 Now that Verdun Pedra de Lume was relegated, the club became the island's five unrelegated original clubs.Académico do Aeroporto is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in Cape Verde and is the most successful on the island, having won about 32 official titles, only one is national and the remaining 31 are regional titles.The club was founded on December 1, 1966 and are one of two affiliates with Académica de Coimbra, the other is Académica do Sal.