After the creation of the island's regional competition around the 1980s, the club won their first title in 1989, they won their second two years later. In 1995, Rosariense won two back to back titles. Up to the creation of the North Zone competition, the club participated four times at the national championships and did not succeed, not even in group stage in the two later seasons. It was the first team ever to win the title after breaking the island's division zones into two and the team won in 1998. For only a year, the team only had one title with
Beira Mar, its teams' recent win in 2007 now made it having two titles with
Solpontense. Rosariense's recent appearance was the
2011 Cape Verdean Football Championships and was placed in Group B, the club played four matches, one short as the Brava Island season was cancelled, the team was last place and had no wins and had a draw and three losses, four goals were scored and the club conceded 14 goals and won a point, its worst defeat ever was the match with
Boavista FC at Praia which lost 6–0 on June 11 at the fifth and final round of the championships. The club was ranked sixth and last in the 2014–15 season and was relegated, for the next two seasons, Rosariense was in the Second Division. In the 2016–17 season, along with Solpontense being the best two clubs of the Second Division along with the withdrawal of São Pedro Apóstolo and Irmãos Unidos, the two only challenged the newcomer Torrense, based in
Xoxo the middle of
Ribeira da Torre, as Torreense was not a powerful team, Rosariense sought the opportunity for a chance to return to the regional Premier Division and three weeks before the end of the Second Division on February 19, Rosariense was listed winner of the Regional Second Division for the season and was promoted in the following season. Rosariense had two straight wins in the new 2017–18 season with 6 points and 7 goals scored before a loss to
Os Foguetões was made. They were first in the first two rounds. In just a few seasons, they are in the top two positions and are now much better than long time great
Paulense, also, the island's top five clubs overall. A goal draw with Beira Mar was made at the 6th round followed by an 0–3 win over Paulense keeping that mighty club inside the relegation zone and at round 6, remains first with 16 points. Rosariense made a scoreless draw with Os Foguetões, their first position was taken by Santo Crucifixo. Rosariense was third at the ninth round. The season's final challenge was with
Sinagoga, it ended in a three-goal draw and also Rosariense failed to win another championship title, they finished second behind Os Foguetões.
Other competitions Rosariense was one of the few teams to qualify into both national competitions, the other was the cup. After winning their first North Zone's cup title in 2007, they also participated in the
Cape Verdean Cup. The club in the 2015 North Zone's cup reached to the final and lost to Paulense, as Paulense was also champions that season, Rosariense went to the North Zone's super cup and lost to Paulense. In the 2017 North Zone's cup which took place on April 17, they made it to the finals and won their recent title, their next in ten years after defeating Sinagoga 4–3 in the penalty shootouts as the match ended in a draw. Along with Sinagoga, Rosariense has the second most cup titles in the North Zone. Rosariense made another appearance in the 2018 regional cup, in the semis, they defeated
Janela 4–2 and will proceed to the finals and face
Os Foguetões on March 24. Os Foguetões which became national champions on March 18, Rosariense achieved entry into the super cup later in the year without status until after the cup final. At the 2017 Santo Antão Cup, the club recently made it to the finals and faced
Académica Porto Novo on April 1. Rosariense withdrew from the competition and the island cup may have been rescheduled. Rosariense achieved entry into the Santo Antão North Super Cup, this time as cup winner. The club would be the seventh club to compete at the Santo Antão Super Cup later on November 25, 2017, but the single island cup and super cup competitions were canceled once again since 2008. Rosariense faced Paulense and this time, a different direction, the club defeated Paulense 0–3 and won their only super cup title for the north of the island. In municipal competitions, Rosariense won the 2012, 2013 and 2015 Ribeira Grande Municipal Tournament titles. Rosariense recently played in the municipal 2018 Ribeira Grande Municipal Tournament, they finished first with 7 goals scored and 4 points, their point total was shared with Beira Mar. Their greatest match was a 6–0 win over the newest club Torreense played in the second day of the tournament which was on January 13. Rosariense won the local title for the season. ==Stadium==