FC Ultramarina
Full name | Futebol Clube de Ultramarina | ||
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Founded | August 28, 1965 | ||
Ground | São Nicolau Island League | ||
2016–17 | 1st, champion | ||
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Futebol Clube de Ultramarina (
Ultramarina is São Nicolau's most successful football (soccer) club having won about 24
History
The club was founded on August 28, 1965 and is the oldest club on the island, it was named after a company (probably seafood) Sociedade Ultramarina de Conservas which was a benchmark of the city. After independence, the old Ultramarina name was kept as people could not figure a new name after that company became dissolved, years later, some people know that the club name's etymology is different. It is uncertain that the club will adopt a new name.
Their worst season was in 2005 when the club fielded ineligible players in every match especially SC Atlético and finished last place as the goals were awarded against them. It was the worst and one the clubs that fielded the most ineligible players in West Africa and probably that includes a third of the continent.
FC Ultramarina went to the 2007 Super Cup played on January 8, 2008 and defeated the cup winner AJAT'SN with 3–1 in penalty kicks as the match was scoreless, Ultramarina received their second title. Since 2008, Ultramarina has the most super cup titles.
On May 7, 2011, Ultramarina played a match against Talho and the original result was 3–1 for Ultramarina, as Ultramarina fielded an ineligible player, the regional association awarded against Ultramarina 0–3 and was deducted 3 points from their 28 points and lowered to 24.
Ultramarina's next three Cup appearances were successful and won three straight titles in 2013. In January 2013, Ultramarina faced the cup winner Atlético in the 2012 regional super cup which featured two legs, the first one (January 5) was scoreless, Ultramarina won the second 2–1 which was on January 12 and claimed their fourth super cup title, their 2013 one was their last, their last two were successful, their last was the 2014/15 Super Cup where they entered as regional champion, the club lost to a cup winner. Before 2013, Ultramarina was the sole club with more than a title on the island.
The club won their first cup title in 2012 and became the fourth and final club on the island to appear at the Cape Verdean Cup and had no success there. Second and last their cup title total, in 2013, that became third and last behind Atlético, it was also shared with AJAT'SN, Ribeira Brava and Talho. The club won their second cup title in 2014[1] and their cup totals, second on the island was shared with Atlético's and from 2016 for a season with AJAT'SN.
The club was second place behind SC Atlético for the 2013–14 season, the club was champion for the 2014–15 season and was ahead of SC Atlético.
The club celebrated the 50th year of the club's foundation in 2015.
In October 2015, Alexandre Ramos became club coach and Marineida da Graça became the club's first female president. In the 2015–16 season, Ultramarina finished at a lower position of 4th behind SC Atlético,
Ultramarina attempted another progress in success in their upcoming regional cup on December 30, 2017, where they faced AJAT'SN, it ended in a goal draw, in the penalty shootouts, they won 3–4 and will play with Belo Horizonte of Juncalinho in the upcoming semis. In the regional championships, originally they started with a goal draw with AJAT'SN on January 6, the regional association awarded the club 0–3 as AJAT'SN fielded an ineligible player, the club officially started first place. A week later, the unexpectable was done as they lost to Belo Horizonte 3–2 on January 13, a loss to that club that was very rare in the regionals. Overall, the club had conceded four goals alongside Belo Horizonte at the second round. Ultramarina made a draw without scoring any goals in the
National appearances
After winning their 1995 regional title, FC Ultramarina was in the national competition and later headed up to the second triangular phase that the knockout stage had, two other participants were Santiago's Travadores and from east of the island Académica do Sal, the club finished second and lost their chance for a national title to Travadores, this was their first of three that was that position. FC Ultramarina were winners of the 2003 season and entered as high as the finals, the team challenged Académico do Aeroporto located southeast in the island of Boa Vista and lost 3–1 in the first leg and won 3–2 in the second leg. It only had three points in total which made the team lost the finals to Académico. It was Ultramarina's first appearance at the playoff level and second from the island to do so.
