2003–04 Santiago South Premier Division

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2003–04 Santiago South Premier Division
Season2003–04
Champions Académica da Praia
Matches played90
Goals scored266 (2.96 per match)
2005 →

The 2003–04 Santiago South Premier Division season began on 23 December and finished on 2 May. Académica won the regional competition and qualified into the 2004 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] 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 2004 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 25th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 8 May and finished on 10 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.

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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Sporting Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 10 clubs participated in the competition, only one division occurred again for the last 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 The main reason was that Tchadense, Varanda and Asa Grande continued to be withdrawn from the competition.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 266 goals were scored, 11 more than last season. Sporting, runner-up scored the most with 39, second was Académica with 38 and third was Boavista with 35. 9th placed Paiol scored the least with 12, second least was Delta with 16 and third least was Celtic with 21. On the opposites, last placed Delta conceded the most with 55, second was Paiol with 42 and third was Vitória with 32, Sporting conceded the least with 10. [2]

Académica's 45 point total once stood as a point record for just a season, Sporting took the record with 49 in 2005.

Competing teams

All matches were played at Campo de Sucupira near modern-day Estádio da Várzea.

Estádio da Várzea stadium

Estádio da Várzea is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde just west of the city center's plateau in the subdivision of Várzea and on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa on its east side. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000 people. The stadium is owned by the city of Praia and is operated by the Santiago South Regional Football Association and serves its headquarters of the association. The other stadium operated by the association in the south of the island is Calabaceira. The entrance is on the west side of the stadium where most of the seat is. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides, 200 meters east is the Plateau of Praia. Its size is 108 by 69 m, the longest part of the field goes north to south with a 15 degree angle facing east at the top. Its elevation is about 4 meters above sea level. A smaller practice field lies due south. The stadium is home to the four best football clubs in Cape Verde, Sporting, CD Travadores, Académica and Boavista FC the Santiago Island first division alongside Vitória FC, one of the region's best, it also home of Desportivo da Praia which is a military club and the lesser club Benfica Praia. Other teams that base in another part include ADESBA located in the nearby neighborhood of Craveiro Lopes some hundreds of meters north but play in the stadium.

TeamPlace
AD Bairro Bairro Craveiro Lopes, Praia
Boavista Praia
Celtic Achadinha de Baixo neighbourhood, Praia
GDRC Delta Praia
Desportivo Praia
PaiolPaiol 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 Académica 1814313818+2045Qualification for 2004 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Sporting Clube da Praia 1812603910+2942
3 Boavista 1810443513+2234
4 AD Bairro 186482528−322
5 Desportivo 187473130+125
6 CD Travadores 186392618+821
7 Celtic 28310152120+119
8 Vitória 1844102332−916
9 Paiol 1824121242−3010
10 GDRC Delta 1824121645−2910

Updated to games played on 2 May 2004.
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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References

  1. ↑ Santiago South Regional Football Association's website (in Portuguese)
  2. 1 2 3 2003-04 Santiago South Premier Division - at RSSSF
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