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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Batuque FC<br>''Batuki FK''<br>''Batúque FK''
| nickname = Panteras (''Panthers'')
| image = File:Batuque FC.png
| image_size = 120px
| fullname = Batuque Futebol Clube
| founded = May 5, 1981<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/cape-verde-islands/batuque-fc/17442/ |title=Batuque FC |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref>
| capacity = 5000<ref name=Soccerway/>
| ground = [[Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena]], [[Mindelo]], [[Cape Verde]]<ref name="Soccerway"/>
| chairman =João José Cardoso da Silva (''Jota'')
| manager = Nhela
| league = [[São Vicente Island League]]
| season = [[2015–16 São Vicente Island League|2015–16]]
| position = 5th
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'''Batuque Futebol Clube''' ([[Capeverdean Crioulo languages|Capeverdean Crioulo]], [[ALUPEC]]: ''Batuki Futibol Klubi'', [[São Vicente Crioulo language|São Vicente]]: ''Batúque Futebol Klube'') is a [[association football|football]] club that plays in the [[São Vicente Premier Division]] in [[Cape Verde]]. It is based in the city of [[Mindelo]] on the island of [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|São Vicente]]. Its current president is Jota (João Jose Cardoso da Silva) who became first president in around the mid 2000s. The club's nickname is ''Panteras'' (''Panthers''). Since 30 April 2017, they are one of three unrelegated clubs in the island along with [[FC Derby|Derby]] and [[CS Mindelense|Mindelense]].

Batuque are one of the most successful football clubs on the island, having won about 12 [[List of football clubs in Cape Verde by honours won|official regional titles]], of which, four of them are island or championship titles, four cup titles, three super cup titles and two association cup (opening tournament) titles. Batuque also has a handball team.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

==History==
The club was formed on May 5, 1981<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kaapvfound.html List of dates of foundation of clubs in Cape Verde at rsssf.org]</ref> and was founded by players one of them was Jota (João José Cardoso da Silva) and students from Liceu Ludgero Lima located across the stadium southeast of the [[City center of Mindelo|city center]] in the subdivision of Monte Sossego. The football club is named after the Cape Verdean music and dancing genre, the [[Batuque (music and dance)|batuque]]. Many of its greatest players took part in European clubs, notably Portuguese clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticiasdonorte.publ.cv/21754/batuque-fc-alinha-equipa-senior-com-jogadores-da-formacao/|title=Batuque FC alinha equipa Sénior com jogadores da formação|date=3 April 2014|work=Notícias do Norte|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticias.sapo.cv/info/artigo/1149998.html|title=Batuque Futebol Clube: 30 anos a formar jogadores" ("Batuque Futebol Clube: 30 Years Founded By Players")|date=5 May 2011|publisher=desporto.sapo.cv|accessdate=4 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083553/http://noticias.sapo.cv/info/artigo/1149998.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The club's headquarters was built in 1990. The club celebrated its 10th anniversary in 1991. Later it became a registered club and played their first season in the 1996–97 season.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} In the 1990s, the coach for Batuque was [[Alexandre Alhinho]], one of the nation's greatest coaches. In 2006, the club celebrated its 25th anniversary and in 2011, its 20th anniversary Around 2012, the next few coach was Piki whose actual name is José Alberto Soares Fermino, his later management gone sour as the club positions slowly dropped from third in 2014, then fourth in 2015 and fifth in 2016, its wins and points totals also dropped and the goal totals which had 22 in 2014 almost dropped by half in 2016.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Nhela replaced Piki in September 2016. Batuque did not have a good start for the 2016–17 season as they did last season, they started second and did slightly better than last season but had the first two matches victorious, first to Falcões do Norteh then to Ribeira Bote, they were fourth at the fourth round after a loss to Derby on January 29, then third at the ninth round after their win over Ribeira Bote, then fifth at the 11th round after suffering two losses to [[Salamansa FC|Salamansa]] and Derby, Batuque returned to fourth afterwards and they would finish at that position for the season, two last wins were made, first to Farense and lastly Académica do Mindelo.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Batuque's final match of the season was a loss to their rival Mindelense which ended in 0–2. Batuque yet again had 20 points, they also scored 14 goals, two more than last season, their only worst was the club conceded 25 goals, the highest in the Premier Division.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Batuque started the 2017–18 season with a win over Salamansa and was in mid-position, a two-goal draw with the mighty Derby came up and was the year's last match.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Batuque's first and only match of 2018 which was on January 7 was another win, this time Farense, Batuque took the number spot which Mindelense had for the first two weeks and is their current position, At round two, they had four goals scored, third in the region and later had seven which became second, shared with Castilho. At round 5, they did not lose a single match with their win over the mighty Académica. Batuque was still first with 13 points and 11 goals scored, still second. Batuque underwent two losses before a goal draw was made with Salamansa on February 17 and was third place. Another loss came to Batuque, this one to Derby, then a 1–0 win over Farense de Fonte Filipe. At the ninth round, they had 12 goals alongside Mindelense, a round later with their win over Farense Fonte Filipe, they had 13 goals alongside Académica.. Batuque made an 0–4 win over Ribeira Bote and became second in regional goals numbered 17. Batuque made a 2–0 win over Académica who is suffering another worst season. Batuque remains third and will be in the 13th round and has 19 goals scored.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

