Sporting Clube da Brava
| Full name | Sporting Clube da Brava |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Leões |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Ground |
Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira Nova Sintra, Cape Verde |
| Chairman |
 Francisco Oliveira |
| Manager |
Ney Loko (Emanuel de Pina) |
| League | Brava Island League |
| 2015–16 | Champion |
Sporting Clube da Brava (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Sporting Klubi da Brava) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava. Its current coach is Ney Loko. Its nickname is Leões equalling the nickname to Sporting Lisbon and many other Sporting clubs. Its current president is Francisco Oliveira and its coach is Ney Loko (Emanuel de Pina).
Sporting Brava is the second most successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 10 official regional titles.
The club was founded in the 1988. The name is identical to the Sporting Clube de Portugal along with its logo which uses its current form.
At the start of the 21st century, the club's success ranged from moderate to last place. Sporting's success at the start of the 2010s were moderate, and gained, believed to be in part of the extended regional season with the addition of Juventude da Furna. Sporting lost to Morabeza 1-4 on February 10, 2013 and is Sporting's last loss at home in the regionals, later Sporting lost to Nô Pintcha on April 7, a previously successful club 1-0 and was also Sporting's last match lost at the regionals.
Emanuel de Pina, nicknamed Loco or Ney Loko, a former player became coach of the club and made the club to have their first island title win which was in 2014 and became the island's six of seven who have regional championship titles, also they made and their first entry to the national league, they won their second in a row in 2015 and achieved their second entry. Their greatest ranking was 5th, played a total of 10 matches without any win, they scored a total of 8 goals and totalled only three points. Sporting Brava won their third consecutive title in the 2016 season with 38 points and won all 12 matches., since the addition of Juventude da Furna in 2012, it was their highest even and was a club record, it was also their season's best. Sporting appeared at the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships on May 14. Sporting finished fourth with six points with two wins and six goals scored, better than the previous two seasons, their first national match won in Round 1 on May 15 over Sinagoga, champion of the Santo Antão North Zone.
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