Ground Capacity 5,000 2015–16 4th Founded 19 August 1960 | Chairman Aldino Cruz Manager Edson Rolando Silva Sousa | |
Full name Clube Desportivo Falcões do Norte League São Vicente Island League Ground Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena | ||
Clube Desportivo Falcões do Norte, main name: Falcőes do Norte (Portuguese for Falcons of the North, Cape Verdean Creole (ALUPEK): Falkonis du Norti) is a football club that plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in Chã de Alecrim in the northern part of the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. As of the 2014–15 season, the team had won an opening cup title, two cup titles and a super cup title.
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The club was founded on August 19, 1960 and its motto is "order and discipline" (ordem e disciplina). The club relies on young players from the city.
Falcões won two consecutive titles in 2011 and 2012. As the 2011 Cape Verdean Cup was cancelled, the club did not attend, the club attended the 2012 edition and did not advance into the semis. This was their only appearance in a national competition.
In the 2013 island super cup, the club (as 2nd place cup winner) defeated CS Mindelense, the champion to win their only super cup title.
Logo
Its logo has the globe with a brown falcon on top, it has three labels, the club name on top, the motto order and discipline (ordem e disciplina).