Desportivo da Praia is a football club that currently plays in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde.

Its logo has a blue circle with the acronym GDCP in the middle and a large D on the right and the club name on the right.

Their appearance into the national competition was in 1990 and advanced up to the finals and faced CS Mindelense and lost two matches, this was their greatest position.

Their next was their third appearance and was placed in Group A, their first match was a second round which ended in a scoreless draw with CD Sinagoga from Santo Antão North, on June 1, they played their rescheduled first round match with the champion from the north of the island Varandinha from Tarrafal, they lost 1–3 in their last meeting with the club from two parts of the island even at the nationals, their last match ended in a 2–1 win over Sporting Brava.

Desportivo failed to make another win as they lost again to Tchadense, this time with the score 2–1, the club's fifth of the season but is still fifth, with 11 points behind fourth placed Sporting.

Desportivo now has 16 points, shared alongside Tchadense, Ribeira Grande and ADESBA though their position dropped to 7th as they scored 13 goals.

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

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