2005 Santiago Island League (South)

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2005 Santiago Island League (South)
Season 2005
Champions Académica da Praia
Matches played 90
Goals scored 266 (2.96 per match)
2005–06

The 2005 Santiago South Premier Division season began on 8 January and finished on 24 April. Sporting won the regional competition and qualified into the 2005 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 2005 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 26th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 14 May and finished on 16 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. FC Derby won the 3rd title and did not receive entry to the 2006 CAF Champions League. No second place club would also receive entry to the 2006 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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Académica 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, including in the lower division, Tchadense, Varanda and Asa Grande competed once more. [2] Also it would be the last competition competing in just a single municipality, the western part of Praia would hav the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago created after the end of the season, a club from that area would compete in the Second Division next season.

Overview

A total of 244 goals were scored, fewer than last season. Sporting scored the most with 64 and dominated over 26% or a quarter of the total. Its club total remains unbeaten even after the expansion into 12 teams and 22 rounds which began in the 2014-15 season. Second was Vitória which had half of the Sporting's totals numbering 32 and third was Académica with 26. The least was Paiol with seven goals who competed in the last season ever before joining Unidos do Norte, second least was eighth placed Desportivo with 10 and third least was Delta with 15. [2]

Sporting finished with 49 points and was a regional record that stood for 12 years. In the 2016-17 season, after the expansion to 12 matches that started in 2014, Sporting took the record with 55 points and stood it for just a season. Also Sporting had a record 16 wins, the same thing, it was surpassed to 17 by the same club in the 2016-17 season.

The 2016–17 Santiago South Premier Division season was the 15th second tier football competition in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, from 4 November 2016 to 30 April 2017. The tournament was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association. All the matches were played at Estádio da Várzea. Sporting Praia won their next title in three years which was their 10th title and participated in the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships and played in Group C that includes Sporting Brava, Sporting Praia had 55 points and made it a club record, overall of any regional tier 2 championship competitions, it was third behind of the clubs of the island's North Zone, GD Varandinha with 63 and Scorpion Vermelho with 61. Also Sporting Praia qualified in the 2017 Santiago South Super Cup and faced Os Garridos, runner up in the regional cup competitions as Sporting was also cup winner, Sporting would win that title.

Again since 1998, the Second Division competition took place with Lapaloma winning the title would be promoted. Second placed Delta remained in the division after winning the decisional match competitions. Paiol was relegated and was to compete in the Second Division next season, a few months after their relegation, the club became part of Unidos do Norte and that club continued competed in the Second Division next season.

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 Sporting Clube da Praia 1716106410+5449Qualification for 2005 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Vitória 179533222+1032
3 Académica 178542619+729
4 AD Bairro 168442516+928
5 CD Travadores 177552319+426
6 Boavista 175842116+523
7 Celtic 165381927818
8 Desportivo 17431010261615
9 GDRC Delta 17321215412611Divisional decisional match
10 Paiol 170215746392Relegation toSecond Division

Updated to games played on 24 April 2005.
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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