Nickname(s) Os Pretos & Brancos Owner Lin Fontes Founded 28 August 1952 | Ground Capacity 500 Manager Marley Monteiro Capacity 500 | |
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Sport Sal Rei Club (or as Sport Sal-Rei Clube) is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista. Its current manager is Marley Monteiro. The club was once owned by Lin Fortes.
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Sport Sal Rei Club is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde and is Boa Vista's second most successful club, having won about 18 official titles, only one is national and the remaining 17 are regional titles.
Apart from football (soccer) there are also in the club an athletics department.
Logo and uniforms
Its logo is equal to that of SL Benfica of Portugal, the middle reads S.S.R.C. Its uniform for home games are red except for its shorts which are white and the away/alternate color, not the same as Benfica's are blue
History
The club was founded on August 28, 1952 and became an official member on 3 July 1992.
Sal-Rei has won their only national title in 2004. Their first insular title was claimed in 1993 in which let them entered the Interinsular Division for the first time, their second won in 1997 in which they won two in a row, their third was in 1998, since 2004, the team had won five titles in a row since 2004 and represented Boa Vista Island in their National or Interinsular Championships, their next one was in 2011 and their recent was in 2016, they have entered for their ninth time in history, they appeared in Group A but in 2016 appeared in Group B. Sport Sal Rei Club's positions had been steadily slumping at the national divisions at group stage between 2005 and 2011, they were semfinalist in 2005, third for the next two seasons, 4th in 2008 and 5th in 2011 and 2016, the first one was pointless but were bettern in 2016 with four points though they scored more goals numbering eight.
The club won the island's first cup title in 2009 and gave entry into the Cape Verdean Cup their only appearance, one of two clubs from the island, the other was Juventude do Norte, Sal Rei won their second title in a row in 2010 and brought their second entry into the national cup competition, one of some clubs. Their third was in 2013 and as cup winner faced the champion winner Onze Estrelas and won their first Super Cup title in 2013, in 2015 as a second placed cup winner, the club faced Académica e Operária and won their recent super cup title for Boa Vista. Sal Rei won their third and recent regional cup title in 2016.
From later 2015 to December 2016, Ravi was manager who was also a former played who played for the club in the early 2000s. Its current manager is Marley Monteiro, a former player.
Playoff advances
When the team won their fourth insular title, the team made it up to the finals and challenged a team about 100 km south named Académica from the country's capital Praia and beat all two legs, 2–0 and 1–2 and claimed their first and only title in history. Sal-Rei offered no advance into the 2005 CAF Champions League due to financial concerns.
Rivalry
The club's only twi rivalries is Académica Operária forming the Derby of Boa Vista Island, the only two on the island The other rivalry is with Sporting Boa Vista forming the Eternal Derby of Boa Vista (Derby Eterno da Boa Vista).
Stadium
Estádio Municipal Arsénio Ramos is a multi-use stadium in Sal Rei, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 500. The stadium is home to the island's best football clubs including Académica Operária and Sporting Boa Vista. It is also the home of Sanjoanense. The club also practices at the stadium