After independence, Boa Vista participated at the national championships for the first time in 1976 but lost their chance for their first national title after losing to Fogo's Botafogo in the semis. Boa Vista claimed their first title ever in 1987 even since independence after defeating São Nicolau's SC Atlético 3–1 in the home leg as no goals were scored in the away leg. They entered the finals in 1993 and challenged with Académica (Espargos) to claim its second title. The first match was lost 1–0 to Académica do Sal, then second match was tied at two apiece, after Zé di Letcha tied it at two each, protests then a pitch invasion occurred, Boavista lost all two legs, the second title was not to be claimed until 1995 and won through the triangular phase and contained no playoffs, as Académica do Mindelo withdrew, it was reduced to a single match and Boavista defeated Académica Operária from the island of Boa Vista. It offered Boavista entry to their first and only appearance in the continental level, the African Cup of Champions Clubs 1996, the match with Mauritania's ASC Sonalec was abandoned, their first match was with Algeria's JS Kabylie in the first round and scored only a goal and the club did not advance. In their next championship appearance as they qualified as second place as Sporting Praia, automatically qualified for the 2010 championships as the 2009 winner, Boavista challenged with that club in the championship final in July and winning both legs in the Praia Derby and won the 2010 regional title, Boavista Praia won their third and most recent for the club in 2010 after defeating Sporting Clube of the same city for a total of two goals all scored in the first leg in the second finals that featured two clubs from the same island, even the same city, it did not gained entry into the 2010 CAF Champions League likely to financial concerns. Also it was the club's last champ finals appearance before the restructuring into two phases in 2016 which will be put for the 2017 season. One of the best scorers for the club and the championships that season was Fufuco, he would head on to the Middle East and played in the UAE with Hatta Club next season, the next time he played another club in his nation was in 2016 with this club and later CD Travadores.