2017–18 Sporting Clube da Praia season
The 2016–17 Sporting Clube da Praia season are in the island division of football (soccer).
Friendly competitions
GAFT Cup
Sporting Praia alongside Boavista and Desportivo of the same city were its first three particicipants from the south of the island into the second edition of GAFT Cup, a municipal tournament for Tarrafal. Sporting advanced up to the semis and finished there after a penalty shootout loss to Desportivo Praia as the match ended in a draw.
Date |
Opponents |
Result |
|---|---|---|
F |
A |
|
October 13 |
AJAC da Calheta |
2 |
October 24 |
Desportivo da Praia |
1-1 (4-3 p) |
Santiago South Premier Division
The club started off the season being first place up to the second round, they though they attempt to continue their astonishing unbeaten streak even away, that finally came to an end as Sporting suffered another loss in four Premier Division matches to rival Académica Praia with the result 3-2, which ended their unbeaten streak away totaling 24 matches in the First/Premier Division. Also their recent loss dropped their position to fourth and remains as of the sixth round. Two straight scoreless draws Sporting had, first to Boavista, then to Desportivo. Sporting had eight points, shared with Bairro (ADESBA), Sporting has eight goals, two more than ADESBA. Two straight wins came for Sporting Praia, first to Eugénio Lima, then to ADESBA with the same result 4-0 and now has 14 points and 15 goals scored, the region's highest but remains fourth.
Date |
Opponents |
H/A |
Result |
Championship |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F |
A |
||||
November 5, 2017 |
Benfica da Praia |
A |
3 |
1 |
|
November 11, 2017 |
AD Ribeira Grande |
H |
2 |
0 |
|
November 19, 2017 |
Académica da Praia |
A |
2 |
3 |
4th |
November 25, 2017 |
Boavista da Praia |
H |
0 |
0 |
4th |
December 1, 2017 |
Desportivo da Praia |
A |
0 |
0 |
4th |
December 8, 2017 |
Eugénio Lima |
A |
4 |
0 |
4th |
December 16, 2017 |
Eugénio Lima |
H |
4 |
0 |
4th |
December 22, 2017 |
Tchadense |
H |
3 |
0 |
|
Upcoming event
Sporting Praia will appear at the upcoming national championships for the 2018 season. No word that Sporting Praia will appear in the qualification stage of the 2018 CAF Champions League.
Santiago South Cup
Sporting defeated Desportivo 2-1 in the first round on December 13 and will appear at the second round against Benfica on January 17.
Date |
Opponents |
Result |
|---|---|---|
F |
A |
|
December 13 |
Desportivo da Praia |
2 |
Transfers
In
Date |
Pos. |
Name |
From |
|---|---|---|---|
late 2017 |
Ojonugwa Edeh |
||
late 2017 |
João Paulino |
Tchadense |
|
late 2017 |
Ezeijofor Kingsley |
Celtic da Praia |
|
late 2017 |
Emanuel Temitop Jayirola |
Boavista Praia |
Club
Carlos Daniel Caetano is the current chairman of the club.
The Management
Other information
Team kit
Its home uniform is a white T-shirt with four thick green stripes, black shorts and white socks with three green stripes, the same to Sporting Lisbon's uniform color used for home matches. Its away uniform is black clothing with a T-shirt with three thick grey stripes. | |