Grupo Desportivo Benfica de Santa Cruz Grupo Desportivo Benfica
Founded
November 25, 2005; 18 years ago (November 25, 2005)
Ground
Estadio Municipal 25 de Julho, Pedra Badejo, Santiago Island, Cape Verde
Capacity
8,000
League
Santiago Island League (South)
2015–16
10th
Grupo Desportivo Benfica de Santa Cruz, sometimes as Grupo Desportivo Benfica, is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago Island North League in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Calheta de São Miguel in the island of Santiago and plays at Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho located northwest of the city center. Since the implementation of the two tier regional system in 2015, the club are one of ten unrelegated clubs of northern Santiago.
The club is an affiliate to Portugal's S.L. Benfica of Lisbon. It is the only one affiliated to in the North Zone and one of the three on the island. The others are Praia's CD Travadores and Benfica FC da Praia.
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