Associação Académica da Praia 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 played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea

Estádio da Várzea

Estádio da Várzea is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 people. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west...

. It won several cups before and after independence. The team never won any national titles. It also had won two insular titles and recently won their first cup in 2007.

Playoff advances

The team won their second title and advanced to the finals, it challenged against Sal-Rei FC

Sal-Rei FC

Sal-Rei 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 Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista. Sal-Rei has won their only national title in 2004...

 and lost both legs, 2-0 in the first and 1-2 in the second.

Achievements

• Santiago Island League (South)
  Santiago Island League (South)
  The Santiago Island League is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season...
  
  : 3

1988/89, 2003/04, 2008/09

• Taça de Cabo Verde: 1

2007