Sports in Fogo, Cape Verde

The major professional clubs is Botafogo, semi-pro teams includes Académica do Fogo and Vulcânicos, the remainder including the youth club Juventude and Spartak d'Aguadinha are amateur.

From its foundation to 2005, the island had a single league of each sport, it is currently divided into two divisions, the Premier and the Second.

The oldest football and sports club on the island as well as São Filipe is Vulcânicos founded in July 1953.

Tarrafal was the second place to win a title on the island for the South Zone, it is the first in the South Zone, second in the island with seven, Santa Cruz with six and Santa Catarina and São Miguel with a title each.

Basketball venues include Simão Mendes in the island capital and Luzia Nunes.

[1] Numerous National Championship finals took place several times at Estádio 5 de Julho.

Estádio 5 de Julho, the island's main and most used stadium, home of several top football (soccer) clubs including Académica do Fogo, Botafogo and Vulcânicos, it is also used for athletics
Estádio de São Lourenço, used for Second Division football matches, the other being Monte Pé Largo in Cova Figueira