GD Benfica de Santa Cruz

Grupo Desportivo Benfica de Santa Cruz, sometimes as Grupo Desportivo Benfica, is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago Island North League in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Calheta de São Miguel in the island of Santiago and plays at Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho located northwest of the city center. Since the implementation of the two tier regional system in 2015, the club are one of ten unrelegated clubs of northern Santiago.

Benfica de Santa Cruz
Full nameGrupo Desportivo Benfica de Santa Cruz
Grupo Desportivo Benfica
FoundedNovember 25, 2005 (November 25, 2005)
GroundEstadio Municipal 25 de Julho, Pedra Badejo, Santiago Island, Cape Verde
Capacity8,000
LeagueSantiago Island League (South)
2015–1610th

The club is an affiliate to Portugal's S.L. Benfica of Lisbon. It is the only one affiliated to in the North Zone and one of the three on the island. The others are Praia's CD Travadores and Benfica FC da Praia.

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