Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz is a professional football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship.

In 2013 the team completed a treble, winning the league, supercup, and insular titles.

These titles allowed them to participate in the 2014 CAF Champions League against Stade Malien of Mali in the preliminaries.

Through these achievements, Sporting qualified to the 2016 CAF Champions League, but due to financial concerns, the club withdrew.

[8][9] Praia Cruz chose not to appear at the 2017 CAF Champions League due to financial problems and as a low club at the continental level.

The stadium is home to some of the top football clubs in the nation and the island including Praia Cruz, Aliança Nacional.

Sporting Praia Cruz won league titles in front of hundreds of spectators.

Its crest has a shield and is colored green and features a lion with a soccer ball on the left.

Until 2014, its uniform were identical to its fathering club, Sporting Clube de Portugal.