2002 Santiago South Premier Division

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2002 Santiago South Premier Division
Season 2002
Champions Sporting Clube da Praia
Matches played 90
Goals scored 252 (2.8 per match)
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The 2002 Santiago South Premier Division season began on 12 January and finished on 21 April. Sporting won the regional competition and qualified into the 2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships. The championship was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). [1] [2] The competition returned after the 2001 season was not held due to the condition of the stadium at the Municipal Stadium. All matches were played at Campo de Sucupira which was temporarily used up until 2007. The field no longer exists today and several buildings dominate the former field.

The Santiago South Premier Division is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde and is a part of the Santiago South Zone Football Association. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season while the last two placed clubs relegates in the following season. In 2007 and 2013 when Sporting Praia automatically qualified in the championships as they won their national titles in the previous season, a second place club qualified to the national championships. The division features 12 clubs in the premier division for the second time, Varanda and Delta were relegated into the Second Division, Tchadense and Benfica were promoted last season.

The 2002 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 23rd of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The competition started on 11 May and finished on 6 July 2002. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Sporting Praia won their fourth title. No club participated in the 2003 CAF Champions League and the 2003 CAF Winners Cup.

Santiago South Regional Football Association is a football (soccer) association covering the south of the island of Santiago, it is an affiliate of the Cape Verdean Football Federation. It is headquartered in the city of Praia. The association covers the municipalities of Praia, Ribeira Grande de Santiago and São Domingos.

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Travadores was the defending team of the title. A total of 10 clubs participated in the competition, only one division occurred again for the second time, the Premier Division. The main reason was that Tchadense, Varanda and Asa Grande continued to be withdrawn from the competition. [2]

Overview

A total of 252 goals were scored. Sporting Praia scored the most numbering 39, second was Travadores with 37 and third was Bairro with 24. 9th placed Delta scored the least with 16, the second least was 8th placed Boavista Praia and third was 22 goals scored by Celtic and Vitória. On the opposites, last placed Vitória conceded the most with 45, second was Delta with 21 and third was Desportivo with 27.

Competing teams

All matches were played at the Estádio da Várzea.

Team Place
AD Bairro Bairro Craveiro Lopes, Praia
Boavista Praia
Celtic Achadinha de Baixo neighbourhood, Praia
GDRC Delta Praia
Desportivo Praia
Paiol Paiol neighbourhood, Praia
Sporting Praia
Vitória Praia
Académica Praia
CD Travadores Praia

Table

Premier Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Clube da Praia 18 12 2 4 39 19 +2038Qualification for 2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 CD Travadores 18 11 4 3 37 15 +2237
3 AD Bairro 18 9 5 4 24 21 +332
4 Paiol 18 7 5 6 20 26626
5 Celtic 18 5 8 5 22 19 +323
6 Desportivo 18 5 5 8 23 27420
7 Académica 18 5 4 9 16 25919
8 Boavista 18 4 7 7 16 21519
9 GDRC Delta 18 4 4 10 15 311616
10 Vitória 18 3 3 12 22 452312

Updated to games played on 21 April 2002.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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