CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: Klubi Desportivu Travadoris) is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the capital city of Praia, on the island of Santiago, and plays in a stadium with a capacity of 8,000. It is affiliated with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and was its first affiliate in Cape Verde and in the western part of West Africa. Travadores' nicknames are Índios (Indians) and Águias (Eagles).
| Full name | Clube Desportivo Travadores | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Índios (Indians) Águias (Eagles) | |||
| Founded | 15 October 1930 | |||
| Ground | Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | |||
| Capacity | 8,000 | |||
| Chairman | Armindo Oliveira | |||
| Manager | Tazinho | |||
| League | Santiago South Premier Division | |||
| 2017–18 | 8th | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Travadores is one of the most successful football clubs in Cape Verde, having won 12 official titles, of which 3 are national and 9 are regional.
Along with Sporting and Boavista, they form the Big Three of Praia (until 2003, the Big Three of Santiago).