Nickname(s) Celticos Manager Gildo Ribeiro Location Praia, Cape Verde Founded 1 July 1972 | Ground Capacity 8,000 2015–16 6th Ground Estádio da Várzea | |
 | ||
Full name Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Celtic da Praia League Santiago Island League (South) | ||
Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Celtic da Praia, then as Celtic Futebol Clube is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the neighbourhood of Achadinha de Baixo in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 8,000 Its nickname is Celticos/
Contents
Its logo colours are green and white. Its uniform colors has a white t-shirt with green dots from green to light green and French green, white socks and green shorts for home games and everything green but the sleeves which are colored white used form away matches or as an alternative.
Celtic da Praia's rivalry is Varanda, it forms the Achadinha de Baixo rivalry.
Stadium
Celtic has its home field in Calabaceira, a perfect size field, its Premier Division matches are not played there, so Celtic plays its matches at Estádio da Várzea, a multi-use stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west.
It is played along with Praia's five other famous teams including Sporting, Boavista, Vitória Praia, Académica and CD Travadores in the same stadium. The club also practices at the stadium and probably practices at Sucupira and Calabaceira, the main field of Celtic and Varanda.
Statistics
Current squad
As of February 4, 2017Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Squad as of November 21, 2015
As of 22 November 2015Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.