Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Sporting Klubi di Praia) is a Capeverdean football club based in Praia and plays at Estádio da Várzea (sometimes in English as Várzea Stadium). The club was founded on 2 December 1923 and affiliate to the Portuguese club Sporting CP (also as Sporting Lisbon), the first made in Cape Verde and under the Portuguese rule, and played their first competitive match in early 1953.
The club has won a total of about 37 official tier-one and regional trophies, the championship titles (3 colonial, 9 national and 20 regional), 3 listed regional cup titles, 2 listed super cup titles (1 national and 1 regional) and 3 listed opening tournament titles.
Sporting Praia was the first Cape Verdean club to compete at the continentals, the greatest appearance was the First Round at the continental championships, the last was the CAF Champions League.
Seasons Performance in African competitions
+ Sporting Praia's results in CAF competition Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate1992African Cup of Champions ClubsCape Verdean championsPreliminary Round Port Autonome (Dakar)0–00–0 0–0 (3–1 p.)First Round Club Africain0–03–1 1–3 2000 CAF Champions League Probably second or third placein the Santiago South Zone championshipsPreliminary Round AS Tempête Mocaf2–30–1 3–3 (a) 2001 CAF Cup Winners' Cup Probably second or third placein the Santiago South Zone championships Preliminary Round Gazelle FC2–5Withdrew1 5–2 (w) 2007 CAF Champions League Cape Verdean championsPreliminary Round Fello Star0–1Withdrew2 1–0 (w)2008CAF Champions LeagueCape Verdean championsPreliminary Round FAR Rabat0–33–0 3–3 (5-4 p)First Round Inter Luanda2–10–1 2–2 (a)2009CAF Champions LeagueCape Verdean championsPreliminary Round FAR Rabat0–61–0 1–6
1 Sporting Praia withdrew 2 Sporting Praia withdrew due to the Guinean Civil War
Colonial era Year Finals Club Result1961WonGD AmarantesChampion1969WonCS MindelenseChampion19742–1CastilhoChampion
National championships Partial list from 1984 to 1998 Year Stage Opposition Result 1977SemifinalsBotafogoLost1988SemifinalsBoavista PraiaWonFinalsCS Mindelense2–00–1Finished as Finalist
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD PNotesPlayoffs199814-------Qualified into the final phase2320176+16Finalist2002118611224+181920051A15410242+2212Promoted into playoffsFinalist20061B2540184+412Promoted into playoffsChampion20071A15311111+1010Promoted into playoffsChampion20081A15401153+1212Promoted into playoffsChampion20091B15410111+712Promoted into playoffsChampion20101B25320166+1011Promoted into playoffsFinalist20111A2540172+512Promoted into playoffsFinalist20121A15320153+1211Promoted into playoffsChampion20131B3523063+39Did not advanceDid not participate20141A1541071+613Promoted into playoffsSemifinalist20171C1642081+714Advanced into the playoffsChampion20181C2-U62225508Did not advanceDid not participate
2-U: A club who finished second and in the second place ranking (best of three), ranked as a non-participant in the playoff stage which the club has been eliminated from as they finished in one of the last two positions
Island/Regional Championships Listing from 2002, up to 2002, it was the standings of the Santiago Regional Championships Qualification into the National Championships/DivisionQualification into the national cup competition Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD PCupAssoc. CupNotes2001–02211812243919+2038Promoted into the National Championships12002–03241810352916+13332003–04221812603910+29422005211716106410+5449WinnerPromoted into the National Championships2005–06211813414716+3143Promoted into the National Championships2007211812513910+2941Promoted into the National Championships2007–08211814224514+3144WinnerPromoted into the National Championships2008–09221812423112+1940Also promoted into the National Championships22009–102118------45Promoted into the National Championships2010–11221810442914+1534Also promoted into the National Championships22011–12211815213613+2347Promoted into the National Championships2012–13211815303613+2348Promoted into the National Championships2013–1421181422369+2744WinnerPromoted into the National Championships2014–1522189722614+12342015–16232213724917+3246Quarterfinalist2016–17212217414310+3355WinnerNot heldPromoted into the National Championships2017–18242212553917+2241WinnerAlso to be promoted in the National Championships2
1Promoted to the single regional championship match and then the national championships after defeating the North Zone winner Desportivo Santa Cruz 2As Sporting Praia was also national champion in the previous season, the club was already promoted
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