Paulense Desportivo Clube
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| Full name | Paulense Desportivo Clube |
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| Nickname(s) | Encarnados |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Ground | Campo de Coqueiral, Pombas, Paúl, Cape Verde and Estadio João Serra, Ponta do Sol |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman |
 Octávio Delgado Veiga |
| Manager |
Alberto Teixeira |
| League | Santo Antão Island League (North) |
| 2015–16 | 2nd |
Paulense Desportivo Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Paulensi Disportibu Klubi and the São Vicente Crioulo: Paulense Dsportiv' Klube) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Pombas, the seat of Paúl in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão and is being the main club of Vale do Paul. Its current manager is Alberto Teixeira. Its nickname is Encarnados, the same nickname of Portugal's SL Benfica and many other clubs affiliated to Benfica. Since the introduction of the Second Division in the 2012-13 season, the club are one of three that have never been relegated, the others are Os Foguetões and Sinagoga.
Paulense is the most successful football (soccer) club in the North Zone and the second on the island, having won about 18 official regional titles.
Paulense won their first title in 2003 and in 2005 won two more totaling three titles in a row, the club has won two straight titles in a row in 2014 and 2015 and recently won in 2017 and has a total of seven championship titles. In other competitions, the team won two cup titles, their first was in 2013 and won two consecutive in 2016. Paulense also has four titles in a row for the Super Cup, their recent was in 2015 and four of the five Opening tournament titles were won two years each, in 2007 and 2008 and 2013 and 2014, the last title before the opening tournament competition would be held for the whole island.
The club celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006. Later, the club celebrated its 32nd anniversary in 2013
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