 The club was founded in 1956 and is the island's oldest sporting club.Geographically it was once the westernmost sporting club in Cape Verde and the whole of Africa, now it is one of several today.Sporting Porto Novo is the second most successful football (soccer) club in the South Zone having won about 5 official regional titles, overall it is fourth with the North Zone's Rosariense Clube with 8 official regional and subregional titles combined.