Académica Operária
Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista (first part, Portuguese meaning: "academy", Capeverdean Crioulo: Asosiason Akadémika y Operária/Uperária) is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista and plays with Boa Vista's teams in the same stadium. Apart from football (soccer) there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and athletics departments.
| Full name | Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Preto e Branco Os Sal Reis | ||
| Founded | July 3, 1977 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Municipal Arsénio Ramos Sal-Rei, Cape Verde | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Paulo Santos | ||
| Manager | Valentim Gomes | ||
| League | Campionato Regional da Boavista | ||
| 2016–17 | 2nd | ||
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Académica Operária is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde and is Boa Vista's most successful club, having won about 26 official titles, only one is national and the remaining 25 are regional titles.