Nickname(s) Leões League Brava Island League Founded 1988 | Chairman Francisco Oliveira 2015–16 Champion | |
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Full name Sporting Clube da Brava Manager Ney Loko (Emanuel de Pina) Ground Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira | ||
Sporting Clube da Brava (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Sporting Klubi da Brava) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava. Its current coach is Ney Loko. Its nickname is Leões equalling the nickname to Sporting Lisbon and many other Sporting clubs.
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Sporting Brava is the second most successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 10 official regional titles.
History
The club was founded in the 1988. The name is identical to the Sporting Clube de Portugal along with its logo which uses its current form. Its uniform is similarly different to Sporting Praia, it only has a green-striped T-shirt and socks and green shorts for home games and a green T-shirt, black shorts and yellow socks for away games.
Emanuel de Pina, nicknamed Loco or Ney Loko, a former player became coach of the club and made the club to have their first island title win was in 2014 and their first entry to the national league, they won their second in a row in 2015 and achieved their second entry. Their greatest ranking was 5th, played a total of 10 matches without any win, they scored a total of 8 goals and totalled only three points. Sporting Brava won their third consecutive title in the 2016 season with 38 points and won all 12 matches., since the addition of Juventude da Furna in 2012, it was their highest even and was a club record, it was also their season's best. Sporting appeared at the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships on May 14. Sporting finished fourth with six points with two wins and six goals scored, better than the previous two seasons, their first national match won in Round 1 on May 15 over Sinagoga, champion of the Santo Antão North Zone. Their first overall title was the opening tournament won in 2013, they won their fourth in 2017, even the 2014-15 edition was cancelled. Their first Super Cup win was in 2014, Sporting won their only cup in 2016. Currently the club is first place in the regionals as of 2017 and on March 26, after defeating Nô Pintcha 1-0, a second placed club and with a 12 point difference with that club, Sporting became champions for Brava and will win their fourth consecutive title.. Sporting will also get their fourth consecutive entrance into the upcoming National Championships and the first with a three group system, they will play in Group C. Also Sporting has 30+ goals scored in Brava, the most of any club.
Sporting Brava qualified into the regional Super Cup as champion, the club lost to Académica (second in the cup as Sporting also won the cup) in November 2016.
Also Sporting Brava were one of the first two clubs outside the municipality of São Filipe to compete in their municipal tournament, the other was Batuque from São Vicente Island. Sporting Brava won their only title in Spring 2016.
Rivalry
The club's only rivalry is with Benfica Brava forming the Eternal Derby of Brava (Derby Eterno da Brava), the island's only rivalry and one of the least popular.
Honours
Current squad
As of 24 February 2017Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.