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
See also: Cape Verdean football clubs in African competitions| Season | Competition | Qualification method | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | African Cup of Champions Clubs | Cape Verdean champions | Preliminary Round |  Port Autonome (Dakar)
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0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 (3–1 p.) |
| First Round |  Club Africain
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0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |||
| 2000 | CAF Champions League | Probably second or third place in the Santiago South Zone championships |
Preliminary Round |  AS Tempête Mocaf
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2–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2001 | CAF Cup Winners' Cup | Probably second or third place in the Santiago South Zone championships |
Preliminary Round |  Gazelle FC
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2–5 | Withdrew | 5–2 (w) |
| 2007 | CAF Champions League | Cape Verdean champions | Preliminary Round |  Fello Star
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0–1 | Withdrew | 1–0 (w) |
| 2008 | CAF Champions League | Cape Verdean champions | Preliminary Round |  FAR Rabat
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0–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 (5-4 p) |
| First Round |  Inter Luanda
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2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) | |||
| 2009 | CAF Champions League | Cape Verdean champions | Preliminary Round | FAR Rabat
|
0–6 | 1–0 | 1–6 |
- Sporting Praia withdrew
- Sporting Praia withdrew due to the Guinean Civil War
Colonial era
| Year | Finals | Club | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Won | GD Amarantes | Champion |
| 1969 | Won | CS Mindelense | Champion |
| 1974 | 2–1 | Castilho | Champion |
National championships
Partial list from 1984 to 1998
| Year | Stage | Opposition | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Semifinals | Botafogo | Lost |
| 1988 | Semifinals | Boavista Praia | Won |
| Finals | CS Mindelense | 2–0 | |
| 0–1 | |||
| Finished as Finalist | |||
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Notes | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Qualified into the final phase | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Finalist | |||
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 19 | ||
| 2005 | 1A | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 12 | Promoted into playoffs | Finalist |
| 2006 | 1B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Promoted into playoffs | Champion |
| 2007 | 1A | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 10 | Promoted into playoffs | Champion |
| 2008 | 1A | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 | Promoted into playoffs | Champion |
| 2009 | 1B | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +7 | 12 | Promoted into playoffs | Champion |
| 2010 | 1B | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 11 | Promoted into playoffs | Finalist |
| 2011 | 1A | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 12 | Promoted into playoffs | Finalist |
| 2012 | 1A | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 11 | Promoted into playoffs | Champion |
| 2013 | 1B | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not participate |
| 2014 | 1A | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 | Promoted into playoffs | Semifinalist |
| 2017 | 1C | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 14 | Advanced into the playoffs | Champion |
| 2018 | 1C | 2-U | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | Did not advance | Did 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/Division Qualification into the national cup competition |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Assoc. Cup | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 38 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2002–03 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 33 | |||
| 2003–04 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 10 | +29 | 42 | |||
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 10 | +54 | 49 | Winner | Promoted into the National Championships | |
| 2005–06 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 16 | +31 | 43 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 10 | +29 | 41 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2007–08 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 44 | Winner | Promoted into the National Championships | |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 40 | Also promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2009–10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2010–11 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 34 | Also promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2011–12 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 47 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2012–13 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 48 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 9 | +27 | 44 | Winner | Promoted into the National Championships | |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 34 | |||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 46 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 10 | +33 | 55 | Winner | Not held | Promoted into the National Championships |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 41 | Winner | Also to be promoted in the National Championships |
- Promoted to the single regional championship match and then the national championships after defeating the North Zone winner Desportivo Santa Cruz
- As Sporting Praia was also national champion in the previous season, the club was already promoted
Notes and references
- "Filiais, Resto do Mundo". Sporting CP (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- "List of champions of Cape Verde". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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