Sporting Clube da Praia
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| Full name | Sporting Clube da Praia |
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| Nickname(s) |
Leões (Lions) Verde-e-Amarelos (Green'n'Yellow) Lion di Kapital (Lion of the Capital, Portuguese: Leão de Capital) |
| Founded | 2 December 1923 |
| Ground |
Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Chairman |
 Carlos Daniel Caetano |
| Manager |
Janito Carvalho (former) |
| League | Santiago Island League (South) |
| 2016–17 | 1st, Champions |
| Website | Club home page |
Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Sporting Klubi di Praia) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago. Along with Académica and CD Travadores, it is one of three teams that share the same ground, the Estádio da Várzea, which has a capacity of 8,000. Sporting has won six championships since independence and a few before independence. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence. Recently they won the match during the 2006 finals. Its current president is Carlos Daniel Caetano and manager is Janito Carvalho.
Sporting Praia is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde and is the island's most successful club, having won about 37 official titles, 13 are national titles and 24 are regional titles.
The club was founded on 2 December 1923 and is the oldest club in both the city and the island, it is the third oldest on the nation. The name is identical to the Sporting Clube de Portugal and is the 20th affiliate.
Notable players at the last decade of the 20th century and into the 21st included Piguita, Vargas and Ronny (Souto). For most of the time in the 20th century, some of its greatest players of the club played in Europe mostly Portugal.
Beto became coach of the club in late 2004 and remained until 2012, he took the club to further successes. Sporting has a total of eight titles for the South Zone, their first was in 2005 and won four consecutive in 2008. Also in 2005, Sporting had their best season with 16 wins, not a single loss and most of all 49 points surpassed on April 7, 2017. Of any of the island leagues, Sporting held the record for the most points for eleven years when Santiago North Premier Division's Varandinha took it with 63 points in 2016, second would be Scorpion Vermelho with 61 which Sporting would be third.
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