Batuque FC

Batuque FC
Batuki FK
Batúque FK
Full name Batuque Futebol Clube
Founded May 5, 1981[1]
Ground Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo, Cape Verde[1]
Ground Capacity 5000[1]
Chairman Cape Verde João José Cardoso da Silva (Jota)
Manager Cape Verde José Alberto Soares Fermino (Piki)
League São Vicente Island League
2015–16 5th

Batuque Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: Batuki Futibol Klubi, São Vicente: Batúque Futebol Klube) is a football club that plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. As of the 2014–15 season, the team had won four island titles, qualifying them for participation in the Capeverdean National Division, their first title was won in 2002 and their last title was won in 2012, in other regional achievements, the team also won four cup titles, three super cup titles and one opening tournament title. The best ranking was the national semi-finals in 2012.

Its current president is Jota (João Jose Cardoso da Silva) who became first president in around the mid 2000s.

History

The club was formed on May 5, 1981 and was founded by players, it is named after the Cape Verdean music and dancing genre, the batuque. Many of its greatest players took part in European clubs, notably Portuguese clubs.[2][3]

Batuque finished second in the 2002 season with fewer goals than Sporting Praia. The point total of 19 shared with Sporting Praia was the highest total in the national championships, no other club shared or exceeded the total since.

In the 2010 regional super cup, Batuque defeated Académica, the cup winner, two years later, Batuque defeated the cup winner Falcões do Norte in the 2012 regional super cup.

After the stadium was renovated and the artificial turf was added, the 2014 São Vicente Super Cup competition took place in the stadium with Batuque, the cup winner defeating Derby, the champion on January 13, 2015 and made it the first match after renovation, Batuque won their fourth and recent regional super cup title.[4][5][6]

The club appeared as guest alongside a Brava club in the 2016 São Filipe Municipal Tournament in October on the island of Fogo, it was the first club to appear outside the municipality

Achievements

2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2011–12
2000–01, 2005–06, 2009/10, 2013/14
2009–10, 2011/12, 2013/14
2006/07

League and cup history

National championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Notes Playoffs
2002 1 2 8611 185+1319
2003 1B 3 5311 74+310 Did not advance Did not participate
2010 1A 1 5230 93+69 Semifinalist
2012 1A 4 5221 63+38 Did not advance Did not participate
Total:231373 4015+2546
Total with playoffs:251384 4217+27

Island/Regional Championship

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup Assoc. Notes
2002–03 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2009–10 2 1 ---- ---- Winner Promoted into the National Championships
2011–12 2 1 ---- ---- Promoted into the National Championships
2013–14 2 3 14923 226+1629 Winner
2014–15[8] 2 4 14635 2422+221
2015–16 2 5 14554 128-420

Statistics

  • Best position: Semifinalist (national)
  • Best appearance at an Association Cup: 1st
  • Number of appearances in a regional Super Cup competition: 4
  • Appearances: 4 (national)
  • Appearance at the São Filipe Municipal Tournament: Once, in 2016
  • Appearance at a municipal tournament outside the municipality: Once in 2016
  • Total points: 46 (national)
  • Total wins: 13 (national)
    • Total wins at home: 7 (national)
    • Total wins away at the National Championships: 7 (6 without playoffs)
  • Total matches played: 25 (national)
    • Total matches played at home: 13 (national)
    • Total matches played away: 12 (national)
  • Total draws: 7 (regular season), 8 (total) – national
    • Total draws at home at the National Championships: 6 (5 without playoffs)
    • Total draws away: 2 (national)
  • Total goals scored: 40 (42 with playoffs) – national
  • Highest number of wins in a season: 8 (national), in 2003
  • Highest number of points in a season: 19 (national), in 2002 (National record, shared with Sporting Praia)
  • Highest number of goals scored in a season: 18 (national), in 2002
  • Highest number of draws in a season: 3 (national), in 2003
  • Highest scoring match at the National Championships: Botafogo 0-4 Batuque, 22 May 2010
  • Total losses: 3 (national)
  • Total goals conceded: 17 (national)
  • Lowest number of goals scored in a season: 6 (national), in 2012
  • Lowest number of points in a season: 8 (national), in 2012
  • Highest number of goals conceded in a season: 5 (national), 2002
  • Highest number of matches lost in a season:1 (national), three seasons: in 2002, 2003 and in 2012

Managerial history

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Batuque FC". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Batuque FC alinha equipa Sénior com jogadores da formação". Notícias do Norte. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Batuque Futebol Clube: 30 anos a formar jogadores" ("Batuque Futebol Clube: 30 Years Founded By Players")". desporto.sapo.cv. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Estádio Adérito Sena aguarda certificação FIFA do novo sintético". SAPO CV. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cabo Verde: Batuque vence Derby en conquista supertaça de São Vicente". Mozambican newspaper (in Portuguese). 14 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Batuque vence supertaça em São Vicente" [Batuque Wins the Super Cup in São Vicente]. Alfa CV (in Portuguese). 14 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 Batalha, José (3 April 2014). "Cape Verde Islands – List of Regional Tournament Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Batalha, José (16 April 2015). "Cape Verde Islands 2014/15". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 21 April 2015.

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