Ultramarina played in Group A for the 2017 season, with three groups, the other were
Rivalry
Ultramarina's only main rivalry is SC Atlético and is called the São Nicolau derby which started in about the start of the 1990s. One of their recent meetings was in week 1 of the 2015–16 season where they lost to that club.[2]
Stadium
The club plays at Estádio Orlando Rodrigues with a capacity of about 500. The club also trains at the stadium. Other club playing at the stadium is AJAT'SN. Other clubs playing at the stadium but not based is Praia Branca, based north of town.
Until the late-2000s before its own stadium was constructed, the club played at Estádio João de Deus Lopes da Silva which was located 56 km on road (about 15 km direct and 30 km via the port of Preguiça) once played along with São Nicolau's most famous teams.[3]
Logo
Its logo features a red-white crest with two swordfishes (gray and gray-red on each side) with a football (soccer ball) on the bottom and "FCU" on the bottom left and the year of foundation on the right.
Uniform
Newly put in 2017, its uniform colors has a black clothing, in the T-shirt part, its rims and sleeves are black with the remainder red for home games. The club still has a white T-shirt and socks with a red shirt for away or alternate games. From 2014 to 2017, Is uniform colors for home had a T-shirt half red and white with a white rim on the right sleeve and red on the left with the remainder red but has a white rim on the bottom of its shorts.
Honours
- São Nicolau Island League: 12
- 1995/96, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2016/17
- 2011/12, 2013/14, 2016/17, 2017/18
- 2005/06, 2006/07, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2016/17
- 2002/03, 2013/14
League and cup history
National championship
Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Notes | Playoffs |
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1999 | 1A | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not participate |
2001 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 | ||
2003 | 1A | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Advanced into the playoffs | Finalist |
2004 | 1B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advanced into the playoffs | Semi-finalist |
2006 | 1B | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not participated |
2007 | 1A | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not participate |
2009 | 1A | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not participated |
2011 | 1A | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not participate |
2013 | 1A | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not participate |
2015 | 1B | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not participate |
2017 | 1A | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | Advanced into the playoffs | Finalist |
Island/Regional Championship
Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Opening | Notes |
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2004–05 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 36 | -36 | 0 | |||
2006–07 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 30 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2008–09 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 24 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2010–11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 25 (-3) | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2012–13 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | +29 | 30 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2013–14 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 32 | Winner | Winner | |
2014–15 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 8 | +32 | 34 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2015–16[4] | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 22 | |||
2016–17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 | 36 | Winner | Not held | Promoted into the National Championships |
2017–18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 11 | +26 | 30 | Winner |
Statistics
- Best position: Finalist (national), in 2003 and in 2017
- Best position at an Opening Tournament: 1st
- Best position at a regional Super Cup competition: 1st
- Appearances at a cup competition:
- National: 1
- Regional: 14
- Appearances at a regional Super Cup competition: 8, to be 9
- Highest number of points in a season: 9 (national)
- Highest number of goals scored in a season: 14 (national with playoffs in 2004), 12 (national in 2015)
- Worst season: 2005 (neither wins nor draws, all 12 losses)
Players
Current squad
27 August 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Presidents
References
- ^ «F.C Ultramarina conquista Taça de São Nicolau» Archived 2014-10-14 at archive.today, noticiaSN.com, March 29, 2014(in Portuguese), retrieved on 14 October 2014
- ^ "Futebol São Nicolau: Ultramarina perde no jogo da primeira jornada" [São Nicolau Football: Ultramarina Lost a Match in its First Week]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Um símbolo de São Nicolau" [A Symbol of São Nicolau] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lance Desportivo (A Semana). 14 January 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Batalha, José (23 December 2015). "2015/16 São Nicolau Regional League". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
External links
- FC Ultramarina at Soccerway
- FC Ultramarina at Facebook, also the official site.
- FC Ultramarina Tarrafal at Sports Mídia (in Portuguese)