Académico do Aeroporto
Académico do Aeroporto (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Akadémiku du Aeropurtu) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal. The team was is named after its nearby airport (Sal International Airport). Its current director is Ivan Lopes since mid-February 2017, its chairman is Carlos Moniz who returned for the second time and its manager was Lúcio Antunes since 2015. Now that Verdun Pedra de Lume was relegated, the club became the island's five unrelegated original clubs.
| Full name | Académico do Aeroporto do Sal | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Cadems, Controladores (Controllers) | ||
| Founded | December 1, 1966 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Marcelo Leitão Espargos, Sal, Cape Verde | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Carlos Moniz | ||
| Manager | Nelito | ||
| League | Sal Island League | ||
| 2016–17 | 1st, Champion | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Académico do Aeroporto is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde and is the most successful on the island, having won about 32 official titles, only one is national and the remaining 31 are regional titles.