Grupo Desportivo Palmeira
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clubname = Palmeira
Palméra

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Santa Maria, Cape Verde
Santa Maria is a fishing city situated in the southern part of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde. The city is the third largest in Cape Verde and is one of the few that it is larger than the municipal capital...

, 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...

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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...

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Palmeira (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: Palméra, also in the Sal Crioulo) 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 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...

. The team participated in the national division twice after winning two Sal titles since independence, one in 1985 and another fifteen years later in 2000, but has never won any titles at national level. Their first insular opening tournament title was won in 2007, and it is their only one.

Origin of the name

The name mainly originates from several palms in the area, since there is a village name Palmeiras in the west of the island which has the same origin, the team does not owe its name from a village on the same island.

Logo

Its logo contains a green colored (or palm) shield with three white lines and the abbreviated full form on top, Palmeira on top of the second shield which has a palm tree in which it is named after with a football or a soccer ball, the island name in Portuguese is on the bottom.

Achievements

  • 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...

    : 2
1984/85, 1999/00

  • 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
1999/00

  • Sal Island Opening Tournament: 1
2006/07
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