2005–06 Santiago Island League (South)

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2005–06 Santiago Island League (South)
Season 2005–06
Champions Sporting Clube da Praia
Matches played 90
Goals scored 233 (2.59 per match)
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The 2005–06 Santiago Island League (South) season began on 3 December and finished on 4 May. Sporting again won the regional competition and qualified into the 2006 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 Estádio da Várzea and Campo de Sucupira, the latter which was temporarily used for one more season. 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 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 26th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 6 May and finished on 2 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Sporting Praia won their 5th title and in the following year participated in the 2007 CAF Champions League. No second place club participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation 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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Sporting Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 18 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division and eight in the Second. [2] It was the first competition that took place in two municipalities, AD Ribeira Grande, the club based in Cidade Velha in Ribeira Grande de Santiago competed for the first time after being registered and played in the Second Division.

Overview

A total of 233 goals were scored, fewer than last season. Sporting scored the most with 47 and dominated over one-fifth of the total, second was Académica with 33, third was Travadores with 26 and fourth placed Boavista and ninth placed Vitória with 22. The least was Delta with 12, second were fifth placed Bairro and seventh placed Lapaloma with 17. [2] On the opposites, Delta conceded the most with 57, second least was Vitória with 29 and third least was Celtic with 27. Travadores conceded the least with ten.

In the Second Division competition took place with Vila Nova (or Vilanova) winning the title and would be promoted next season. Second placed Celtic which finished eighth (due to that Vitória who finished ninth had scored the fourth most regional goals) remained in the division after winning the decisional match competitions. Delta was relegated and competed in the Second Division next season, they did not return into the Premier Division until the 2015-16 season.

The 2015–16 Santiago Island League (South) season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 13 November 2014 and finished on 8 May 2016. The tournament was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association. All the matches were played at Estádio da Várzea. Desportivo won the first and only title for the South Zone and participated in the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships and finished with 47 points, Desportivo's last title win for Santiago was in 1990 and totals three overall.

It was the only time that the competition took place during the parliamentary elections. There was a break in the competition during the presidential election which took place on February 12 and a week later.

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

Table

Premier Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Clube da Praia 1813414716+3143Qualification for 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Académica 1814133313+2043
3 CD Travadores 1811612610+1639
4 Boavista 186572219+323
5 AD Bairro 176471718−122
6 Desportivo 165381925−618
7 Lapaloma 184681749−3218
8 Celtic 1852111827−917Divisional decisional match
9 Vitória 1651102229−716
10 GDRC Delta 1712141257−455Relegation toSecond Division

Updated to games played on 4 May 2006.
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.

Second Division

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References

  1. ↑ Santiago South Regional Football Association's website (in Portuguese)
  2. 1 2 3 2006 Santiago South Premier Division - at RSSSF
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