Ground Capacity 1,000 Manager Danildo Diniz Ground Estádio 5 de Julho | Chairman Manuel Ribeiro League Fogo Island League Founded 18 July 1953 | |
Full name Vulcânicos Futebol Clube
Vulcânico Clube do Fogo Nickname(s) Encarnados
Benfiquinhas | ||
Vulcânicos Futebol Clube or Vulcânico Clube do Fogo 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 São Filipe the island of Fogo. The club has a total of nine island titles.
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Vulcânicos is the second most successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won about 11 official regional titles.
Logo and uniform
Its logo features a shield crest rimmed red, the club name is on top and the volcanic mountain of Fogo in the bottom. The year of foundation is on top and the nickname Benfiquinha on the bottom. A red label carried by a golden bird with the acronym VCF in the middle and inside a football or a soccer ball.
Its uniform colours for home matches has a white-red striped t-shirt with white sleeves and the rest of the clothing coloured red and a red uniform used for away matches (alternative during matches played by a different team sharing the stadium).
Up to 2016, the away or alternate uniform was colored white
History
The club was founded on July 18, 1953 after the publication of the charter in the official listing and is the oldest club on the island. Before the club was developed on the island, it consisted of fans and friends of Portuguese club Benfica. They nicknamed the club "Benfiquinha" (meaning "little Benfica" in Portuguese). The club celebrated their 25th anniversary in 1978 and their 50th anniversary in 2003. Their first island title win was in 1992, Vulcânicos won three straight titles in 2000, their fifth one was in four years, between 2007 and 2011, the club won titles once every two years, their recent title win is in 2016. The other island achievement was their only cup win in 2011, the club appeared in the 2011 edition of Cape Verdean National Cup. Their greatest success was in the 1999 season when they advanced into the finals and lost, they received second place.
As the 2016 Regional Premier Division winner, Vulcânicos faced ABC de Patim, the Second Division winner in the first ever regional Champions' Cup in November. Vulcânicos defeated ABC Patim and claimed their only title for the season.