Paulense Desportivo Clube
| Full name | Paulense Desportivo Clube | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Encarnados | ||
| Founded | November 1981 | ||
| Ground | Campo de Coqueiral, Pombas, Paúl, Cape Verde and Estadio João Serra, Ponta do Sol | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Octávio Delgado Veiga manager = Alberto Teixeira | ||
| League | Santo Antão North Premier Division | ||
| 2016–17 | 1st, champion | ||
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Paulense Desportivo Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Paulensi Disportibu Klubi and the São Vicente Crioulo: Paulense Dsportiv' Klube) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Pombas, the seat of Paúl in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão and is being the main club of Vale do Paul. Its current manager is Alberto Teixeira. Its nickname is Encarnados, the same nickname of Portugal's S.L. Benfica and many other clubs affiliated to Benfica. Since the introduction of the Second Division in the 2012–13 season, the club are one of two that have never been relegated, the other is Os Foguetões.
Paulense is the most successful football (soccer) club in the North Zone and the second on the island, having won about 18 official regional titles.