Eugénio Lima FC

Eugénio Lima Futebol Clube is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is based in the subdivision of Eugénio Lima located west of the center of Praia. It has its own small football (soccer) field which the club practices before its matches but plays at Estádio da Varzea.

Logo

ts logo has a red crest with a thick black rim, the club's named is written on top with a Times Roman font, in the middle is a lion playing a football.

History

There was a club named Lapaloma and was founded by Vavá Duarte. Its started in the Second Division in the late 1990s and played in the Premier Division in the early to mid 2000s and was later relegated and played in the Second Division. In 2014, Eugénio Lima took over and the club finished second for the 2014-15 season and together with Delta qualified into the regional Second Division for the 2015-16 season, the season was the first with an extended 22 match season. Its coach for that season was Ángula, he went to coach Vitória da Praia the following season. Their first win was on November 20 where they defeated Os Garridos 1-2 and their last win was over GD Varanda on May 1 with the score 1-2. The last match of the season was horrible for the club where they lost to the mighty Sporting Praia 0-7 and was the region's worst match of the season. Eugénio Lima finished 8th with 20 points and had 5 wins and draws and 19 goals scored. The 2016-17 season was less successful for the club. The first match of the season was a loss to almighty Sporting. The club's first win of the season came on November 19 where they defeated the ailing historic club Vitória 1-0, a second consecutive win was followed there they defeated Os Garridos 0-2. On February 5, 2017, Eugénio Lima suffered a seven match losing streak. Unusual to Eugénio Lima, a scoreless draw was made with almighty Sporting at the 12th round. Two more wins came, between was a goal draw with Os Garridos, a win over Vitória and then the unusual, a win over Praia's top three club Travadores on March 10 and was the club's last win of the season. The last round of the season suffered a six match losing streak, that time the club was placed up to the 50/50 zone in relegation or promotion until an April 30 goal draw between Celtic and Os Garridos kept their appearance in the Premier Division for the 2017-18 season. The club finished 10th with 16 points and four wins and draws, the club scored 14 goals and comceded 29 goals. Also in the regional cup, the club headed up to the quarterfinals where they lost 2-1 to almighty Sporting Praia.

The club started off the 2017-18 season with a loss to ADESBA. On November 11, they defeated Tchadense and is their recent win. Their position was above the two last but the club challenged against last placedRibeira Grande which resulted in a 1-3 loss, and their season was a little worst as the club is now put into last place, this slimmed their chance of remaining in the Premier Division

Stadium

The club has its own small field but it is only used for practices. Eugénio Lima plays at Estádio da Várzea is a multi-use stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west.

It is played along with Praia's other famous teams including Sporting Praia, Boavista, Vitória FC Praia, Desportivo Praia, CD Travadores and Académica da Praia as well as Benfica da Praia in the same stadium. The club practices also at the stadium.

League and cup history

Island/Regional Championship

Statistics

• Best position at cup competitions: Quarterfinals (regional)

Chairmen history

• Ángula (Daniel Cardoso) (up to 2015)

External links

• Eugénio Lima FC at the Final Ball