Académica participate in the 2016 Association Cup, the club finished sixth in the Pemier Division with 7 points and two wins, the club scored 7 goals alongside Farense which was second in the Premier Division. In the same time, Académica's title totals is now shared with Batuque's. The 2016–17 season had a good start and up to the middle of the week had their positions above Mindelense. In the first part of the season, Calú was with the club. The club was thought to be first place up to the 13th round (originally with 29 points), in April, Derby made a protest that the club was using a goalkeeper with a fake identity. On April 24, the Disciplinary Council of the Cape Verdean Football Federation, removed every points that the fake goalkeeper had played totalling 11 and included one with Salamansa, Derby, Farense, the almighty Mindelense and Ribeira Bote, from February 25, they were the first three matches and the last two matches on April 15. Their positions were dropped from first to fifth and also, their National qualification was lost., all this will remove the coach from the club and formed the club's part of some match fixing. The second-place position was replaced by FC Derby, earlier positions were also changed, the club was actually third, then fifth and their points was 18. But they did well on an April 1 match over Falcões do Norte as no fake goalkeeper took part. After that, Académica's final match of the season was a win over Derby 0–2 and finished third with 21 points and had 7 wins and losses behind CS Mindelense and FC Derby, Farense took the fifth position and fourth was Batuque.