Cape Verdean football clubs in African competitions

Cape Verdean football clubs have participated in African football competitions since 1992, when Sporting Praia took part in the African Club of Championships Clubs. Six Cape Verdean clubs have participated in African competitions, and only one SC Atlético was disqualified as the federation did not name their entrant on time. Only Sporting, Boavista, and Travadores, the top three of Praia, competed more than once in its competitions, of which Sporting and Travadores are the only ones who competed more than once at the championships and Boavista in two of its continental competitions. The biggest success was the first round of continental championships, Sporting in 1992, Boavista in 1996 and Sporting again in 2008.

The last Cape Verdean club appeared at CAF competitions in 2009; due to financial concerns and minimal scheduling difficulties, neither club qualified for the CAF Champions League. Never any Cape Verdean club competed at the CAF Confederation Cup, founded in 2004 after the merger of the CAF Cup Winners' Cup and the CAF Cup. Even though the Cape Verdean Cup was held in 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012, neither club qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup due to financial problems.

Cape Verde has recently become one of the African nations that had the least participation at the CAF competitions; one of the nations such as Chad, who first competed nearly the same time in the 1990s, has more presentations at CAF Competitions than Cape Verde. One example that Cape Verde has more appearances at the CAF competitions is they have more than São Tomè and Príncipe.

No recent announcement has been made for the national champion to compete in the 2018 CAF Champions League.

Appearances in CAF competitions

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CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
(includes CAF Cup Winners' Cup) 		CAF Cup Total
Sporting Praia 5 13 3 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 3 3 8
CD Travadores 2 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 6 0 3 3
Boavista Praia 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 4
Académica do Sal 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
FC Derby 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
CS Mindelense 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1

African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League

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Season Club Round Opponent Home Away
1992 Sporting Praia Preliminary Round Senegal Port Autonome (Dakar) 0–0 0–0 (3–1 p.)
First Round Tunisia Club Africain 0–0 3–1
1993 CS Mindelense Preliminary Round Senegal ASEC Ndiambour 1–1 2–1
1994 Académica do Sal Preliminary Round Mauritania SONADER Ksar 0–0 2–0
1995 CD Travadores Preliminary Round The Gambia Real de Banjul 0–0 1–0
1996 Boavista FC Preliminary Round Mauritania ASC Sonalec canc. canc.
First Round Algeria JS Kabylie 1–2 2–0
1997 CD Travadores Preliminary Round Algeria USM Alger 1–3 6–1
2000 Sporting Praia Preliminary Round Central African Republic AS Tempête Mocaf 2–3 0–1 (a)
2001 FC Derby Preliminary Round The Gambia Real Banjul 0–0 1–0
2007 Sporting Praia Preliminary Round Guinea Fello Star 0–1 w/o2
2008 Sporting Praia Preliminary Round Morocco FAR Rabat 0–3 3–0 (5–4 p)
First Round Angola Inter Luanda 2–1 0–1 (a)
2009 Sporting Praia Preliminary Round Morocco FAR Rabat 0–6 1–0

African (CAF) Cup Winner's Cup/CAF Confederation Cup

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Season Club Round Opponent Home Away
2001 Sporting Praia Preliminary Round Chad Gazelle FC 2–5 w/o1

CAF Cup

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Season Club Round Opponent Home Away
1993 CD Travadores First Round Mauritania ASC Air Mauritanie 0–0 0–0
1994 Boavista Praia First Round Sierra Leone Diamond Stars 1–4 3–1
1995 SC Atlético First Round Tunisia ES Sahel dq1
1 SC Atlético was disqualified as the federation did not name its entrant in time
1 Sporting Praia withdrew
2 Sporting Praia withdrew due to the Guinean Civil War that was taking place that year

References

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