SC Atlético
| Full name | Sport Club Atlético |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Encarnados |
| Founded | December 9, 1977 |
| Ground |
Estádio João de Deus Lopes da Silva Ribeira Brava, São Nicolau Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Chairman |
 Artemiza Nascimiento |
| Manager |
Pirico |
| League | São Nicolau Island League |
| 2016-17 | 3rd |
Sport Club Atlético (first part, Portuguese meaning: "athletics", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: SK Atlétiku) is a football (soccer) club based in Ribeira Brava and plays in São Nicolau Island League and had played in the Premier division in Cape Verde. Its current head is Artemiza Ramos and its coach is Pirico who is since January 2017. Its nickname is Encarnados, the same nickname of Portugal's SL Benfica.
SC Atlético is the second most successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won about 15 official regional titles.
The club was founded on December 9, 1977. Their first island title was won in 1994 and won their second consecutive in 1995, their recent title win was in 2014. Atlético also has two cup wins, their first was in 2008 and their second and recent in 2014, their first ever Super Cup win was in 2014 and their recent was in 2016, also Atlético has two opening tournament titles, their first was won in 2001 and their second was in 2015 and their recent was in 2017.
In 1995, Atlético was to have their first CAF Cup appearance, the club were to participate in the first round against ES Sahel of Tunisia, as the federation did not name its entrant in time, the club was disqualified in the first round.
Their worst season was in 2005 when the club fielded ineligible players in every match especially Ultramarina and finished last place as the goals were awarded against them. It was the worst and one the clubs that fielded the most number of ineligible players in West Africa and probably that includes a third of the continent. The next time it happened in Cape Verde was in 2017 to Académica do Mindelo of São Vicente.
After winning their first cup title, they made their first appearance in the regional Super Cup and lost to Desportivo Ribeira Brava, the champion. Atlético had no appearance at the Cape Verdean Cup as it was cancelled that season. Atlético's next two appearances at the Super Cup were also unsuccessful, the latter was a loss to FC Ultramarina. After entering as a regional cup winner Atlético finally won the 2014 Super Cup after defeating Ultramarina, the cup winner, their next Super Cup appearance was two years later.
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