Its current uniform feature a blue-yellow striped T-shirt with yellow in its edges and blue sleeves along with blue shorts and socks used during home matches and the uniform used during away matches remains white.

Their last season match was an 0–2 win over Palmeira, there it was the last two goals the club scored for 2017 at the Premier Division.

Académica Sal appeared in the 2017–18 regional cup in the first round on November 18, the match with Gaviões ended in a scoreless draw which brought into the penalty shootout, unlike their successful previous season, Académica Sal lost 9–8 in penalty kicks and was thrown out from further competitions.

Académica Sal started the 2017–18 season not well with two scoreless draws, then two straight wins and was sixth, a position that was throughout the 2014–15 season up to the fifth round, this time not a single goal scored, the least in the region, less than the newest entrants of Florença Santa Maria, Gaviões and ASGUI.

They kept their promise of staying in the Premier Division for the following season as ASGUI only had losses, they remain seventh.

Académica lost to Florença 2–1 on January 21 and finally scored their next Premier Division goal in nine months.

Académica suffered two more losses, the first in the Airport Derby featuring Académico do Aeroporto before another single goal draw was made, this time with Santa Maria.

The lowest position the club once finished, the Airport Derby took place at the 12th round occurred, they lost 2–1 to Académico do Aeroporto and lost a position to seventh, the club scored its seventh seasonal goal the least in the Premier Division.

Académica challenged against FC Derby in the 1984 finals and lost to Derby 3–2 on penalties, they would win their first and only national title in 1993 after beating Boavista from Praia, they were tied 2 in the first match, they won 2–1 over Boavista, it is the only club from the island to win a national title.

Their next was in 2005 and had the same number of wins, goals and points as they did four years earlier, but was slightly more successful with no loss and only four goals conceded, the club headed to the semis and lost to FC Derby 4–1 in the first match, the second match was scoreless and the club was out of the competition.

The stadium has seat rows in the east side and is east-southeast of the city center and Monte Curral.

Clubs playing the stadium but based on other parts of the island include Santa Maria, SC Verdun Pedra de Lume, Palmeira de Santa Maria and ASGUI, Florença.