Travadores is one of the most successful football clubs in Cape Verde, having won 12 official titles, of which 3 are national and 9 are regional.

[clarification needed] The club has also won nine regional titles, of which seven are of Santiago and one of the island's South Zone.

Travadores kicked off the 2017–18 season with a win over Ribeira Grande and started fourth, then they suffered a three match losing streak and was 11th place as of the 4th round of championship competition.

Travadores first participated in the playoffs in 1954 and lost to CS Mindelense; this repeated in 1960 with the same club and in 1968 with Académica do Mindelo.

[2] After the end of colonial rule in Cape Verde, Travadores participated in the independent nation's finals for the first time, losing to Mindelense in 1992.

Travadores plays its home matches at Estádio da Várzea,[5] along with Praia's other teams including Sporting, Boavista FC, Académica, Desportivo and Vitória, all in the Santiago South Championships.

The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west.

Its logo is a white crest (not fully circular) with a golden bird above, a green and red ribbon bearing the Latin inscription "E pluribus unum", a red and white shield with a ball and a blue ribbon with the initials of the club's name in the middle.

Between October 2014 and 2017, its uniform color were red with a white collar for home games and a white T-shirt and socks with red shorts for away games The club's main rivalry[6] is with Sporting, forming the Derby Eterno da Praia (Eternal Derby of Praia).

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Travadores also had basketball, boxing, and volleyball teams, but due to an economic crisis and low arena visits had to close two clubs.