Sporting Clube da Praia
| Full name | Sporting Clube da Praia | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Leões (Lions) Verde-e-Amarelos (Green'n'Yellow) Lion di Kapital (Lion of the Capital, Portuguese: Leão de Capital) | ||
| Founded | 2 December 1923 | ||
| Ground | Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Carlos Daniel Caetano | ||
| Manager | Lito | ||
| League | Santiago Island League (South) Cape Verdean Football Championships | ||
| 2017–18 2018 | 1st, Champions 2nd and eliminated | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: Sporting Klubi di Praia) is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, one of the unrelegated clubs in the south of the island along with three of the city's four historically mightiest clubs including Académica, Boavista and CD Travadores. Along with Académcia, Boavista, Desportivo, Travadores and Vitória, it is one of several teams that share the same ground, Estádio da Várzea, which has a capacity of 8,000. SCP regularly play home games in front of hundreds of spectators. Sporting has won six championships since independence and a few before independence. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence. Sporting recently won the 2017 national title. Its current president is Carlos Daniel Caetano and its manager is Lito, who once played for Portuguese clubs as footballer.
Sporting Praia is one of the most decorated football (soccer) clubs in Cape Verde and is the island's most decorated club, having won about 44 official titles, 14 of which are national titles and 30 which are regional titles.