Sporting Praia Cruz
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Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz is a professional football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé. The team has won eight national and six island titles and is the third team in history to claim its first title in 1982. Sporting Portugal are the fathering club of Sporting Praia Cruz and its 82nd affiliate. Other Sporting affiliates are Sporting Príncipe and Sporting São Tomé.
Full name | Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz | |
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Nickname(s) | Os Leões (the Lions)[1] | |
Ground | Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Capacity | 6,500 | |
League | São Tomé and Príncipe Championship | |
2016 | 1st, Champions | |
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Sporting Praia Cruz is one of the most successful clubs in both São Tomé Island and São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 32 official titles, 20 are national and the remaining 12 are regional titles. In national championship titles, they have eight, about a quarter of the championship title totals. Of the regional titles, they make about 30% of the total historical winners, nearly half of the totals. In cup titles it is second in the number of total titles won, with six, behind Vitória Riboque who have eight. In super cup titles, about 40% of the total, winning five of the twelve editions played.