CD Travadores

CD Travadores
Full name Clube Desportivo Travadores
Nickname(s) Indios
Founded 15 October 1930
Ground Estádio da Varzea,
Praia, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Cape Verde Armindo Oliveira[1]
Manager Cape Verde Tazinho
League Santiago Island League (South)
2014–15 8th
Estádio da Várzea, the home field of CD Travadores

Clube Desportivo Travadores (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: Klubi Desportivu Travadoris) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 8,000 It is one of the teams that won the most cups before and after independence. They are affiliated with S.L. Benfica.

It is played at Estádio da Várzea along with Praia's three other famous teams including Académica and Sporting Praia in the same stadium. The club would enter African competitions three times.

Its logo is with a white crest (not fully circular) with a golden bird above, a green-red ribbon reading the Latin name "E pluribus unum", a red and white shield with a ball and a blue ribbon with the club name acronym in the middle. Its logo is nearly the same as Benfica's but the outer circle is white, Other logos are the same (with some similarity) are Paulense, Sport Sal Rei Club, Benfica of Brava and Benfiquinha (who currently plays in the region's second division). Travadores' parent club is Benfica Praia which is another club who uses the same logo to Benfica's

Uniform

Its uniform color are colored red with a white collar used for home games and a white t-shirt and socks with red shorts used for away games. Its former uniform was a red t-shirt and socks with white shorts used for home games.

Home uniform up to the 2014 season

History

The club was founded on 15 October 1930 in the capital Praia (then colonial). CD Travadores was officially registered on 25 May 1939. Their first title was won in the early years of the club, title wins were achieved in 1960, 1968 and 1972, their greatest appearance in the colonial competition was in 1972 when they won their only colonial title. After independence, the club won two national titles in 1994 and in 1996. Their first continental competition was the CAF Cup in 1993 and advanced up to the preliminaries, their first appearance at the upper level was in 1995 and faced with Real de Banjul from the Gambia and their last was in 1997 when it became the CAF Champions League and participated up to the first round, this was their recent appearance in the continental level. The club played at the Sucupira Field until 2006 when they moved to the current Estádio da Várzea.

Also the club as also won eight regional titles, of which seven are of Santiago and one of the island's South Zone. Travadores' recent appearances at the national championships were in 2001 where they had only a draw and got a point and scored only a goal and in 2003 where the club took part in Group A, the club finished with two wins and a draw and scored seven goals and had seven points and qualified up to the semis.

Playoff participation

Travadores first participated in the playoffs in 1960 and lost to CS Mindelense, this would repeat in 1968, they would win their first title in 1972 after defeating Académica from Mindelo, the first leg was tied and won the second 1–0, this was their only colonial title. After the end of colonial rule in Cape Verde, they participated in the finals for the first time as an independent nation, they lost to Mindelense in 1992, two years later in 1994, they would win their first title as an independent nation after defeating SC Atlético from the island of São Nicolau 2–0 and 2–1, they won their second and recent title in 1996. Their recent playoff participation was in 2003 and the club lost to Académico do Aeroporto 0-1 in the first match and the second match was scoreless and the club was out of the national championships and making it Travadores's recent appearance.

Achievements

Before independence: 1
1972
After independence: 2
1994, 1996
1959/60, 1967/68, 1971/72, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1999/2000
2002/03
2013

League and cup history

Performance in African competitions

Travadores's results in CAF competition
Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1993 CAF Cup Runner-up in the
Cape Verdean National Championships		 First Round Mauritania ASC Air Mauritanie 0–0 0–0 0–0 (5–6 p)
1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs Cape Verdean champions Preliminary Round The Gambia Real de Banjul 0–0 1–0 0–1
1997 CAF Champions League Cape Verdean champions Preliminary Round Algeria USM Alger 1–3 6–1 2–9

Colonial era

Year Final(s) Club
1 2
1960 Lost CS Mindelense
1966 Lost CS Mindelense
1972 2–2 1–0 Académica (Mindelo)

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Notes Playoffs
2000 1A 4 2011 23-11 Did not advance Did not participate
2003 1B 2 4211 74+37 Promoted into playoffs Semifinalist

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Tour Notes
2012–13 2 - 18--- ---- Winner
2013–14 2 2 181341 3710+2743
2014–15 2 8 185112 1738-2116
2015–16 2 7 22778 2631-528

Statistics

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015[2][3]

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 Danilson Varela
2 Cape Verde Djoni (João Baptista Miguel)
3 Cape Verde Mia (Ezequiel da Veiga)
4 Cape Verde Guy Andrade
5 Cape Verde Sassa (Carlos Moreno)
6 Cape Verde Givalder da Silva
7 Cape Verde Jaquelson (Jacqueson Teixeira)
8 Cape Verde Ozair Baessa
10 Cape Verde Adilson Mário Reis
11 Cape Verde Eduardo Tavares
12 Nigeria MF Chibike Okoronkwo
13 Cape Verde Batana (Edmilson Correia)
14 Cape Verde Deu (Adelson Vieira)
No. Position Player
15 Marcio Lopes
16 Cape Verde Elder Mendonça
18 Cape Verde Fortunato Gonçalves
19 Cape Verde Ivandro Correia
20 Cape Verde José Pereira
21 Cape Verde Celso Mendes
22 Cape Verde Adilson Lopes
23 Cape Verde Luis Tavares
24 Cape Verde Hermes Pinto
25 Cape Verde Jair Tavares
26 Kadu Barreto
27 Cape Verde Bertoni Santana

Players

References

  1. ↑ "Nova Direcção Dos Travadores Promete Continuidade De Tazinho Na Equipa Técnica". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ↑ CD Travadores's Facebook Pages
  3. ↑ CD Travadores article on the Spanish Wikipedia
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