Vitória FC (Riboque)
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| Full name | Vitória Futebol Clube do Riboque |
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| Nickname(s) |
Os Riboqinos or Os Riboquinhos (Those from the Riboque), Tempestade do Atlântico or Atlântico Tormenta (Atlantic Storm) |
| Short name | Vitória Riboque |
| Founded | December 18, 1976 |
| Ground | Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho São Tomé, São Tomé |
| Capacity | 6,500 |
| Chairman |
 Delfim Santiago das Neves |
| Manager |
 José Correia |
| League | São Tomé and Príncipe Championship |
| 2011 | 1st |
Vitória Futebol Clube do Riboque (Forro language: Viˈtɔɾiɐ Futɨˈbɔɫˈ Klub(ɨ) du Ribɔk) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship.The club is most noted for the fact that they are the São Tomé and Príncipe one of oldest club, founded 1976. The team is based in Riboque a neighbourhood of city São Tomé in the Água Grande District on the island of São Tomé. Its offices are located at Avenida Geovany in the Riboque. The club is the only unrelegated club in the island of São Tomé.
The team has won five national titles and seven local titles and is the only team in the local division to win the most titles, as well as being the first team ever to win a title and to win the first three titles in a row, their last title was won in 2011. The team also won the first five titles in the same year and won six cup titles, their first was in 1984 and their last was in 2011.
The club celebrated its 10th anniversary in 1986 and its 25th anniversary in 2001.
Its jersey features a striped green shirt with green sleeves and white socks.
The name is identical to its fathering club, the Portuguese Vitória de Setúbal. It is the only club in the nation that is affiliated to Vitória Setúbal, other affiliates in Africa, one example is Vitória de Santiago (or FC de Praia) based in Cape Verde and Vitória FC de Luanda in Angola.
Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho is a multi-use stadium in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 6,500. Its address is Avenidas das Nações Unidas. The stadium is home to the three best football clubs in the nation and the island including Sporting Praia Cruz, Aliança Nacional. Andorinha and Vitória Riboque
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