2014–15 São Vicente Island League

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São Vicente Island League
Season2014-15
Champions CS Mindelense
PromotedFarense
Relegated Ribeira Bote
Matches played56
Goals scored156 (2.79 per match)
Biggest home winMindelense
Biggest away winAmarante
Longest winning runMindelense
Longest unbeaten runMindelense
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The 2014–15 São Vicente Island League season was the 77th (39th since independence) of the competition of the second-tier football in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. [1] Its started on 17 January and finished on 26 April 2015. The tournament was organized by the São Vicente Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de São Vicente de Futebol, ARSVF). [2] CS Mindelense won the 47th title, as they were national champions in the previous season, Derby as second place qualified into the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships a few weeks later in May, later they qualified into the regional Super Cup as champion, as Mindelense won the cup title, they challenged Amarante, runner-up in the cup competition.

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São Vicente is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west African coast. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.

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Its chairman was Benvindo Leston, his post would be replaced by Júlio do Rosario in the following season.

Overview

FC Derby was the defending team of the title. Académica and Salamansa. A total of 14 clubs participated in the competition, 8 in the Premier Division and 6 in the Second Division.

FC Derby association football club

Futebol Clube Derby is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde and is Cape Verde's only affiliate of FC Porto and the oldest affiliate in the whole of Africa. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. It is the second team of the regional league who won the most titles after independence especially in the 1960s and the 1970s. Its current president is Carlos Alberto Lopes and its coach is Yoya who became in May 2017. The club name is the Dragons or Dragões, the same as Porto's slogan. Since 30 April 2017, they are one of three unrelegated clubs in the island along with Batuque and Mindelense.

Associação Académica do Mindelo is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente and plays in a stadium with a capacity of 5,000. The club is an affiliate of the Portuguese club Académica de Coimbra. It is one of the first teams ever to win a provincial title before independence, in 1953, a year later. There was no further competition until 1956. Académica won their first title since independence in 1989. Other titles includes four for the island including their recent 2006/07 season win and two opening tournaments along with their recent win.

Mindelense scored 9 over Ribeira Bote on April 5 and made it the highest point scored by Mindelense in the season, one of the highest scores that remains today. Mindelense also was number one the whole season and finished with 38 points and also scored the most number of goals numbering 26. Académica do Mindelo defeated Castilho 6-1 in the first promotion match, the second match was 3 apiece and Académica did not relegated.

There were no competition on the second week of February due to the regional cup competitions.

Participating clubs

League standings

Premier Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 CS Mindelense 141220367+2938
2 FC Derby 146441915+422
3 Amarante 145632219+321
4 Batuque FC 146352422+221
5 Falcões do Norte 146261720-320
6 Salamansa 145271725-817
7 Académica do Mindelo 143291118-711
8 Ribeira Bote 1413101636-206

Second Division

Results

Week 1
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Amarante1 - 2Salamansa17 January14:00
Falcões0 - 2Academica Mindelo17 January16:00
Ribeira Bote1 - 1Derby18 January14:00
Mindelense3 - 0Batuque18 January16:00
Week 2
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Derby0 - 2Mindelense24 January14:00
Batuque4 - 3Ribeira Bote24 January16:00
Salamansa3 - 0Falcões25 January14:00
Académica Mindelo0 - 0Amarante25 January16:00
Week 3
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Falcões3 - 1Derby31 January14:00
Amarante3 - 2Batuque31 January16:00
Mindelense3 - 0Salamansa1 February14:00
Ribeira Bote0 - 1Académica Mindelo1 February16:00
Week 4
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Ribeira Bote1 - 3Mindelense7 February14:00
Académica Mindelo0 - 0Salamansa7 February16:00
Batuque1 - 3Falcões8 February14:00
Derby3 - 0Amarante8 February16:00
Week 5
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Amarante1 - 1Falcões21 February14:00
Batuque1 - 1Derby21 February16:00
Salamansa2 - 2Ribeira Bote22 February14:00
Mindelense1 - 0Académica Mindelo22 February16:00
Week 6
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Mindelense2 - 2Amarante28 February14:00
Falcões2 - 1Ribeira Bote28 February16:00
Académica Mindelo0 - 2Derby1 March14:00
Salamansa0 - 3Batuque1 March16:00
Week 7
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Batuque2 - 1Académica Mindelo7 March14:00
Derby2 - 0Salamansa7 March16:00
Ribeira Bote0 - 1Amarante8 March14:00
Mindelense2 - 0Falcões8 March16:00
Week 8
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Batuque0 - 2Mindelense14 March14:00
Derby0 - 0Ribeira Bote14 March16:00
Académica Mindelo1 - 2Falcões15 March14:00
Salamansa1 - 4Amarante15 March16:00
Week 9
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Amarante2 - 1Académica Mindelo21 March14:00
Falcões0 - 2Salamansa21 March16:00
Ribeira Bote0 - 2Batuque22 March14:00
Mindelense1 - 0Derby22 March16:00
Week 10
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Académica Mindelo2 - 3Ribeira Bote28 March14:00
Salamansa1 - 3Mindelense28 March16:00
Batuque1 - 1Amarante29 March14:00
Derby1 - 0Falcões29 March16:00
Week 11
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Amarante1 - 2Derby4 April14:00
Falcões1 - 0Batuque4 April16:00
Salamansa1 - 2Académica Mindelo5 April14:00
Mindelense9 - 1Ribeira Bote5 April16:00
Week 12
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Académica Mindelo0 - 1Mindelense11 April14:00
Ribeira Bote1 - 2Salamansa11 April16:00
Derby3 - 3Batuque12 April14:00
Falcões1 - 1Amarante12 April16:00
Week 13
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Batuque3 - 1Salamansa18 April14:00
Derby2 - 1Académica Mindelo18 April16:00
Ribeira Bote1 - 3Falcões19 April14:00
Mindelense1 - 1Amarante19 April16:00
Week 14
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Falcões1 - 3Mindelense25 April14:00
Amarante4 - 2Ribeira Bote25 April16:00
Salamansa2 - 1Derby26 April14:00
Académica Mindelo0 - 2Batuque26 April16:00
Promotion matches
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Académica Mindelo6 - 1Castilho2 May
Castilho3 - 3Académica Mindelo10 May

All times are in UTC−1

Position changes

Club / Week0102030405060708091011121314
Académica do Mindelo
2
3
2
2
2
4
6
6
7
7
6
7
7
7
Amarante
6
6
4
6
6
7
5
4
2
2
3
3
4
3
Batuque FC
8
4
5
7
7
6
3
5
3
4
5
5
5
4
FC Derby
4
7
8
5
5
3
2
3
5
3
2
2
2
2
Falcões
7
8
6
4
4
2
4
2
4
5
4
4
3
5
CS Mindelense
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ribeira Bote
5
5
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Salamansa
3
2
3
3
3
5
7
7
6
6
7
6
6
6
São Vicente Premier Division 2015
Champions
CS Mindelense
47th title

Statistics

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References

  1. ↑ "São Vicente/Futebol: Campeonato principia este fim-de-semana e com clássico Mindelense – Batuque". Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ 2014-15 São Vicente Island League at RSSSF
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