Associação Académica do Mindelo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Akadémika, São Vicente Crioulo: Académica or Akadémika) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde.
It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente and plays in a stadium with a capacity of 5,000.
The club was founded on April 1, 1940, the first of the Académica affiliate in both Cape Verde and West Africa.
With Alexandre Alhinho as coach in the late 1980s, it would be a successful year for the club; they won a title in 1987; in 1989, they were runner-up in the regionals behind Mindelense.
On April 24, the Disciplinary Council of the Cape Verdean Football Federation, removed every points that the fake goalkeeper had played totalling 11 and included one with Salamansa, Derby, Farense, the almighty Mindelense and Ribeira Bote, from February 25, they were the first three matches and the last two matches on April 15.
Académica Mindelo started the 2017–18 regional Premier Division championships in the second week of December with a victory over Ribeira Bote, up next were fourth straight losses, first to the almighty Mindelense, then Castilho, then the non-powerful Salamansa and recently Batuque, currently the club is sixth place.
During the break in the Premier Division on January 20, 2018, the regional cup begun, it seemed they were successful in that competition as they defeated Ribeira Bote in penalties after the match ended without any goals scored.
Académica continued their worst, a very minimal relief the club made with two consecutive draws with three goals each in rounds 7 and 8.
Another loss the club suffered, it was to Batuque and had one last chance of escaping the relegation zone by the final round, partial or wholly with two more matches, a loss to Derby, then victory over Farense Fonte Filipe on March 30, Académica finished 7th and repeatedly headed to play in the division decisional matches with second placed Ponta d'Pom.
Three years later, Académica Mindelo defeated Praia's Travadores 2–0 in the 1967 championships and won their third and final provincial title, overall they were still second in totals.
Académica Mindelo scored a total of 9 goals at the provincial championships, one the second highest behind Mindelense.
[3] After winning their 1987 regional title, the club competed in the national championships and lost a match and was knocked out.
The club never competed two matches as they withdrew and together with Académica Operária, lost the title to Boavista da Praia.
Académica do Mindelo had two draws first with Académico do Aeroporto at the first round with a goal, then a scoreless one with Sal Rei on May 22.
After several years, the team managed to head into the finals and challenged their rival from the island of Santiago Sporting Clube da Praia.
Mindelense, FC Derby, Amarante and Batuque are the other major clubs of the city and the island playing in that stadium along with GS Castilho.
Its games are played at Polidesportivo do Mindelo located next to Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena forming the São Vicente Sports Complex.