Desportivo da Praia

Desportivo Praia
Full nameDesportivo da Praia
Nickname(s)militares (troops)
Founded1979
GroundAv. Cidade da Lisboa
Estádio da Varzea,
Praia, Cape Verde
Capacity8,000
ChairmanJorge Martins Andrade
ManagerKuko
LeagueSantiago South Premier Division
2017–187th
Websitehttp://www.fa.gov.cv/index.php/desportivo-da-praia-futebol

Desportivo da Praia is a football club that currently plays in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde.[1][2] It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago. It is the military team of Cape Verde. Its nickname is militares. The team won the first and only regional opening tournament in 2014.

Its logo has a blue circle with the acronym GDCP in the middle and a large D on the right and the club name on the right. Its uniform color features a blue clothing with a T-shirt with white stripes in the middle for home games and a white T-shirt with the remainder blue for away games.

  1. ^ "Cape Verde - Desportivo da Praia - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
  2. ^ "Grupo Desportivo e Cultural de Praia Futebol" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2014.