Cutelinho FC
| Full name | Cutelinho Futebol Clube | ||
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| Founded | October 8, 1983 | ||
| Ground |
Estádio Francisco José Rodrigues Mosteiros, Cape Verde | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Manager |
 Amarildo Baessa[1] | ||
| League | Fogo Island League | ||
| 2015–16 | 5th | ||
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Cutelinho Futebol Clube is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the village of Mosteiros in the northeastern part of the island and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 1000.
Its logo is a seal with a thick green outer rim reading the club name and the foundation date on the bottom, inside is a large football (soccer ball) and a smaller one with Pico do Fogo in the middle and "Cutelinho" on the bottom.
Uniform
Its uniform colors is a green-white striped T-shirt for home games and a white T-shirt with yellow sleeves afor away games. Black Shorts and green socks are used for both home and away matches.
History
The club was founded on October 8, 1983. Their first and only title was won in 2003. Other titles included the island's super cup won in 2002 and the opening tournament won in 2005
Their only participation in the national level was in 2003, the club challenged with Batuque, Paulense, Académica Operaria, Barcelona of Tarrafal and Académico Aeroporto. Cutelinho defeated Paulense, Académica Operaria and Académico do Aeroporto which was the last game. The second-place ranking offered them a spot in the semis and faced FC Ultramarina from the island of São Nicolau, the first match was at 0–2 but was abandoned at the 90th minuted due to the referee being attacked, Ultramrina was awarded 0-3 and Cutelinho was kicked out of the championships, the second match was cancelled, the club finished as a semifinalist; they were placed in Group B and finished second behind Académico do Aeroporto with 11 points.
The club celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008.
In the island division, the 2013–14 season finished second after Académica do Fogo with 36 points, the 2014–15 season finished third with 35 points, one of its matches scored a 9 over Parque Real on January 18 and a 6–1 over Parque Real in the home match on March 14.
Cutelinho celebrated its 32nd anniversary in 2015.[2]
The club elected Amarildo Baessa as new manager of the club on October 24, 2015.[1] Their first match of the 2015/16 season started on November 7 and defeated Juventude away with a high score of eight, Académica tied the highest goal number on December 20 and made it the two highest-scoring matches up to January 30 the following year, the first match of round 10 saw the team scored ten goals over Juventude and now made the highest scoring match of Fogo's Premier Division until April 3 when Académica took the most goals scored in a single match with twelve, Cutelinho held the number one spot for the first two weeks then dropped to third from rounds 5 to 8 and then fourth place until round 17 to 26 with the exception of Round 12 where they were fifth place. Cutelinho had the most goals scored in the season up to March 13 when Vulcânicos topped it over 47 goals, Cutelinho were tied with 49 goals with Académica do Fogo as of Round 16 on April 3 and the other club surpassed in Round 17. Cutelinho received 26 points, their highest for the season, no further wins occurred in the remainder of the championships. Cutelinho finished fifth in the Premier Division. In goal scoring, the club reached the pinnacle of goal scoring numbering 52, third in the championship and probably a club record.
Achievements
- 2002/03
- Fogo Island Super Cup: 1
- 2005
- Fogo Island Opening Tournament: 1
- 2002
League and cup history
National championship
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Notes | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1B | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Promoted into the Championships | Semifinalist |
Island/Regional Championship
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Super Cup | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 36 | |||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +22 | 35 | |||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 26 |
Statistics
- Best ranking: Semifinalist
- Matches played: 6 (national)
- Total wins: 3 (national)
- Total goals: 7 (national)
- Total number of points: 11 (national)
- Most mumber of goals scored in a season: 52 (regional), in 2016
References
- 1 2 "Amarildo Baessa Elected President of Cutelinho". Criolosport. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015. (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Cutelinho of Mosteiros Celebrates its 32nd Year". Criolosport. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Portuguese)