Académica Operária

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Associação Académica e Operária da Boavista

Full name	Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista
Nickname(s)	Preto e Branco Os Sal Reis
Founded	July 3, 1977
Ground	Estadio Municipal Arsénio Ramos Sal-Rei, Cape Verde
Ground Capacity	8,000
League	Campionato Regional da Boavista
2014-15	2nd
Home colours Away colours

Associação Académica e Operária (first part, Portuguese meaning: "academy", Capeverdean Crioulo: Asosiason Akadémika y Operária/Uperária) 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 the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista and plays with Boa Vista's teams in the same stadium. Apart from football (soccer) there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and athletics departments.

History

The club was founded on July 3, 1977. The first name of the club Académica is named after the Portuguese football club from Coimbra, the second is Portuguese for Operators. It is one of Académica clubs founded after independence.

The team has one national title and nineteen titles, some of them won in a row between 1995 and 1996, 2001 to 2003 and their recent in 2015. Associação Académica e Operária also won their first and only opening tournament title in 2005.

The club have one of the most number of island titles of any island league in the nation numbering nineteen, their total was less than Botafogo from Fogo, in 2000, the total number of 14 island titles was tied with that club and later 15 from 2003, they did not tied with 16 until 2009 and not with 17 until 2012, the number of island titles won succeeded Botafogo's in 2014 with 18 and now they have 19 which they won in 2015.

Playoff advance

The team entered the playoffs in the 1999-2000 season even though it did not claim any title but were runner up and challenged São Vicente's Derby FC, the first leg was tied apiece with only one point, in the second leg, Académica lost its championship hope by one point.

Achievements

• Campionato Nacional: 1

1982/83

• Boa Vista Island League: 18 listed, 19 total

1977/78, 1978/79, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2002/03, 2008/09, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15

• Boa Vista Opening Tournament: 1

2005

League and cup history

National championship

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Cup	Notes	Playoffs
1999	1B	2	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5		Did not advance	Did not participate
2000	1A	1	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5		Advanced into the finals	2nd place
2003	1B	6	5	0	1	4	6	12	-6	1		Did not advance	Did not participate
2009	1A	6	5	0	1	4	2	9	-7	1		Did not advance	Did not participate
2012	1B	5	5	0	2	3	9	13	-7	2		Did not advance	Did not participate
2014	1B	5	5	2	0	3	3	9	-6	6		Did not advance	Did not participate
2015	1A	6	5	0	2	3	2	7	-5	2		Did not advance	Did not participate

Island/Regional Championship

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Cup	Super Cup	Notes
2000-01	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Promoted into the National Championships
2008-09	2	1	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Promoted into the National Championships
2011-12	2	1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Promoted into the National Championships
2013-14	2	1	14	11	1	2	34	11	+23	34			Promoted into the National Championships
2014-15	2	1	14	11	13	0	3	7	26	36			Promoted into the National Championships

Former players

• Eli (in 1999 and 2000) - scored a single goal, the only goal in the 2000 Cape Verdean finals.

Statistics

• Best ranking: 1st (national)

External link

• Académica Operária at Soccerway