[1] Its current president is Luis Manuel Semedo who once coached Boa Vista's Académica Operária.

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.

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.

Janito was manager in 2012, Boavista's first match of the season was the same club at the first round Desportivo, they made a two-goal draw, then lost to the mighty Sporting Praia.

Boavista's final match was a 0–1 win over Ribeira Grande, threw that club into the Second Division for the following season.

Three straight wins were made defeating Bairro, Celtic and Desportivo, from the third round onward, first place the club was.

A scoreless draw with Celtic was next, followed by the remaining six matches ending in victories with the fourth one, a 5–0 win over Os Garridos which was the region's highest of the season.

Once again, Nelito Antunes returned to the club as manager in late 2016 but shortly left in January 2017, another return was made with Humberto Bettencourt again manager of the club in two years, their positions were moderate and reached second place at the 13th round but their chances of being champion was slipping and disappeared as Sporting Praia claimed another regional title at the 20th round.

In point totals which now number 46, it was shy of their total last season and superseded and made it 49[clarification needed], a club record after defeating almighty Sporting Praia in the Capital Derby, the 21st round match on April 22, Boavista became a second placed club for the season and finished it on April 30.

Boavista currently went on a two match winning streak, they defeated Ribeira Grande, one of the weakest in Santiago South, then the mighty Académica and the ailing Benfica, they were second with 16 points, behind Celtic and ahead of Praia's other top clubs Académica and Sporting.

Another win came as they defeated the newcomer in their second challenge with Tira Chapéu with the result 1–0 and took the second position held by Celtic, they are still the leader in goal scoring totaling 32.

Boavista met their historically powerful Travadores on February 3 and had a huge win with the score 0–6 and made another match the second highest in Santiago South, their goal total rose to 38.

A few rounds later on March 9, Boavista defeated Desportivo 0–4 and had 47 goals which became the club's second behind theirs made last season.

Boavista is approaching club records in goals or points, also a possibility is a regional title and a national championship participation.

Boa Vista won their only colonial title before summer in 1963 after they defeated Académica do Mindelo, champion of São Vicente with the score 3–0.

The first match was lost 1–0 to Académica do Sal, then second match was tied at two apiece, after Zé di Letcha tied it at two each, protests then a pitch invasion occurred, Boavista lost all two legs, the second title was not to be claimed until 1995 and won through the triangular phase and contained no playoffs, as Académica do Mindelo withdrew, it was reduced to a single match and Boavista defeated Académica Operária from the island of Boa Vista.

[4] It offered Boavista entry to their first and only appearance in the continental level, the African Cup of Champions Clubs 1996, the match with Mauritania's ASC Sonalec was abandoned, their first match was with Algeria's JS Kabylie in the first round and scored only a goal and the club did not advance.

In their next championship appearance as they qualified as second place as Sporting Praia, automatically qualified for the 2010 championships as the 2009 winner, Boavista challenged with that club in the championship final in July and winning both legs in the Praia Derby and won the 2010 regional title, Boavista Praia won their third and most recent for the club in 2010 after defeating Sporting Clube of the same city for a total of two goals all scored in the first leg in the second finals that featured two clubs from the same island, even the same city,[5][1] it did not gained entry into the 2010 CAF Champions League likely to financial concerns.

In 2014, the club celebrated the 75th anniversary and organized the Taça dos Campões (The Cup of Champions) as a friendly match.

In late October, the third edition was held and featured Cape Verdean teams, two of them were of the island, the other being Sporting Praia, the other two were from the western portion including CS Mindelense and Académica do Fogo.

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