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Morrerense

Morreirense
Full name Associação Sport Clube Morrerense
Ground Morro, Cape Verde
Estádio 20 de Janeiro
Cidade do Maio, Cape Verde
League Maio Island League

Associação Sport Clube Morrerense, not often today as Morreirense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Morrerensi, São Vicente creole: Morreirense) is a football club that plays in the Maio regional championships in Cape Verde. It is based in the village of Morro located just north of Cidade do Maio (Porto Inglês) the island of Maio Island, the club has o field but plays at Estádio 20 de Janeiro in the island capital

The club is the residential name of Morro, the common inhabitant name is not commonly as Morriense. The club is unrelated to the Portuguese club Moreirense as this club has another r in its name.

Its logo has a curved shield in a approximate shape of a triangle, its club name is colored green and the name (without Associação = Association in English) on top, it has a nearly yellow rim with a thin green line on the outer part on the bottom of the top portion reads Morrerense. Inside is a palm tree (Phoenix canariensis, Cape Verde (or Capeverdean) date palm) dominant on the island.

Until 2014, alongside Santana de Morrinho, the club has no regional titles won, now it is one of several (one of them is Miramar) who never won any regional title.

The club was absent in 2012 and 2014 due to financial and material reasons. The club returned to the regional competition in 2015 and finished runner up in the regionals which is their greatest position for Morrerense, they finished with 18 points, 5 wins and 3 draws and scored 13 goals. In the 2016 season, a return to a 12 match season had the same points wins and draws but had four losses, the club scored 18 goals and finished a position lower, third place. Morrerense played for the 2017 Premier Division and was less successful, the club finished fifth with 15 points and had four wins and five losses, the club scored 17 goals which was third and was shared with the Académicas of Maio, Académico 83 do Porto Inglês and Académica Calheta do Maio.


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