The Regional Secretary for Education, Science and Culture stressed the social importance of sports clubs in the Azores, pointing out, for example, the work developed by the Futebol Clube dos Flamengos for the benefit of this village on Faial.
Luiz Fagundes Duarte spoke on Monday during the opening ceremony of the expansion and renewal works of the headquarters of Futebol Clube dos Flamengos. The government official stressed that this institution is "a training school" for its investment in the training of youngsters as well as for its participation in several sports competitions.
The works now opened involved an investment of about 130 thousand Euros, of which 50 thousand Euros were subsidised by the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
Founded on December 1, 1974, the Futebol Clube dos Flamengos is a public utility institution that has won over forty titles; it is the branch team #79 of Futebol Clube do Porto.