Académico do Aeroporto
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Académico do Aeroporto 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 had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League
Sal Island League
The Sal Island League is a regional championship played in Sal Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.-Sal Island League - Clubs 2008/09:*Académico do Aeroporto do Sal...

 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 Espargos in the island of Sal
Sal, Cape Verde
Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...

. The team was is named after its nearby airport (Sal International Airport).

Between 1992 and 1993 with Juventude
Juventude (Sal)
Futebol Clube Juventude is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the island of Sal. The team entered the national division for the first time after independence in 1999...

 and Palmeira
Grupo Desportivo Palmeira
-clubname = PalmeiraPalméra:| nickname = Unknown| image = | fullname = Grupo Desportivo Palmeira | founded = N/A | ground = Santa Maria, Cape Verde| capacity = N/A | chairman = N/A | manager = N/A | league = Sal Island League| season = 2006-07 |...

, then again in 2003 and 2004 and 2004 and 2005, the team had the same title with Associação Académica do Sal.

Achievements

  • National titles:
    • 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 :...

      : 1
2003

  • Insular titles:
    • Sal Island League
      Sal Island League
      The Sal Island League is a regional championship played in Sal Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.-Sal Island League - Clubs 2008/09:*Académico do Aeroporto do Sal...

      : 10
1985/86, 1987/88, 1994/95, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10

  • Sal Island Opening Tournament: 3
2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09

  • Taça Dja d'Sal: 4
2001/02, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09

  • Sal Island SuperCup
    Sal Island SuperCup
    The Sal Island SuperCup is a SuperCup competition played during the season in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The matches are almost entirely like a playoff challenge...

    : 1
2008/09

Playoff participation

The team, Académico do Aeroporto were the first place champions for Sal Island in 2003 and 2006, Académico do Aeroporto had made it in the 2006 season and lost to FC Ultramarina, a team from Tarrafal
Tarrafal, Cape Verde
Tarrafal is a municipality located in the northern part of the island of Santiago in Sotavento in Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 18000, the area is 112.4 km² and the density is about 160/km². Tarrafal is located 75 km NNW of Cape Verde's capital, Praia.Farmland surrounds...

 3-1 in the first leg, the second leg beat the team 3 to 2 and claimed the 2002-03 season title. The 2005-06 season saw the team in the second leg of the semi-finals to win six points, one of the highest in history on advancing to the finals, they competed 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...

, one of the best teams in Cape Verde and won 1-0 by Gerson in the first leg but Académico do Aeroporto was tied in the second leg but did not claim the 2005-06 title, it went to Sporting Clube da Praia with the most points.

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