Boavista Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: FK Boavista or FK Boabista, Boavista or Boavista Futibol Klubi) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Praia in the island of Santiago. The team has only reached a few of these games before and after independence. Its current president is Luis Manuel Semedo who once coached Boa Vista's Académica Operária. and its manager is Nelito Antunes.
Boavista Praia is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde, having won about 18 official titles, 6 are national titles and 12 are regional titles.
Its nicknames are As Panteras, also the nickname of Porto's Boavista F.C., the other nickname is Boavista, the club name. Not commonly used is Os Axadrezados (The Chequered ones) which is also Porto's Boavista FC nickname.
History
The club was founded on July 5, 1939, Santiago Island's fourth oldest and Cape Verde's sixth oldest club. Its logo and uniform with minimal exceptions are identical to Portugal's Boavista FC. The name is not related to or located on Boa Vista Island to the northeast, it is named after a Porto club founded during colonial rule. Its nickname is even a club name. It was founded on the same day which 36 years later became Independence Day in Cape Verde.
Boavista won insular titles in 1963, 1976, 1987, 1993 and 1995, after it split into two zones, Boavista won two titles for the South Zone in 2011 and in 2015. Boavista also won cup titles, three consecutive cup titles was won between 2009 and 2011, their last was in 2015, Boavista did not qualify for the first time to the 2015 Cape Verdean Cup due to financial concerns. Boavista's only regional Super Cup win was in 2015 after they defeated Académica da Praia 1–0.
Boavista club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1979.
Boavista finished 8th in the 2001–02 season with 18 points, 4 wins and 7 draws and losses, they scored 16 goals which the least to date for the club and conceded 21 goals to other Santiago South clubs, the 2001–02 season was the last time they finished below the 6th-place position at the regionals. In 2003, Boavista did better with 35 points, but failed to enter the national championships as they finished 2nd place behind CD Travadores. Their positions waned to 3rd in 2004 but scored 35 goals that season, and 6th in 2005, their last under the 5th position at the regionals, the club also done the most draws to date numbering eight. 23 points they had for the next two seasons. Boavista's success did better for 2006 as they had 6 wins and 5 draws and 22 goals scored, Boavista finished fourth for the next two seasons. In 2007, Boavista had 6 draws and 28 goals scored in Santiago South and had 30 points. Boavista had 8 wins for the next two seasons. In 2008, they scored better with 23 goals. In 2009, Boavista finished third with 37 points, it was their club record.
A year later in 2010, they finished second with 43 points, it was their club record for points for the next five seasons, Boavista finished with 38 points which equalled their goal numbers scored. At the national championships in 2010, they defeated Solpontense from the north of Santo Antão 7–1 and made it the biggest win at the national championships and one of two highest scoring matches. Later in 2011, the first four rounds were unsuccessful at the national championships, a scoreless draw was made with Académica do Porto Novo. Boavista defeated Maio's Onze Unidos, then lost to Académico do Aeroporto do Sal, and finally defeated Rosariense Clube with the score 6–0 which made it the highest scoring match at the nationals tying Mindelense's 6–0 win over Vulcânicos in the first round. Boavista finished third with 7 points and failed to qualify into the knockout stage.