Grupo Desportivo Varanda

Grupo Desportivo Varanda (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Varanda or Baranda) is a football club that plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the Achadinha de Baixo neighborhood of Praia. The club currently plays in the regional Second Division for the 2016-17 season.

The club had played at Estádio da Várzea. As they are in the second division, they play at other wide football (soccer) fields in Ponta d'Água and Calabaceira.

History

The club played in the second division. The club celebrated its 25th year of foundation in 2010. The club was in the first division in the early 2010s. On November 23, 2011, Varanda played a match with Celtic in honor of Djack. In the 2011-12 season, the week 3 match was suffering as they lost 7-0 to Desportivo da Praia. The recent seasons would be rough and being in the final positions.

In the 2013-14 season, Varanda finished 9th place with 15 points, 5 wins, 13 losses and scored 22 goals. The club went to the division decisional match and faced 2nd place Ribeira Grande in late July, the club won all two matches, 2-1 on the 26th and 2-3 on the 30th and stayed in the Premier Division for another two years, this was the last match of its kind in Southern Santiago.

In the 2014-15 season, the club stayed in the division. The club agian finished 9th with 15 points and had fewer wins numbering three, six draws, nine losses and scored 11 goals, more than half less than last season. The club did not relegated as two more clubs were added in the following season.

The 2015-16 season was the first that featured twelve clubs. Varanda won the first match 1-0 over Delta on November 27,their first draw was woth Celtic on January 9. Varanda did not won with two goals until February 7 which they defeated Eugênio Lima, this was the club's highest scoring match. Most of the matches was lost without scoring, the worst was on March 25 where they lost 4-0 to Sporting Praia. On April 22, Os Garridos got 18 points and put Varanda in the relegation zone. Their last hopes remaining in the Premier Division was vanished by a 1-0 loss to Desportivo on May 6 and Varanda was relegated together with winless Delta. Varanda finished 9th with 16 points, a point higher than last season and 4 wins and draws, 14 losses, the club scored 12 goals which was the season's least and conceded 34 goals, 4/5 more than the previous season.

Varanda currently participates in the second Division as of the 2015-16 season.

League and cup history

Island/Regional Championship

Statistics

• Highest number of matches played in a season: 22, in 2015-16