===National championship competitions===
Batuque competed at the national level for the first time in the 2002 season, finishing second with fewer goals than [[Sporting Clube da Praia|Sporting Praia]]. The point total of 19 shared with Sporting Praia was the highest total in the national championships; no other club matched that total since, after the restructuring implemented for the following 2017 season it did not even supersede the maximum of 18 but only the combined portion, the new triangular phase became longer than the three early triangular phases but with three groups, this time with a playoff stage with four clubs that featured the second placed club with the most points (sometimes goals if the two has the same points) of that position of each group.{{Clarify|date=April 2017}}

Batuque's second appearance was in 2003 and their first in group stage, they played in Group B and finished third with ten points and did not advance into the playoffs. Seven years later, they made their next appearance and there and played in Group A, they scored the highest match at the nationals defeating Fogo's [[Botafogo FC (Cape Verde)|Botafogo]] 0–4 on May 22. The club finished first with 9 points and scored 9 goals and made them advanced to the semis. They challenged Santiago South's mighty [[Sporting Clube da Praia|Sporting Praia]] overall for the second time on June 19 and lost 1–0 in the first leg, the second leg was a goal draw and thus Batuque was out of the competition. They came back in 2012 after winning their recent island title and second time in Group A, they had two back to back wins and draws, they lost the final match to [[Académica do Fogo|Académica Fogo]] and they failed to qualify into the playoffs after finishing fourth with eight points. Batuque turned a little worse after they loss to their rival Mindelense and became third. Then Batuque lost to Castilho before a single goal draw with Salamansa was made. Batuque went undetermined{{clarify|unclear what is meant|date=December 2019}} after they lost to Derby on February 25. Batuque had 14 points, 12 goals scored alongside Mindelense and four wins, sharing with Castilho.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

===Other regional competitions===
Batuque won their very first cup title in 2001, five years later they won their second, four years later they won their third after defeating Académica Mindelo and brought the club to their only appearance in the 2010 [[Cape Verdean Cup]]. Their fifth title was won in 2014 after defeating FC Derby.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Batuque faced Mindelense on March 7 in the regional cup semis and ended in a goal draw which led to the penalty shootout, Batuque finally won 4–5 and got a chance for another cup title in their next cup final appearance in four years, again competed with Derby on April 7, it went into extra time after no goals were scored and the extra time ended without a goal scored, it went into the penalty shootout and Batuque finally got their next cup title in four years, they claimed their sixth title.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In the 2010 regional super cup, Batuque defeated [[Académica (Mindelo)|Académica]], the cup winner and became the fourth club to have a title, two years later, Batuque defeated the cup winner [[Falcões do Norte]] in the 2012 regional super cup and Batuque became the second club with the most titles behind Mndelense and ahead of Derby and Académica do Mindelo and for a season from late 2013 ahead of Falcões do Norte.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

