Also see Derby County F.C.

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

FC Derby is a football

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 had played in the Premier division and the 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:...

 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...

 on 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 a stadium with a capacity of 4,000. It is the second team won the most cups after independence especially in the 1960s and the 1970s.

In 2006, the Santiago North Zone did not participate in the premier division as they did not win the championship, which meant that FC Derby automatically advances into the premier league by virtue of having been champions in 2005.

Logo

Its logo colors are black, white and blue, the F.C. Derby is at the top, its animal with the shield is at the middle top part and the soccer ball colored in blue is at the middle bottom part.

Jersey

Its jersey color represents for its home games a striped blue and white t-shirt with blue pants and white socks.

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 :...
  
  : 3

1983/04, 1999/00, 2004/05

• 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:...
  
  : 7

1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2004/05, 2007/08

• São Vicente Opening Tournament: 1

2000/01, 2010/11

• São Vicente Cup: 3

2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07

• 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

2004/05

Performance in CAF 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

2001 - Preliminary Round

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: 2000-01 Preliminary Round - Lost against Real Banjul 1 - 0 on aggregate

Full stories of the team's playoff victories and advances

Derby FC entered the playoffs for the first time after independence in 1984 and won 3-2 over Académica (Espargos)

Académica (Espargos)

Académica is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal...

. Derby FC entered the playoffs in 2000 and challenged Académica Operária

Académica Operária

Associação Académica e Operária is a sports club that its football team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista...

, a team from Sal Rei. The first match was tied at 1 apiece, and in the second defeated Académica Operária 1-0 and claimed the 2000 championship. The 2005 championship finals with 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...

was a 1-1 tie in the first match and a 4-3 victory in the second, giving Cape Verde their third title.