Sporting Club da Praia Cruz 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 plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship

São Tomé and Principe Championship

São Tomé and Principe Championship is the top division of the Federação Santomense de Futebol,The first season started in February 1977.Currently, there are 18 teams participating in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 12 teams from São Tomé Island and 6 teams from Príncipe Island...

. The team is based in the island of São Tomé

São Tomé Island

São Tomé Island, at , is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe and is home in 2009 to about 157,000 or 96% of the nation's population. This island and smaller nearby islets make up São Tomé Province, which is divided into six districts. The main island is located 2 km north of the...

. The team has won four titles and is the third team in history to claim its first title in 1982. The team currently plays in the premier division. Its logo has a shield and is colored green and features a lion with a soccer ball on the left, the abbreviated name is bubbled on the top and the unabbreviated form is at the bottom. The logo is identical to Sporting Clube de Portugal old logo (also known as Sporting Lisbon). Sporting Lisbon are the fathering club of Sporting Praia Cruz.

Sporting Won their first insular and national titles along with their first cup in 1982, their last national title was in 1999, the cup in 2000 and recently won their fifth insular title in 2007.

Achievements

• São Tomé and Príncipe Championship
  São Tomé and Principe Championship
  São Tomé and Principe Championship is the top division of the Federação Santomense de Futebol,The first season started in February 1977.Currently, there are 18 teams participating in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 12 teams from São Tomé Island and 6 teams from Príncipe Island...
  
  s: 5

1982, 1985, 1994, 1999, 2007

• São Tomé Island League
  São Tomé Island League
  São Tomé Island League is the top division of the Federação Santomense de Futebol for the São Tomé Island. In fact since 2004, every team also won the national title with only one team UDESCAI that won only an insular title but it did not won the title....
  
  : 5

1982, 1985, 1994, 1999, 2007

• Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Principe
  Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Principe
  Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe is the top knockout tournament of the Federação Santomense de Futebol, it was created in 1981.-Previous winners:*1981 : Desportivo de Guadalupe Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe is the top knockout tournament of the Federação Santomense de Futebol, it was...
  
  : 5

1982, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000