Ground Capacity 500 League Brava Island League Founded 2004 | Manager João Domingos 2014–15 2nd Capacity 500 | |
Full name Grupo Desportivo Coroa da Brava Ground Nossa Senhora do Monte
Estádio de Futebol Aquiles de Oliveira,
Vila Nova Sintra, Cape Verde | ||
Grupo Desportivo Coroa da Brava or Desportivo Coroa is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Brava Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in Nossa Senhora do Monte and plays in Estádio Aquilés de Oliveira in Nova Sintra with a capacity of 500.
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History
The club was founded in 2004. They played their first match in 2004. Coroa finished second for the next two seasons. Coroa was the island champion and won their first and only title in 2008 and appeared in their only national appearance in the 2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships and played in Group A, Coroa scored 3 goals and never won a match, Coroa scored a goal in a week 3 match with Académico do Aeroporto from Sal and lost the match, the final week match was tied at 2 with Boa Vista's Sal Rei. Coroa's success was not as much as the previous seasons, they finished 3rd for the 2009 season, Coroa finished 2nd for the last time in 2010. No competition occurred during the 2011 season. Coroa finished in the lower positions, 6th in the 2012, 2013 and 2014, Coroa finished last with 7th place in 2015.
Coroa celebrated its 5th anniversary after its foundation in early 2009 and later its 10th anniversary in early 2014.
Logo
Its logo features a shield used in Portuguese towns and cities, once used in Cape Verde until 1975, it top part has a golden fortress with brown bricks and silver door rims with woodsn doors. It has a semicircular crest, black on left and red on right, three stars, one red and two black on right and Brava's mountain viewed from the east in the bottom. The bottom label is colored red on left and black on right and reads the club name, "Grupo Desportivo-" on left and colored red "- Coroa da Brava" on right.