[1] The team is based in the town of Tarrafal in the northern part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde.

Along with Tarrafal's Beira-Mar and Santa Cruz's Scorpion Vermelho, it is considered being the most popular club of the North Zone.

Its uniform colors is a red t-shirt with four orange edges on each side covering 2/3 of the shirt size and the rest of the clothing white for home matches.

In May 2016, a championship declaration dispute arose between Scorpion Vermelho and Varandinha as in a match as on an April 3 match (19th round) featuring Desportivo Santa Cruz and Scorpion Vermelho that Desportivo fielded an ineligible player,[citation needed] it occurred after the goals were scored and the award to Scorpion Vermelho in mid-May was revoked just before the start of the national season and the 2–0 result was kept[citation needed] and Varandinha's participation was kept.

In the middle of the 2016–17 season, they were 5th, their positions slowly dwindled to 8th at the 16th round after a loss to Calheta de São Miguel.

Along with Calheta de São Miguel and Grêmio Nhágar, they had 38 goals scored and had 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses shared with two other clubs of the city, Estrela dos Amadores and Beira-Mar.

Varandinha made two more wins and their position risen to fifth and has 22 points sharing São Lourenço's, also they had 17 goals scored.

Varandina made a win over Flor Jovem and gained to third position, slowly increased their chance for a possible title.