Sporting–Académica rivalry of Praia

Sporting and Académica rivalry of Praia
Other names Capital Derby (Derby do Capital)
Praia Derby (Derby da Praia)
Locale Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde
Teams Sporting Praia, Académica Praia
Latest meeting Académica Praia 0–0 Sporting Praia, February 4, 2018

The football rivalry between Sporting and Académica is a rivalry in Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. One of the largest rivalries in the nation after Sporting's rivalry with Boavista and Travadores and Boavista's rivalry with Travadores. It forms one of the rivalry being called the Capital Derby (Derby do Capital) or the Praia Derby (Derby da Praia).

History

After Académica was founded in 1963, there had been around 100 matches that featured Sporting and Académica, there were also over 100 matches with the cup competitions.

In July 2009, the rivalry was taken to the national level in the finals. Sporting Praia won the first match and the second match ended in a draw goal, as they won a total of three goals, claimed their eighth title since independence.[1] The match was also the first in years to feature two clubs from the same island, football association and the city.

Académica's last win was in January 2011, Sporting's last win was in April 2015. The last four matches as of February 2017 ended in draws, the recent was a scoreless one.

Cultural rivalry

Both Sporting Praia and Académica Praia are affiliates to Portuguese clubs, the first to Lisbon and the second to Coimbra.

Football rivalry

The rivalry began before the 1970s in Cape Verde after the derbies of Boavista, Travadores and Vitória Praia.

Sporting Praia is one of the most successful football (sooccer) club in Cape Verde, having won about 35 official titles (13 national and 22 regional) compared to Académica's 8 official titles (1 colonial, 1 national and 6 regional). On the other hand, Sporting performed in African competitions (no Capeverdean team has ever won an African title). Their greatest success is the participation in the First Round in the 1992 African Cup of Champions Clubs and the 2009 CAF Champions League. Sporting appeared once in the 2001 CAF Cup Winners' Cup and did not exceed the preliminaries. Académica never appeared at the continental competitions.

Statistics

Head to head

Competitive honours won
Competition Sporting Académica Praia
Cape Verdean Football Championships 12 1 (1)
Cape Verdean Cup None 1
Santiago and the Santiago South 23 4
Santiago South Cup 4 1
Santiago South Super Cup 2 None
Santiago South Opening Tournament 3 None
Other 1 None

Records

  • Longest sequence of Santiago Premier Division wins:
    • Sporting Praia: 9, 9 April 2012–19 April 2016
  • Longest sequence of unbeaten Santiago Premier Division matches:
    • Sporting Praia: 13, since 9 April 2011

Partial matches list

Santiago South Premier Division

The information has selected matches of the challenge from the 2011-12 season

Sporting Praia – Académica Praia Académica Praia – Sporting Praia
Season R. Date Score R. Date Score
2010–11 16 09–04–2011 2–1 7 23–01–2011 3–0
2011–12 6 05–02–2012 1–0 15 15–04–2012 1–2
2012–13 14 14–04–2013 2–1 6 04–02–2013 0–1
2013–14 12 15–02–2014 2–1 3 01–12–2013 0–4
2014–15 17 19–04–2015 1–0 8 15–02–2015 0–2
2015–16 18 16–01–2016 1–1 7 09–04–2016 2–2
2016–17 13 17–02–2017 0–0 2 11–11–2016 1–1
2017–18 14 04–02–2018 0–0 3 19–11–2017 3–2

Santiago South Super Cup

Sporting Praia – Académica Praia
R. Season Score
Final 2007 W–L

Cape Verdean Football Championships

Sporting Praia – Académica Praia Académica Praia – Sporting Praia
Season R. Date Score R. Date Score
2009 Finals-2nd Leg 04–07–2009 2–0 Finals-1st Leg 11–07–2009 1–1

Head-to-Head ranking in the Santiago South Premier Division

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Sporting Praia
Académica Praia

Men in both teams

References

  1. ↑ 2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF
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