Nô Pintcha FC dos Mosteiros

Nô Pintcha dos Mosteiros, full name Nô Pintcha Futebol Clube and No Pintcha Futebol Clube dos Mosteiros (also as do Fogo) is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Fogo Island League currently in the Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Mosteiros in the northeast of the island. The club is an affiliate to Portugal's S.L. Benfica alongside other affiliates in Cape Verde such as CD Travadores, Benfica Praia, Paulense, São Nicolau's SC Atlético and Sport Sal Rei Club of Boa Vista.

Club name

The name is a Cape Verdean form of Nos Pinchas (ALUPEK: no Pintxa).

The clubs is commonly known as Nô Pintcha dos Mosteiros to avoid confusion with another club of the same name based on the nearby island of Brava.

Logo

Its logo is the approximate equivalent to the Portuguese S.L. Benfica's logo. Its logo is the same but the club name which reads FCNP in a blue tag.

History

In recent years, the club finished fourth with 32 points and had 9 wins and scored 25 goals, they conceded 18 goals. In the 2014-15 season, the lost the first two matches, the second was lost to Baxada 7-1 on a rescheduled match due to volcanic clouds hovering much of the island, they were great after a 4-6 victory over União São Lourenço, on March 28, they defeated the same club 6-2, goals scoring success came as they defeated Parque Real 8-1 at the 16th round. Their positions lowered in 2015 and had 21 points 6 wins and 9 losses but scored 41 goals. Their position was better in 2016 as well as the cup competition. In the Premier Division, they finished 6th with 22 points, seven wins and a draw, they scored less numbering 26 goals. In the cup competitions, they advanced up to the finals and the final match would feature Académica Fogo. In the 2016-17 season, their goals scoring was also a success, a moderate on January 28 where they defeated Baxada 5-1 at its home field, on February 18 at the same home field, they defeated last placed Juventude 6-1, in their next challenge with a Cova Figueira club, Baxada, they scored what became the region's second highest scoring match defeating that club 4-11 and throwing that club out of the Premier Division in the following season, this was their recent win. Nô Pintcha dos Mosteiros finished fifth with 31 points, another position up and had 10 wins and again a draw, 47 goals were scored, more than half were scored by Luizim numbering 26 goals which was the most in the region.

The club started off the 2017-18 season with 9th place as they lost the match with Spartak d'Aguadinha 3-1 in the first round. On November 18, the club partly suffered as they lost to Académica do Fogo at 1-6 and is currently the region's worst match of any club for the season, the club was 9th behind Cutelinho and ahead of ABC de Patim. Nô Pintcha's position recently rose to seventh where they are as of the 8th round, they scored 11 goals, more than Vulcânicos, one of the region's top three clubs, it was fourth behind the region's other top three Botafogo and Académica, and Spartak. As their scoring is moderate, the club's highest scoring match of the season was a 0-3 win over Valência. Also the club currently has three wins and draws. On the opposites, Nô Pintcha conceded the second most with 16 goals behind ABC de Patim at the 7th round, they both conceded 18 goals, the worst in the region alongside Cutelinho. Also their goal totals dropped to fifth behind Vulcânicos. The club is now 7th place with 10 points and conceded the second most behind ABC de Patim.

League and cup history

Island/Regional Championship

External links

• Nô Pintcha Mosteiros at the Facebook page
• Nô Pintcha Mosteiros (as Nô Pintcha Fogo) at the Final Ball