Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC

ALUPEC

The Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano , commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognized by the Cape Verdean government to write Cape Verdean Creole.- Description :...

 or ALUPEK: KS Mindelensi (KS - Klubi Sporting), São Vicente Crioulo

São Vicente Crioulo language

São Vicente Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the São Vicente Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Barlavento Creoles branch. This form of the Cape Verdean Creole has about 80,000 to 100,000 speakers primarily in the São Vicente island, but also in a...

: KS Mindelense (KS - Klube or Clube (CS)) is a 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...

 club that plays in the Premier division of the Interisland League 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 city of Mindelo

Mindelo

For the parish in Portugal, see Mindelo, PortugalMindelo , is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality...

 in the island of 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...

 and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 4,000 It is the team won the most cups before and after independence especially in the 1950s and the 1970s with six titles before independence and seven after independence. Their first participation in the national division before independence was in 1957 and after independence in 1980.

Logo

Its logo color (or colour) is light orange with an orange lion in the middle. The letters C and S representing CS is aligned separately at the top and the M representing Mindelense.

Achievements

• Cape Verdean Championship
  Cape Verdean football Championships
  The Cape Verdean Championships are a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, while the islands were part of the Portuguese Empire.- League format :...
  
  : 7

1976, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2011

• Before Independence: 6

1956, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971

• São Vicente Island League
  São Vicente Island League
  The São Vicente Island League is a regional championship played in São Vicente Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.-São Vicente Island League - Clubs 2008/09:...
  
  : 15

1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1991/92 1993/94, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2005/06, 2008/09

• São Vicente Opening Tournament: 6

1999/00, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09

• São Vicente Cup: 1

2007/08

• São Vicente SuperCup
  São Vicente SuperCup
  The São Vicente SuperCup is a regional SuperCup competition played during the season in São Vicente Island, Cape Verde.-Winners:*2004/05: FC Derby*2005/06: CS Mindelense*2008/09: CS Mindelense*2009/10: Batuque FC...
  
  : 1

2005/06, 2008/09

Performance in African competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 1 appearance

Best: 1992-93 Preliminary Round - Lost against ASEC Ndiambour

ASEC Ndiambour

ASEC Ndiambour is a Senegalese football club based in Louga, which is part of the Senegal National League 2 Poule A . -History:They played 2009 in the top division in Senegalese football...

 3 - 2 on aggregate

The club in the Portuguese football structure

• Portuguese Cup: 1 appearance

1971 - 1/8 final: Mindelense (0-21 vs Sporting CP)

Playoff participation

Their first time in the playoff participation was in 1957 before independence and 1976 after independence in which won their first eight titles in a row, their first national title after independence was in 1981. Their chance for the second one did not claim as Académico Sal Rei

Académico Sal Rei

Académico Sal Rei is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista.-Achievements:*National titles:** Cape Verdean Championship: 1...

 beaten CS Mindelelse 2-0 in 1983, not until 1988 when in both two legs beat Sporting Clube da Praia

Sporting Clube da Praia

Sporting Praia is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde...

 2-0 in the first and finally 0-1 in the last., the fourth title was claimed after beating CD Travadores

CD Travadores

Clube Desportivo Travadores is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League in Cape Verde...

 from Praia.

External links

• Official Site