Boavista FC (Cape Verde)
Boavista Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: FK Boavista or FK Boabista, Boavista or Boavista Futibol Klubi) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Praia in the island of Santiago. The team has only reached a few of these games before and after independence. Its current president is Luis Manuel Semedo who once coached Boa Vista's Académica Operária. and its manager is Nelito Antunes.
| Full name | Boavista Futebol Clube | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Boavista As Panteras (The Panthers) | |||
| Founded | July 5, 1939 | |||
| Ground | Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | |||
| Capacity | 8,000 | |||
| Chairman | Luis Manuel Semedo | |||
| Manager | Humberto Bettencourt | |||
| League | Santiago Island League (South) | |||
| 2017–18 | 2nd | |||
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Boavista Praia is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde, As of 2017 having won about 18 official titles, 6 are national titles and 12 are regional titles.
Its nicknames are As Panteras, also the nickname of Porto's Boavista F.C., the other nickname is Boavista, the club name. Not commonly used is Os Axadrezados (The Chequered ones) which is also Porto's Boavista FC nickname.