Associação Académica e Operária (first part, Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 meaning: "academy", Capeverdean Crioulo: Asosiason Akadémika y Operária/Uperária) is a sports club that its football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

. It is based in the island capital of Sal Rei

Sal Rei

Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the 18th largest community in Cape Verde after Cidade Velha. It is also the seat of the Boa Vista Municipality...

 in the island of Boa Vista

Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...

. The team has two titles, all of them won in a row between 1995 and 1996 and their only entry to the Interinsular league where they went their last time. Académica Operária also won their first and only opening tournament title in 2005.

Académica Operária plays with Boa Vista's teams in the same stadium.

Apart from football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 there are also in the club basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 and athletics

Athletics (track and field)

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

 departments.

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

São Vicente, Cape Verde

São Vicente , also Son Visent or Son Sent in Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.- Geography :The island is roughly rectangular in shape...

'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

• Boa Vista Island League
  Boa Vista Island League
  The Boa Vista Island League is a regional championship played in Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship playes in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.-Boa Vista Island League - Clubs 2008/09:...
  
  : 3

1994/95, 1995/96, 2008/09

• Boa Vista Island Opening Tournament: 1

2004/05