Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena

Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena is a multi-use stadium in Mindelo, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Derby as well as CS Mindelense, Académica, GD Amarantes and Batuque FC and the lesser club of Corinthians São Vicente. The stadium holds 5,000 people and area is 105x68 m and its ground is artificial grass. The stadium is owned by the municipality of São Vicente. It is a certified stadium by FIFA for international competition as well as friendly matches^[1]

Its location is at 12 de Setembro which is used as the main road connecting the northeast of the island and in the eastcenter part of the city just east of the city center. A couple of other sports complexes are in the stadium's same location. Concerts and cricket matches are also used.

History

The stadium first opened in 1992. Before, its matches were played in Estádio da Fontinha located nearby. The stadium is named after the player Adérito Carvalho de Sena who played for CS Mindelense and played for several seasons in Boavista FC Porto in the 1930s.^[2]

The stadium was renovated in the 2000s.

Yeoman 2nd Class Rafael Flores holds off a defender at the stadium on September 10, 2008

On September 10, 2008, the US Navy soccer team of the European Region played a match with the Cape Verdean military team as part of the 11 day sports diplomacy tour which improved understanding and developed goodwill through sports, music and community relations in Cape Verde, Cameroon, and Gabon.

It was recently renovated again in 2014 as artificial turf was added that costed around 600 million escudos (€500,000). The island Super Cup competition took place in the stadium with Batuque defeating Derby on January 13, 2015, this was the first match after renovation.^[3]

Cape Verdean Football Championships finals

Numerous national championship final matches took place in the stadium, one of them was FC Derby who was tied with Académica Operária a goal each on September 3, 2000, Derby later claimed their second title, later in 2005, Derby defeated Sporting Praia 4-3 in the second match and claimed their third title. Derby participated in the 2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships, the first of two final matches took place in the stadium and defeated Sporting Clube da Praia on August 9, a match that was rescheduled, later Sporting Praia defeated Derby. Mindelense played the second final match in July 9, 2011, the club played against Sporting Praia and was a scoreless match, Mindelense won the title with a goal won in two of its matches. Most notably and most recent finals at the stadium were CS Mindelense and the first meeting with Académica do Porto Novo whose first match was at Adérito Sena on July 7 where Mindelense won 3-0 in 2013, in 2014, the first match was at Adèrito Sena and faced Académica do Fogo, Mindelense won 2-1 on May 24, and FC Derby in 2015, both of the matches were played in the stadium on July 4 and 11, Mindelense won the eleventh title after winning 4-3 in penalty kicks, a year later in the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Mindelense faced Académica do Porto Novo for the second time, the first of the second match took place on July 2 and Mindelense lost a goal in the first match, later they would win the second match and claim the twelfth title.

Clubs at the continental competitions

Only Mindelense and Derby participated at the continental level and only at the championsips. Mindelense was the first and the second Cape Verdean club to compete. The club faced ASEC Ndiambour in the 1992 African Cup of Champions Clubs. Derby participated in the 2001 CAF Champions League and faced Real Banjul.

See also

• List of football stadiums in Cape Verde

References

Coordinates: 16°52′57″N 24°59′07″W / 16.8825°N 24.9853°W / 16.8825; -24.9853