Vasco da Gama Club
is a private members' community club based in Bermuda. It currently forms part of the
Bermuda Football Association
The Bermuda Football Association, founded in 1928, is the official football organization in Bermuda and is in charge of the Bermudian national team. The league is also in charge of the sporting leagues on the island.
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, competing in its First Division League, the second tier of
Bermuda football. The team has historically had Portuguese players, but more recently has seen many English and Bermudian players on the club.
Vasco da Gama Club is one of the most successful Bermudian Teams in history, having lifted the Premier League title three times (most recently in 1999) and the Bermuda FA Cup four times (most recently in 1998). They play games at the North Village Community Club in Pembroke, Bermuda, and their Club Headquarters are on Reid Street in Hamilton, Bermuda.
History
In the 1970s, a group of Portuguese immigrants coming from
Azores
The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl ...
started to reunite on the club to organize festivals to celebrate the
Portuguese culture
The culture of Portugal designates the cultural practices and traditions of the Portuguese people. It is rooted on the interactions between many different civilizations that inhabited the area during the past millennia. From Prehistoric Iberia, ...
on
Hawkins Island. In 1978 they decided to create a football program with a professional team playing on
Bermuda Football Union and a youth team.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032528/http://www.bermudacl.bm/
RSSSF Bermuda - List of Cup Winners
Football clubs in Bermuda
Portuguese diaspora in North America
Diaspora sports clubs
Association football clubs established in 1935
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