Boavista FC (Cape Verde)

Boavista FC
Full name Boavista Futebol Clube
Nickname(s) Boavista
Founded July 5, 1939
Ground Estádio da Várzea,
Praia, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Cape Verde Luis Manuel Semedo
Manager Cape Verde Nelito Antunes
League Santiago Island League (South)
2014–15 1st
The home stadium of Boavista FC

Boavista Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: FK Boavista or FK Boabista, Boavista or Boavista Futibol Klubi) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Praia in the island of Santiago. The team has only reached a few of these games before and after independence.[1] Its current president is Luis Manuel Semedo who once coached Boa Vista's Académica Operária. and its manager is Nelito Antunes. The club plays at Estádio da Várzea in which Sporting, Travadores and Académica also play.

History

The club was founded on July 5, 1939. Its logo and uniform with minimal exceptions are identical to Portugal's Boavista FC. The name is not related nor located on Boa Vista Island to the northeast, it is named after a Lisbon club founded during colonial rule. Its nickname is even a club name. 36 years after its foundation, the date of foundation would be the same as Independence Day in Cape Verde, the only major club to have the same date of foundation with Independence Day in Cape Verde.

Boa Vista won the insular titles in 1987, 1993 and 1995, after it split into two zones, Boavista won two titles for the South Zone in 2012 and in 2014. Boavista also won cup titles, three consecutive cup titles was won between 2009 and 2011, their last was in 2015, Boavista did not qualify for the first time to the 2015 Cape Verdean Cup due to financial concerns. Boavista's last Super Cup win was in 2015.

Janito was manager in 2012, then Humberto Bettencourt in 2013 and Nelito Antunes in 2014, he left Boavista Praia for a year.

The club recently got a new manager from Spartak d'Aguadinha named Joel de Castro from Portugal and was for a year.[2] In the 2015/16 season, first time with 22 matches, the club did poorly in the first week inside the relegation zone being eleventh then soared to fourth and reached the number one spot on the 11th week and then slipped to 5th in the 15th week and finished second with 46 points, 14 wins and scored 45 goals behind Desportivo and ahead of Sporting also with 46 points but with 13 goals.

Once again, Nelito Antunes returned to the club as manager in late 2015.

Playoff participation and upper appearances

Boa Vista claimed their first title ever in 1987 even since independence. They entered the finals in 1993 and challenged with Académica (Espargos) to claim its second title, The game was tied at two apiece, the second match lost 2 to one to Académica (Espargos), the second title was not to be claimed until 1995 and won through the triangular phase and contained no playoffs. It offered Boavista entry to their first and only appearance in the continental level, the African Cup of Champions Clubs 1996, the match with Mauritania's ASC Sonalec was abandoned, their first match was with Algeria's JS Kabylie in the first round and scored only a goal and the club did not advanced. In their next championship appearance as they qualified as second place as Sporting Praia, automatically qualified for the 2010 championships as the 2009 winner and won the 2010 regional title, Boavista Praia won their third and most recent in 2010 after defeating Sporting Clube of the same city for a total of two goals all scored in the first leg in the second finals that featured two clubs from the same island, even the same city,[1] it did not gained entry into the 2010 CAF Champions League. Boa Vista once again returned to the playoffs in 2012 and 2015 without heading to the final.

Cape Verdean Cup

After winning the island cup title for 2009, Boavista qualified for the Cape Verdean Cup and won their first title, Boavista returned for the last time and won their second and recent cup title after being the only club in the final round.

Boavista Praia Champion's Cup

In 2014, the club celebrated the 75th anniversary and organized the Taça dos Campões (The Cup of Champions) as a friendly match. The first edition featured the greatest clubs from different islands and the club would win the competition.[3] The second edition featured clubs from different nations, Boavista Praia lost. In late October, the third edition was held and featured Cape Verdean teams, two of them were of the island, the other being Sporting Praia, the other two were from the western portion including CS Mindelense and Académica do Fogo. Boavista won the second title of the competition.

Uniform

Its uniform color is white with black socks but a black t-shirt with black sleeve rim is used for home games, all with a two-rowed checkered lining on the right. When there is a same uniform color in some parts of the other club, the other uniform color is red with a checkered sleeve and black socks.

Previous uniforms were colored black for home games with a black-white checkered portion t-shirt and white socks and white with black socks for away games.

Home uniform up to 2014
Visitor's uniform up to 2014

Achievements

1962/63, 1986/87, 1994/95, 2009/10
2008/09, 2009/10
Santiago Island League: 1962/63, 1986/87, 1992/93, 1994/95
Santiago Island League (South): 2010/11, 2014/15
2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2014/15
2014/15
2003
2014, 2016

League and cup history

Performance in African competitions

Boavista Praia's results in CAF competition
Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1994 CAF Cup Runner-up in the
Cape Verdean National Championships		 Preliminary Round Sierra Leone Diamond Stars 1–4 3–1 2–7
1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs Cape Verdean champions Preliminary Round Mauritania ASC Sonalec[lower-alpha 1] canc. canc. none
First Round Algeria JS Kabylie 1–2 2–0 1–4

Colonial era

Year Finals Club Result
1963 Won Académica do Mindelo Champion

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes Playoffs
2009 Did not participate Winner Did not participate
2010 1A 1 5221 158+78 Winner Promoted into playoffs Champion
2011 1B 3 4211 94+57 Did not advance Did not participate
2015 1B 2 5401 144+1012 Promoted into playoffs Semifinalist

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Tour Notes
2009–10 2 2 ---- ---- Winner Also promoted into the National Championships
2010–11 2 1 ---- ---- Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2013–14 2 4 18945 2921+831 Promoted into the National Championships
2014–15 2 1 181341 3714+2343 Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2015–16 2 2 221444 4521+3246

Statistics

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Cape Verde Dinilson Duarte
2 Cape Verde Ailton Rodrigues
3 Cape Verde Willan Lima
4 Cape Verde Romário Cabral
5 Cape Verde Zeca Soares
6 Cape Verde Edidi (Edson Correia)
7 Cape Verde Márcio da Veiga
8 Cape Verde Ridney Mané
9 Cape Verde António dos Santos
10 Cape Verde Nilton Tavares
11 Cape Verde Carlos Ferreira
12 Cape Verde Feordanio Andrade
13 Cape Verde Paulo Semedo
No. Position Player
14 Cape Verde MF Dário Furtado
15 Cape Verde Agilson Farcia
16 Cape Verde Paulino Araújo
17 Cape Verde Djordy Gomes
18 Cape Verde Marcelino da Costa
19 Otaviano Pachi
20 Cape Verde Rosalvo Fontes
21 Cape Verde Nelson Martins
22 Michel Guilavogui
23 Cape Verde Márcio Tavares
24 Cape Verde Fábio Fernandes
25 Cape Verde Paulo de Pina
26 Cape Verde Edmilson da Veiga

Players

Managerial history

NameNationalityFromTo
Janito Cape Verde2012
Humberto Bettencourt Cape Verde20132014
Nelito Antunes Cape Verde2014September 23, 2015
Joel de Castro[2] PortugalSeptember 23, 2015October 2016
Nelito Antunes Cape Verdesince October 2016

Notes

  1. ↑ Sonalec withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 "Boavista da Praia é Campeão de Cabo Verde". Liberal Publicidade. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Joel de Castro apresentado como novo treinador do Boavista da Praia" ("Joel de Castro, the New Manager for Boavista Praia")". SAPO Desporto. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Boavista vence Taça dos Campões" [Boavista won the Taça dos Campões]. A Semana. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Boavista Praia article on the Spanish Wikipedia
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