After the stadium was renovated and the artificial turf was added, the 2014 São Vicente Super Cup competition took place in the stadium with Batuque, the cup winner defeating Derby, the champion on January 13, 2015 and made it the first match after renovation, Batuque won their third and recent regional super cup title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/cabo_verde/campeonato_nacional_cv/artigo/2015/01/07/est-dio-ad-rito-sena-aguarda-certifica-o-fifa-do-novo-sint-tico|title=Estádio Adérito Sena aguarda certificação FIFA do novo sintético|publisher=SAPO CV|date=7 January 2015|accessdate=30 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://desporto.sapo.mz/futebol/cabo_verde/artigo/2015/01/14/cabo-verde-batuque-vence-derby-e-conquista-superta-a-de-s-o-vicente|title=Cabo Verde: Batuque vence Derby en conquista supertaça de São Vicente|newspaper=Mozambican newspaper|language=pt|date=14 January 2015|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221130213/http://desporto.sapo.mz/futebol/cabo_verde/artigo/2015/01/14/cabo-verde-batuque-vence-derby-e-conquista-superta-a-de-s-o-vicente|archive-date=21 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alfa.cv/batuque-vence-supertaca-em-sao-vicente/|title=Batuque vence supertaça em São Vicente|trans-title=Batuque Wins the Super Cup in São Vicente|newspaper=Alfa CV|language=pt|date=14 January 2015|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416105640/http://www.alfa.cv/batuque-vence-supertaca-em-sao-vicente/|archive-date=16 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the same time, Batuque was number one in title totals, shared for a season up until November 7 when the club's totals became second behind Mindelense.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Batuque won their first Association Cup title in 2008, their total was third and last, from 2010, it became fourth and last. Batuque won their second and recent title in December 2016 for the 2016/17 season, the club had 17 points, five wins and two draws.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Their title total became third overall, shared with Académica Mindelo. Batuque had five wins, shared with Derby, two draws and scored 12 goals, shared with Ribeira Bote, second behind Derby. In the 2016–17 season, Batuque was at the top three positions by the third round and lost their third chance for another title, Batuque finished third behind Mindelense and Derby with 13 points. The club had four wins and a draw and scored 14 goals, shared with the island's magnificent team Mindelense.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

===Other appearances===
The club appeared as guest alongside a Brava club in the 2016 [[São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Filipe]] Municipal Tournament in October on the island of Fogo, it was the first two club to appear outside the municipality, the other was [[Sporting Clube da Brava|Sporting from the island of Brava]]. The club lost the tournament.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

==Stadium==
The club and plays in the [[Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena|Adérito Sena Stadium]] with a capacity of once served up to 4,000, now serves 5,000 after the renovation, it is named after one of the first players of the club Adérito Carvalho da Sena (1905–1970). [[CS Mindelense|Mindelense]], [[FC Derby]], GS Castilho, [[Académica do Mindelo]] and [[GD Amarantes|Amarante]] are the other major clubs of the city and the island playing in that stadium along with [[GD Amarantes]]. Batuque also trains at the stadium.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

== Club identity ==
The club logo has a white pointed shield with black edges.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} The club name has a big C in the middle and the rest small reading BF, the club name was once displayed on top of the logo.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} The today's logo has an outer angled shield also rimmed black with the club name on top and its location on the bottom.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Batuque's only rivalry is played against [[CS Mindelense]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

==Honours==
* '''[[São Vicente Premier Division|São Vicente Island Championships/Premier Division]]: 4'''<ref name=SVReg>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kaapvregchamp.html |title=Cape Verde Islands&nbsp;– List of Regional Tournament Winners |first=José |last=Batalha |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=3 April 2014 |accessdate=21 April 2015 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716231520/http://rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapvregchamp.html |archivedate=16 July 2014 }}</ref>
:: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2011–12

* '''[[São Vicente Cup]]: 6'''<ref name=SVReg/>
:: 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2013/14, 2017–18

* '''[[São Vicente SuperCup]]: 3'''
:: 2009–10, 2011/12, 2013/14

* '''[[São Vicente Island Opening Tournament]]: 1'''
:: 2016/17

==League and cup history==
===National championship===
{|class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season
! Div.
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! GD
! P
![[Cape Verdean Cup|Cup]]
!Notes
!Playoffs
|-
|[[2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships|2002]]
|1
|align=right|'''2'''
|align=right|8||align=right|6||align=right|1||align=right|1
|align=right|18||align=right|5||align=right|+13||align=right|'''19'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor=#EFEFEF|
|
|bgcolor=#EFEFEF|
|-
|[[2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships|2003]]
|1B
|align=right |'''3'''
|align=right|5||align=right|3||align=right|1||align=right|1
|align=right|7||align=right|4||align=right|+3||align=right|'''10'''
|Did not advance
|Did not participate
|-
|[[2010 Cape Verdean Football Championships|2010]]
|1A
|align=right |'''1'''
|align=right|5||align=right|2||align=right|3||align=right|0
|align=right|9||align=right|3||align=right|+6||align=right|'''9'''
|
|
|Semi-finalist
|-
|[[2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships|2012]]
|1A
|align=right |'''4'''
|align=right|5||align=right|2||align=right|2||align=right|1
|align=right|6||align=right|3||align=right|+3||align=right|'''8'''
|bgcolor=#EFEFEF|
|Did not advance
|Did not participate
|- style="background:#efefef"
|align=right colspan=3|'''Total:'''||align=right|23||align=right|13||align=right|7||align=right|3
|align=right|40||align=right|15||align=right|+25||align=right|'''46'''||colspan=3 bgcolor=#efefef|
|- style="background:#efefef"
|align=right colspan=3|'''Total with playoffs:'''||align=right|25||align=right|13||align=right|8||align=right|4
|align=right|42||align=right|17||align=right|+27||colspan=4 bgcolor=#efefef|
|}

