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Clube Desportivo de Guadalupe

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League
  
São Tomé Island League

Founded
  
31 March 1964

2015
  
Second Division

Grounds
  
Guadalupe, Lobata District, São Tomé Island

Clube Desportivo de Guadalupe is a football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team is based in the island of São Tomé and played in the island Second DIiision as of 2016.

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Logo and Uniform

Its logo are blue and yellow.

Its home uniform is blue with two yellow stripes and a middle part, yellow sleeve rims, six thin yellow lines and two yellow lines on its shorts with a rim on the legs portion and two yellow stripes on top of each socks. Its away or alternate colors are opposite with yellow then blue

Its former uniform colors had red clothing with white socks used during home games and its colors opposite during away/alternate games. Its uniform colors between 2014 and 2016 featured blue clothing with yellow sleeves and socks.

History

The club are one of the oldest in the country. The club was founded during the days of colonial rule in March 31, 1964.

The team has won two titles and is the only second team in history to claim its first title in 1980, all of its titles won two in a row, they won their last in 1981. The club started their career in the Premier Division and remained until they finished last in the season and relegated to the second division. The club again returned to the second division and remained until 2014 when they were relegated, the team currently plays in the second division.

The club advanced into the 2012 São Tomé and Príncipe Cup and faced Sporting Clube do Príncipe and lost 2–1, as Sporting Príncipe was the national winner, Guadalupe was the first ever São Tomean club to enter the CAF Confederation Cup, the club faced US Bitam of Gabon and scored nothing and lost 0–5, Guadalupe scored only a goal in the second leg and their results were awful, Desportivo Guadalupe faced a huge defeat, lost 1–12 to Bitam, one of the largest in history and the largest to a São Tomean team.

On March 31, 2014, the club celebrated its 50th year of foundation.

Achievements

  • São Tomé and Príncipe Championships: 2
  • São Tomé Island League: 2
  • Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Principe: 1
  • Solidarity Cup: 1
  • March 12 Cup: 1
  • Performance in African competitions

  • CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
  • Statistics

  • Best position: 1st (national)
  • Best position at cup competitions: 1st (national)
  • Appearances:
  • National: 2
  • Appearance at a national cup competition: 1
  • References

    Clube Desportivo de Guadalupe Wikipedia