GDR São Lourenço
Grupo Desportivo Recreativo São Lourenço dos Órgãos is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone of the Grupo Centro Sul in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of São Lourenço dos Órgãos in the southeastern part of the island of São Lourenço in which is also the island's second largest community. Prior to 2006, the team was playing in the second level competition. It entered into the level and became the Centro Sul group. The team never won any titles in the insular league and not the second level.
The club was founded in 1966. The club recently has celebrated its 50th year of foundation in 2016.
The club has recently been relegated during the enlarged 2015-16 season and has appeared in the regional second division in the 2016-17 season. Their participation unlike the other first two clubs that were relegated were brief and finished at the top position in that division, first place and became champions and returned to the Premier Division in the following season. Their season's first match was a 2-5 win over Benfica Santa Cruz, they were first place for the next three rouns, recently on December 10, the club lost to Grémio Nhagar 1-3 and their positions slipped to second. A 4-1 loss to Estrelas dos Amadores was followed in Tarrafal. Their current success is they scored 12 goals, the most in the region, also they have the worst as they conceded 10 goals.
Logo
Its logo features a shieldy crest with red and white stripes on the bottom left and the area's geographic feature on the top right and the acronym of the club "GDRSL" and the year of foundation on the bottom right, in the top middle is a football or a soccer ball.
Secondary honour
- Santiago North Second Division: 1
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- 2016/17
League and cup history
Season |
Div. |
Pos. |
Pl. |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
GD |
P |
Cup |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014-15 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
-4 |
11 |
Did not advance into the final phase |
|
2015–16 |
2 |
12 |
26 |
5 |
6 |
15 |
33 |
57 |
-24 |
21 |
Statistics
- Appearances at the regional championships: 16
- Tier 2 competition: 15
- 'Second Division: Once, in the 2016-17 season
- Lowest position: 1st - Second Division
- Highest number of goals conceded in a season: 57 (national), 2015
- Highest number of matches lost in a season: 15 (national), 2015