===Island/Regional Championship===
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|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season
! Div.
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! GD
! P
![[São Vicente Cup|Cup]]
!Notes
|-
|2002–03
|2
|align=right bgcolor=#B9FFB9|'''1'''
|align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-
|align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-
|
|Promoted into the National Championships
|-
|2009–10
|2
|align=right bgcolor=#B9FFB9|'''1'''
|align=right|14||align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-
|align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-
|bgcolor=B9FFB9|Winner
|Promoted into the National Championships
|-
|2011–12
|2
|align=right bgcolor=#B9FFB9|'''1'''
|align=right|14||align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-
|align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-||align=right|-
|
|Promoted into the National Championships
|-
|[[2013–14 São Vicente Island League|2013–14]]
|2
|align=right|'''3'''
|align=right|14||align=right|9||align=right|2||align=right|3
|align=right|22||align=right|6||align=right|+16||align=right|'''29'''
|bgcolor=gold|Winner
|
|-
|[[2014–15 São Vicente Island League|2014–15]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kaapv2015.html |title=Cape Verde Islands 2014/15 |first=José |last=Batalha |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=16 April 2015 |accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref>
|2
|align=right |'''4'''
|align=right|14||align=right|6||align=right|3||align=right|5
|align=right|24||align=right|22||align=right|+2||align=right|'''21'''
|
|
|-
|[[2015–16 São Vicente Island League|2015–16]]
|2
|align=right bgcolor=|'''5'''
|align=right|14||align=right|5||align=right|5||align=right|4
|align=right|12||align=right|8||align=right|-4||align=right|'''20'''
|
|
|-
|[[2016–17 São Vicente Island League|2016–17]]
|2
|align=right|'''4'''
|align=right|14||align=right|6||align=right|2||align=right|6
|align=right|14||align=right|15||align=right|-1||align=right|'''20'''
|
|
|-
|[[2017–18 São Vicente Island Championships|2017–18]]
|2
|align=right|'''3'''
|align=right|14||align=right|8||align=right|2||align=right|4
|align=right|21||align=right|13||align=right|+8||align=right|'''26'''
|bgcolor=B9FFB9|Winner
|
|}

===Association cup===
{|class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season
! Reg.<br>Div.
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! GD
! P
|-
|[[2016–17 São Vicente Association Cup|2016–17]]
|1
|align=right bgcolor=gold|'''1'''
|align=right|7||align=right|5||align=right|2||align=right|0
|align=right|12||align=right|6||align=right|+6||align=right|'''17'''
|-
|[[2017 São Vicente Association Cup|2017]]
|1
|align=right bgcolor=sienna|'''3'''
|align=right|7||align=right|4||align=right|1||align=right|2
|align=right|14||align=right|7||align=right|+7||align=right|'''13'''
|}

==Statistics==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*'''Best position:''' Semifinalist (national)
*'''Best position at an association cup:''' 1st
*'''Appearances at the Championships:'''
**'''National:''' 4
**'''Regional:''' 21
*'''Appearances at the cup competitions:'''
**'''National:''' Once, in 2010, to be 2
**'''Regional:''' 17
*'''Appearances in a regional Super Cup competition:''' 4
*'''Appearances at an association cup competition:''' 16
*'''Total points:''' 46 (national)
*'''Total  wins:''' 13 (national)
**'''Total wins at home:''' 7 (national)
**'''Total wins away at the National Championships:''' 7 (6 without playoffs)
*'''Total matches played:''' 25 (national)
**'''Total matches played at home:''' 13 (national)
**'''Total matches played away:''' 12 (national)
*'''Total  draws:''' 7 (regular season), 8 (total)&nbsp;– national
**'''Total draws at home at the National Championships:''' 6 (5 without playoffs)
**'''Total draws away:''' 2 (national)
*'''Total goals scored:''' 40 (42 with playoffs)&nbsp;– national
*'''Highest number of wins in a season:''' 8 (national), in 2003
*'''Highest number of points in a season:''' 19 (national), in 2002 ([[Football records in Cape Verde|National record]], shared with Sporting Praia)
*'''Highest number of goals scored in a season:''' 18 (national), in 2002
*'''Highest number of draws in a season:''' 3 (national), in 2003
*'''Highest scoring match at the National Championships:''' Botafogo 0–4 Batuque, 22 May 2010
{{col-2}}
*'''Total losses:''' 3 (national)
*'''Total goals conceded:''' 17 (national)
*'''Lowest number of goals scored in a season:''' 6 (national), in 2012
*'''Lowest number of points in a season:''' 8 (national), in 2012
*'''Highest number of goals conceded in a season:''' 5 (national), 2002
*'''Highest number of matches lost in a season:'''1 (national), three seasons: in 2002, 2003 and in 2012
{{col-end}}

