SC Atlético

Logo

Its logo is Benfica based with some differences, a small tree is on top, other features has crest and inside reading "SCA" in the middle, the bottom reads "desporto e fraternidade" ("sports and fraternity") on the bottom, the club is rarely a Benfica affiliate.

Uniform

Its uniform colors are red clothing with black shorts for home matches and a white T-shirt with red sleeves along with red shorts and white socks used during away matches.

Its former uniform colours home games were with red T-shirt with white edges at the sleeves and white shorts and a black-white striped T-shirt (the top and bottom are coloured black) with black sleeved and white rims, red shorts and black socks, used up to the end of the 2014-15 season. From mid-2015 to around November 2016, its home uniforms were a red-white striped T-shirt, its left and right edges are coloured red, red sleeves, and the remainder of the clothing red, used during home matches.

History

The club was founded on December 9, 1977. Their first island title was won in 1994 and won their second consecutive in 1995, their recent title win was in 2014. Atlético also has two cup wins, their first was in 2008 and their second and recent in 2014, their first ever Super Cup win was in 2014 and their recent was in 2016, also Atlético has two opening tournament titles, their first was won in 2001 and their second was in 2015 and their recent was in 2017.

In 1995, Atlético was to have their first CAF Cup appearance, the club were to participate in the first round against ES Sahel of Tunisia, as the federation did not name its entrant in time, the club was disqualified in the first round.

Their worst season was in 2005 when the club fielded ineligible players in every match especially Ultramarina and finished last place as the goals were awarded against them. It was the worst and one the clubs that fielded the most number of ineligible players in West Africa and probably that includes a third of the continent.

After winning their first cup title, they made their first appearance in the regional Super Cup and lost to Desportivo Ribeira Brava, the champion. Atlético had no appearance at the Cape Verdean Cup as it was cancelled that season. Atlético's next two appearances at the Super Cup were also unsuccessful, the latter was a loss to FC Ultramarina. After entering as a regional cup winner Atlético finally won the 2014 Super Cup after defeating Ultramarina, the cup winner, their next Super Cup appearance was two years later.

One of the club's greatest season was the 2015-16 season and finished with 36 points, the club had no loss, their last loss at the regional championships was on April 25, 2015 to FC Ultramarina, Atlético also had their recent appearance at the nationals.

As 2016 regional champion, Atlético faced the cup winner AJAT'SN in the regional Super Cup on January 7, 2017 and defeated that club 3-0 to win their recent Super Cup title.

Playoff participation

The team had made it to the 1993 playoffs, the team lost all of the two final matches to CD Travadores 2-0 and 2-1, again the team made it to the 2012 playoffs and challenged Académica do Porto Novo in the semis and defeated 3-0 and 1-0 and challenged Sporting from Praia in the finals, the matches were tied 1 apiece in the first and the second was scoreless, they lost the penalty shootout to Sporting Praia and achieved second place, the team has never claimed national titles.

In the 2002 national championship season along with Académica do Fogo and Académico do Aeroporto, the club had 16 points and was third, it was second ranked and no other clubs would have 16 points in the present day.

Rivalry

Ultramarina's only main rivalry is FC Ultramarina and is called the São Nicolau derby which started in about the start of the 1990s. One of their recent meetings was in week 1 of the 2015-16 season where they defeated that club.

Stadium

The club and plays at Estádio João de Deus Lopes da Silva with a capacity of once served up to 1,000. The club also trains at the stadium. Other club playing at the stadium is Desportivo Ribeira Brava. Other clubs playing at the stadium but not based are Académica da Preguiça, Belo Horizonte and Talho of the neighboring community.

Achievements

Performance in CAF competitions

Statistics

Current squad

As of November 27, 2013 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Source: Facebook's SC Atlético homepage

Former famous player