FC Aliança Nacional explained

Clubname:Aliança Nacional
Fullname:Futebol Club Aliança Nacional
Ground:Campo de Pantufo
Pantufo, São Tomé Island,
São Tomé and Príncipe
Capacity:1,000
Chairman:Casimiro Bernardes
Manager:Ricardo Piedade
League:São Tomé First Division
Season:2017
Position:6th

Futebol Club Aliança Nacional or with (de Pantufo) (Portuguese meaning the Football Club National Alliance) is a football club based in Pantufo in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship and plays at its own field. The team never claimed any national and insular titles, but won the cup in 1996.

Logo

Its logo is a seal with a white rim reading the club name surrounded by an orange line. Inside is a black portion with two orange half crescents and an inner white crescents with the acronym ANP, the last three letters in the middle, the N is colored white and the other two are black and a slightly smaller size.

History

The team lost in the semi-final to Sporting Clube Praia Cruz in 1994. Years later, the club was relegated to the second division and later returned to the first division where they reached second place in the 2001 season.[1] They remained in the top division until 2009 when they were relegated after finishing 12th place.[2] The club spent five years in the Second Division until they achieved promotion again in 2014[3] and returned to the Premier Division for the 2015 season.

Honours

1996

Seasons

Island championships

SeasonDivisionPlace
20011st2nd.
2009/101st12th.[4]
SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDPCupQualification/relegation
20142718align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-align=right-None
201527186662228align=right-624
2016232211833320+1341
201726229672627align=right-133

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/saotome01.html São Tomé e Príncipe 2001
  3. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/saotome14.html São Tomé and Príncipe 2014
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saotome09.html São Tomé e Príncipe 2009/10