;Other:
*'''Appearance at the São Filipe Municipal Tournament:''' Once, in 2016
*'''Appearance at a municipal tournament outside the municipality:''' Once in 2016

==Managerial history==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name!!Nationality!!From!!class="unsortable"|To
|-
|[[Alexandre Alhinho]]||{{CPV}}||colspan=2 align=center|around the 1990s
|-
|Piki (José Alberto Soares Fermino)||{{CPV}}||around 2012||September 2016
|-
|Nhela ||{{CPV}}||since September 2016||bgcolor=EFEFEF|
|}

== List of players ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+List of Batuque FC players
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Name
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Nationality
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Position
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Batuque<br />career
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Goals{{Efn|name=regional|Regional championships only}}
!scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Gilson Manuel Silva Alves|'''Gilson''' Manuel Silva Alves]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||MF}}||2004-05||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||MF}}||2005–06||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Foryou (Adilson Cruz)
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|{{sortname|Valter|Borges}}
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||MF}}||2007-08<br>2012-14||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Mezenga
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Nando Maria Neves|Nando (Fernando Maria Neves)]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Rosário, Humberto
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Sequeira, Josimar
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Vally (Chantre, Valdevindres)
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Dias, Josimar
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Rambé]] (Rosário, Ramilton Jorge Santos do)
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||ST}}||2008-09||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ramilton-jorge-santos-do-rosario/208197/|title=Rambé profile at Soccerway}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Gomes, Ricardo Jorge Pires
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||2009||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Delmiro]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||DF}}||2009-10||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefinalball.com/jogador.php?id=231170|title=Delmiro at the Final Ball}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Karr (Edson Jorge Lopes Cruz)
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Sousa, Kevin
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Fredson Tavares|Fock (commonly as Bock)]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||GK}}||2011-12<br>2013<br>2016-present||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/fredson-jorge-ramos-tavares/131955/|title=Fock profile at Soccerway}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|{{sortname|Fredson|Rodrigues}}
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||MF}}||2011-13||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefinalball.com/jogador.php?id=41456|title=Fredson profile at the Final Ball}}</ref>
|}

===Youth players===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+List of Batuque FC youth players
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Name
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Nationality
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Position
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Batuque<br />career
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Goals{{Efn|name=regional}}
!scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Gilson Manuel Silva Alves|'''Gilson''' Manuel Silva Alves]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||MF}}||1995-97||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Carlos Silveira da Graça|Kay]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||CB}}||1998-99||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Nélson Marcos|Nelson]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||DF}}||1999-2000||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/nelson-marcos/4611/|title=Nelson profile at Soccerway}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Sócrates Oliveira Fonseca
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||GK}}||2007–2011||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Héldon Ramos]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||MF}}||2005–06||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Dani (Mendes Ribeiro)
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||2007-08||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Zé Luís|Zé Luis]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||2008||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Edivândio]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||FW}}||2009||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Joazimar Stehb]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||FW}}||2009||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|{{sortname|Ryan|Mendes}}
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||FW}}|||2009–10||||
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|[[Péricles Pereira|Pecs]]
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||}}||2011-12||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefinalball.com/jogador.php?id=201299|title=Profile of Pecks at the Final Ball}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" align="left"|Papalelé
|{{CPV}}||{{sort||FW}}||2015?-2017||||
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://pt-pt.facebook.com/batuquefc Batuque FC at Facebook]&nbsp;– also Official website {{in lang|pt}}
* [http://www.thefinalball.com/equipa.php?id=24990 Batuque FC at the Final Ball]
* [http://sportsmidia.cv/futebol/team/bautque/ Batuque FC]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Sports Mídia {{in lang|pt}}

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