Sal-Rei FC
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Sal-Rei is a sports club that its 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...

 team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division 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 Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...

. Sal-Rei has won their only national title in 2004. Their first insular title was claimed in 1993 in which let them entered the Interinsular Division for the first time, their second won in 1997 in which they won two in a row, their third was in 1998, since 2004, the team has currently won four titles in a row since 2004 and represented Sal Island in their Interinsular division, they have entered for their seventh time in history.

Apart from 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...

 there are also in the club an athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

 department.

Playoff advances

When the team won their fourth insular title, the team made it up to the finals and challenged a team about 100 km south named Académica
Académica (Praia)
Associação Académica da Praia is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Interisland League in Cape Verde. It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea. It won several cups before and after independence. The team never won any national titles...

 from the country's capital Praia
Praia
Praia , is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. It lies on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Sotavento Islands group. It is the island's ferry port and is home to one of the nation’s four international airports...

 and beat all two legs, 2-0 and 1-2 and claimed their first title in history.

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 :...

    : 1
2004

  • Boa Vista Island League
    Boa Vista Island League
    The Boa Vista Island League is a regional championship played in Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship playes in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.-Boa Vista Island League - Clubs 2008/09:...

    : 8
1993/94, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08
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