SC Morabeza
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Sport Clube Morabeza is a
History
The club was founded in 1980 and was Brava's first club, the club name's etymology is the nickname for Cape Verde Ilhas de morabeza. Morabeza is the Portuguese word for hospitality and Ilhas de morabeza means the "Islands of hospitality"'. Their first appearance was in 1982 and won four straight in 1985.
In 1982, no national championships took place due to the
Recently, their positions was slipping in the last three seasons in 2016, they were 4th in 2014, 5th in 2015, each with only four wins but in the 2016 season Morabeza finished 6th had a win and the club with 10 losses, scored 12 goals and conceded 50 goals.
Morabeza started second for the 2016–17 Brava season with a win over once successful
Morabeza alongside Benfica Brava were the two clubs who played in a special competition known as Taça de Beneficiência (the Beneficience Cup, or the Goodwill Cup), Morabeza won the special title in 2017.
Morabeza got their 16-year wait for another Opening Tournament title for 2017 as the club had 16 points, four more than Sporting Brava, before the final round, though Morabeza played the season's final match with a 7–1 win over Benfica Brava. Morabeza had a bye week at the final round and Morabeza claimed their title for the island, finished three points ahead of Sporting and Morabeza did not lost a single match. Morabeza started off the 2017–18 regional championship season in mid position, before 2017 ended on December 30, they defeated Académica 0–6 and made it the highest scoring match to date on the island. At the third round, Morabeza was still in the lead on the island along with its goal totals of 10 at the third round. Morabeza was goal leader until January 20, 2018 when Sporting took it, a week later on January 28, they lost the first position to Sporting and had 10 points after five matches were played, their goal totals were second in Brava with 10.
Afterwards, they went on a winning legacy in the 2017–18 season which was four straight, first a 5–2 win over Corôa, their recent, an 0–3 win over Benfica, as Sporting lost the match, they retook first place from that club and had 22 points, the club had 25 goals scored, still second behind Sporting. Their winning legacy continued but not alone, Morabeza scored its 30th seasonal goal after their 5–1 win over Nô Pintcha. Morabeza did not play at the 12th round. Morabeza was first up to the 11th round, but after 10 matches, they are second place ailing to win another championship title. Morabeza struggled for a championship title as they defeated Sporting 2–0 at round 13 and got back their first position. Morabeza had one final chance for a championship title and a national participation, they faced Corôa and entirely gained their next title in eight years and will appear at the national championships, they will be in Group B. At the end of the season, they will appear in the Brava Super Cup, they will qualify as champion. Also Morabeza finished with 10 wins and 31 points, the latter after the 2012 expansion to 7 clubs has made a new club record in points, overall their 31 points matches with the 2013 total made by Juventude Furna as fourth in the region behind Sporting Brava's totals of 2014, 2016 and 2017.
In the 2018 Brava Cup, Morabeza headed to the semis and defeated Juventude da Furna 2–1 and will play in the upcoming final.
Logo and uniform
Its logo features a seal with white rim, the rose and the leaves with the short form "SCM" on top and inside the circle with the Island of Brava, the club's location.
Its clothing color is tourmaline-aqua for home matches and blue for away/alternate matches.
Honours
- Brava Island Championships: 10 listed
- 1982?, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017–18
- Brava Island Cup: 2 listed
- 1982, 2010
- 2001, 2017
- Other:
- Taça da Beneficiência: 1
- 2017
League and cup history
National championship
Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup
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Notes | Playoffs |
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2005 | 1B | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -18 | 0 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |
2007 | 1A | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |
2009 | 1B | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |
2010 | 1A | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |
2018 | 1B | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |
Total: | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 44 | -28 | 15 |
Island/Regional Championship
Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Tour
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Notes |
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2004–05 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 24 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2006–07 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 24 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2007–09 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +17 | 23 | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2009–10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Promoted into the National Championships | ||
2013–14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 13 | |||
2014–15 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 14 | |||
2015–16 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 50 | -58 | 4 | |||
2016–17 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 17 | Not held | ||
2017–18 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 31 | In progress | Winner | To be promoted into the National Championships |
Statistics
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Other clubs named Morabeza
The Brava club are the only two clubs in Africa and most part of the world that is named Morabeza. The other is a club named
References
- ^ "Futebol Brava: Morabeza aposta na conquista do título". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
External links
- Club profile at Futebol 365 (in Portuguese)