Academico 83

The team got its name by the fact of being formed by high school students in 1983. Its founders were Jacinto Spencer dos Santos, Domingos Emanuel Soares, Francisco Adriano Contina Inês, Mario Anibal Costa, Nelson dos Santos and Domingos Lopes Correia. The club is an affiliate to Académica de Coimbra in Portugal. It is one of several regional championships that has more than an affiliate of another club in Cape Verde, the other is Académica da Calheta further north on the island. The club became a registered club in 1987. The club started to play in regional competitions in 1991 when the Maio Island League was founded and was the first club to win a regional title and was the first club from the island to compete at the national level. In 1992, its totals were shared with Onze Unidos. The club celebrated its 10th anniversary of foundation in 1993. Two consecutive titles for the club were won in 1994 and was mastery of Maio's regional title numbers for the next seven years. From 1992 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 1997, together with Onze Unidos were the island's only club who possessed championship titles, since 1997, the title totals is second on the island behind Onze Unidos. The club celebrated its 25th anniversary of foundation in 2008. Later, the club also won two consecutive titles in 2013 and two consecutive titles in 2016. Also, twice that the club won all four different regional competitions in 2013 and three in 2016. In regional cup totals, Académico 83 was the…

National level

Island/Regional championship

Football (soccer)

Maio Island League: 9 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 Djarmai Cup (Maio Cup): 3 2011, 2013, 2016 Maio Opening Tournament: 2 2013 2019 Maio Super Cup: 4 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 Maio Champion's Cup: 1 2019/20 Youth competitions: 4 Maio U-17: 3 2013, 2014, 2015 Djarmai Cup (Maio Cup) U-17: 1 2014

Other sports

Handball: Maio Island League (twice championship)