.
Gaviões are one of the seven newest clubs in the Sal Island League, the club name is Portuguese meaning seagull. In mid-2014, along with the other five the club became registered and played their first match in the regional Opening Tournament later in the year and later the regional Second Division in 2015. During that season, the highest scoring match was in the 9th round where they defeated Chã de Matias 0-6 and became their highest scoring match for a season Gaviões lost their first entry into the Premier Division after finishing outside the promotional zone with 3rd place behind Florença de Santa Maria and ASGUI. A year later, Gaviões got their success and finished first place in the Second Division and became the third and recent club to enter the Premier Division and ninth participant at the second tier competitions. Also that season, they defeated Chã de Matias 0-7 on April 29, 2016 and became the club's highest scoring matc, also they won all four matches over that club.
Gaviões spend their first ever Premier Division season for the 2016-17 season and their third overall. Their first match was with Juventude on January 15. Weeks later, they found out in that match that Gaviões fielded and ineligible player, the result was originally a four goal draw, they were against 3-0. Two more losses was followed first to Palmeira then to Académico do Aeroporto. Gaviões got their first Premier Division win defeating Académica do Sal 1-0 in February. A loss, then a scoreless draw with Verdun Pedra de Lume was followed before their second win was made defeating Santa Maria 0-2 in the second round. No further wins were made from April 15, two straight draws were made first with Florença de Santa Maria then with Verdun Pedra de Lume, each with a goal each. Their final match of the season was with Santa Maria, instead of another win, they suffered a near gigantic loss losing 1-10 in that match and became the club's worst and left conceding the most goals in the region, the club finished 7th and got their chance to become the eighth club in the highest regional competition to compete their second season, also they had 9 points and scored 9 goals, second least ahead of Verdun Pedra de Lume. In the following season, they will compete for the third time with ASGUI who won their only Second Division secondary title.
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