2010 Cape Verdean Football Championships

Cape Verdean Football Championship

Season	2010
Champions	Boavista FC (Cape Verde)
Matches played	36
Goals scored	110 (3.06 per match)
Biggest home win	Sporting Praia, FC Boavista
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The 2010 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 31st of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 8 May, slightly later than the last season and finished on 10 July, later than last year. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. ^[1] It was the second consecutive time that the final featured two clubs from the same island and city, the next time it happened would be five years later. It brought the Capital Rivalry between Sporting and Boavista to the national championships. Another club of Praia named Boavista FC (Cape Verde) winning the national title breaking Sporting Praia's consecutive title wins. A month later, Boavista Praia would become the only club to win both the championship and the cup title in the same season.

Overview

Sporting Clube da Praia was again the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. 36 matches were played and 110 goals were scored. It marked the last appearance of Botafogo of the island of Fogo.

The biggest win were Sporting (2-7 defeated Ribeira Brava) and Boavista (7-1 defeated Solpontense).

The final round match between Ribeira Brava and Barrererense was not played, later, the federation awarded both teams a loss.

Participating clubs

Boavista FC
Sporting Praia

Sporting Clube da Boa Vista

SC Morabeza

Botafogo

Barreirense

Académico do Aeroporto

Solpontense

Académica PN

Scorpion Vermelho

Desportivo Ribeira Brava

Batuque

Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2010 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

• Sporting Clube da Praia, winner of the 2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships
• Sporting Clube da Boa Vista, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
• SC Morabeza, winner of the Brava Island League
• Botafogo FC, winner of the Fogo Island League
• Barreirense, winner of the Maio Island League
• Académico do Aeroporto, winner of the Sal Island League
• Scorpion Vermelho, winner of the Santiago Island League (North)
• Boavista FC (Cape Verde), runner-up of the Santiago Island League (South)
• Solpontense FC, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North)
• Marítimo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South)
• Desportivo Ribeira Brava, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
• Batuque FC, winner of the São Vicente Island League

Information about the clubs

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Académico do Aeroporto	Espargos	Marcelo Leitão	8,000
Barreirense	Barreiro	20 de Janeiro
Batuque FC	Mindelo	Adérito Sena	5,000
Boavista FC	Praia	Várzea	12,000
Botafogo FC	São Filipe	5 de Julho	1,000
Desportivo Ribeira Brava	Ribeira Brava	João de Deus	1,000
Marítimo	Porto Novo	Amílcar Cabral
SC Morabeza	Vila Nova Sintra	Aquiles de Oliveira	500
Scorpion Vermelho	Santa Cruz	25 de Julho	1,000
Solpontense FC	Ponta do Sol	João da Serra	2,000
Sporting Clube da Boa Vista	Sal Rei	Arsénio Ramos	500
Sporting Clube da Praia	Praia	Várzea	12,000

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Batuque FC	5	2	3	0	9	3	+6	9
2	Boavista FC	5	2	2	1	15	8	+7	8
3	Marítimo	5	2	1	2	7	9	-2	7
4	SC Morabeza	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	6
5	Botafogo	5	1	2	2	8	13	-5	5
6	Solpontense FC	5	1	1	3	7	14	-7	4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Académico do Aeroporto	5	4	1	0	12	4	+8	13
2	Sporting Clube da Praia	5	3	2	0	16	6	+10	11
3	Scorpion Vermelho	5	2	0	3	7	8	-1	6
4	Sporting Clube da Boa Vista	5	1	2	2	4	8	-4	5
5	Desportivo Ribeira Brava	5	1	1	3	6	12	-6	4
6	Barreirense	5	0	0	5	5	12	-7	0

Results

Week 1
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Batuque	2 - 0	Marítimo	8 May
Botafogo	3 - 2	Solpotense	8 May
Morabeza	0 - 0	FC Boavista	9 May
Sporting Praia	5 - 2	Barreirense	8 May
Académico Aeroporto	3 - 1	Scorpion Vermelho	8 May
Sporting Boavista	2 - 2	Ribeira Brava	8 May

Week 2
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
FC Boavista	4 - 2	Botafogo	15 May
Solpotense	1 - 1	Batuque	15 May
Marítimo	1 - 0	Morabeza	16 May
Barreirense	3 - 4	Académico Aeroporto	15 May
Scorpion Vermelho	2 - 0	Sporting Boavista	15 May
Ribeira Brava	2 - 7	Sporting Praia	15 May

Week 3
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Botafogo	0 - 4	Batuque	22 May
FC Boavista	3 - 4	Marítimo	22 May
Morabeza	3 - 1	Solpotense	23 May
Académico Aeroporto	2 - 0	Ribeira Brava	22 May
Sporting Boavista	1 - 1	Sporting Praia	22 May
Scorpion Vermelho	2 - 1	Barreirense	22 May

Week 4
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Marítimo	2 - 2	Botafogo	30 May
Batuque	1 - 1	Morabeza	30 May
FC Boavista	7 - 1	Solpotense	30 May
Barreirense	0 - 1	Sporting Boavista	29 May
Sporting Praia	0 - 0	Académico Aeroporto	29 May
Scorpion Vermelho	1 - 2	Ribeira Brava	29 May

Week 5
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Batuque	1 - 1	FC Boavista	6 June
Solpotense	2 - 0	Marítimo	6 June
Morabeza	1 - 1	Botafogo	6 June
Sporting Praia	3 - 1	Scorpion Vermelho	11 June
Ribeira Brava (awarded a loss against the club)	canc.	Barreirense (awarded a loss against the club)	5 June
Académico Aeroporto	3 - 0	Sporting Boavista	5 June

Final Stages

	Semi-Finals							Finals
		Boavista FC	0	1	1
		Académico do Aeroporto	0	1	1				Boavista FC	2	1	3
		Sporting Clube da Praia	1	1	2				Sporting Clube da Praia	0	0	0
		Batuque FC	0	1	1

Semi-finals

20 June 2010 (2010-06-20)

FC Boavista	0:0	Académico do Aeroporto

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

19 June 2010 (2010-06-19)

Sporting Clube da Praia	1:0	Batuque FC

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

26 June 2010 (2010-06-26)

Académico do Aeroporto	1:1	FC Boavista

Estádio Marcelo Leitão
Espargos

26 June 2010 (2010-06-26)

Batuque FC	1:1	Sporting Clube da Praia

Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena
Mindelo

Finals

3 July 2010 (2010-07-03)

FC Boavista	2:0	Sporting Clube da Praia

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

11 July 2010 (2010-07-11)

Sporting Clube da Praia	0:1	FC Boavista

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

Cape Verdean Football 2010 Champions
Boavista FC 3rd title

Statistics

• Biggest win: Boavista FC 7 - 1 Solpontense (May 30)

See also

• 2009–10 in Cape Verdean football
• 2010 Cape Verdean Cup

Footnotes

1. "Cape Verde Islands 2009/10". Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015.

External links

• "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150713074425/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv2010.html%5B%5D