Bairros Unidos FC explained

Clubname:Bairros Unidos FC
Fullname:Bairros Unidos Futebol Clube
Ground:Caixão Grande, São Tomé Island,
São Tomé and Príncipe
Chairman:Sandro Ribeiro
Manager:Fernão Bernardes
League:São Tomé Premier Division
Season:2017
Position:3rd

Bairros Unidos Futebol Clube (also known as Caixão Grande) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé and the village of Caixão Grande. The team has won five overall titles. As, Caixão Grande, the club won their first and only cup title in 1995. It is the eighth and last team ever to win their first island and national title in 1996 . Under the present name Bairros Unidos, the club won their second and recent island title in 2001 and later the national title in 2001 after defeating Príncipe's GD Sundy (2–0 away, 4–2 at home).[1] Their title totals were fourth in the nation and shared it with Inter Bom-Bom and Guadalupe, in 2003, Inter Bombom's win made Bairros Unidos' rankings fifth, in 2012 it became shared with Sporting Clube do Príncipe and still stands today. The club relegated to the second division in 2009 after being in the last two positions[2] The club again returned to the island Premier Division in recent years.

Logo

Its logo has a green shield with yellow edges inside a blue portion. The club names are on each side. The town's crest is inside the logo.

Honours

1996, 2001

1995

1

1997

1996, 2001

1997

League and cup history

Island championships

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDPCupQualification/relegation
201127217862522+329None
2012221810353121+1033None
201324188553020+1029None
20142318align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-None
201526187562217+526None
2016222213454526+1943None
20172align=right 32211654037+339None

Statistics

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saotome01.html São Tomé and Príncipe 2001
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saotome09.html São Tomé and Príncipe 2009/10