Nova Era FC
| Full name | Nova Era Futebol Clube Nova Era Futebol Clube do Fogo |
|---|---|
| Ground | Estádio 5 de Julho, São Filipe, Fogo, Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| League | Fogo Second Division |
| 2016–17 | 1st, Promoted |
Nova Era Futebol Clube, also as Nova Era Futebol Clube do Fogo (Fogo Creole/Djarfogu and ALIPEK: Nova Era) is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of São FIlipe in one subdivision in the west of the island and plays at Estádio 5 de Julho.
Its logo features a globe that is planet Earth and its acronyms in the middle part inside the ribbon and next to it four people.
The club competed in the Second Division and was competed as Tribo do Sol in 2008, later the club withdrew and merged into what would become Nova Era which means the new era, a new era of the club after a merger of two or three clubs.
Their first years were spent in the regional Second Division until they won their first silver championship title in 2012 and played their first season in the Premier Division. At the end of the season, they were relegated after finishing last.
For a few seasons, the club continued to compete in the Second Division. In the 2016-17 season, the club was one of the most successful to return to the Premier Division, they played in Group A and was a 2nd placed club of the group, on February 11, Nova Era defeated Brasilim 0-20 and it became the highest scoring match of any Second Division competitions in Cape Verde and any tiers, not just Fogo, but all of the country, it was the next 20 goal result in several seasons, it made Nova Era placed first for the rest of the first phase. Along with União do São Lourenço, they qualified into the final phase, Nova Era started first, on a match with Grito Povo on April 9, the original result was 3-1 as Grito Povo fielded an ineligible player, the association awarded Nova Era 3-0 and at the end of the final phase finished first with all of its 6 matches won totalling 18 points, a few rounds before the end of the season, the club got their Second Division championship, later the final match of the season was against União who failed to qualify for returning to the Premier Division, Nova Era was awarded 3-0 as that club did not appear. Nova Era will return to compete for the second time at the Premier Division for the 2017-18 season after 7 years in the lowest division.
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