Batuque FC

The club was formed on 5 May 1981 and was founded by players one of them was Jota (João José Cardoso da Silva) and students from Liceu Ludgero Lima located across the stadium southeast of the city center in the subdivision of Monte Sossego. The football club is named after the Cape Verdean music and dancing genre, the batuque. Many of its greatest players took part in European clubs, notably Portuguese clubs. The club's headquarters was built in 1990. The club celebrated its 10th anniversary in 1991. Later it became a registered club and played their first season in the 1996–97 season. In the 1990s, the coach for Batuque was Alexandre Alhinho, one of the nation's greatest coaches. In 2006, the club celebrated its 25th anniversary and in 2011, its 20th anniversary Around 2012, the next few coach was Piki whose actual name is José Alberto Soares Fermino, his later management gone sour as the club positions slowly dropped from third in 2014, then fourth in 2015 and fifth in 2016, its wins and points totals also dropped and the goal totals which had 22 in 2014 almost dropped by half in 2016. Nhela replaced Piki in September 2016. Batuque did not have a good start for the 2016–17 season as they did last season, they started second and did slightly better than last season but had the first two matches victorious, first to Falcões do Norteh then to Ribeira Bote, they were fourth at the fourth round after a loss to Derby on 29 January, then third at the ninth round after their win…

National championship

Island/Regional Championship

Association cup

São Vicente Island Championships/Premier Division: 4 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2011–12 São Vicente Cup: 6 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2017–18 São Vicente SuperCup: 3 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14 São Vicente Island Opening Tournament: 1 2016–17