2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships

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Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2014
Champions CS Mindelense
Matches played36
Goals scored73 (2.03 per match)
Biggest home winAcademica do Porto Novo
Biggest away winAcadémica da Calheta, Académica do Fogo
Highest scoringSy (5)
2013
2015

The 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 35th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 5 April and finished on 31 May, earlier than the previous year as some days later, television viewers would later tune to the 2014 World Cup which took place in Brazil. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. [1] CS Mindelense won the tenth title and their second in a row, its total number of titles superseded Sporting Praia's totals by one. [2] They did not participate in the 2015 CAF Champions League.

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Overview

CS Mindelense was the team defending 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. Again more than three clubs shared the same club name starting with Académica numbering four out of twelve. Once again, half of Group B clubs would bear the first club name but only half would bear the name in the knockout stage.

SC Verdun of Pedra de Lume made their next national appearance in 34 years and first also featuring a group stage. Grémio Nhágar was the only participant of the north of Santiago that came from the municipality of Santa Catarina and Assomada.

The biggest win was Académico do Porto Novo who scored 5-0 over Sporting Clube from Brava. Mindelense scored the most matches at home numbering seven and was a record at the national championships.

The season would have the fewest goals in history after the expansion of the clubs to over ten, fewer than last season. Unlike last season, only two matches had nil points. Week 2 had the lowest scoring. Some matches finished 1-0 or 0-1.

Participating clubs

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Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
Académica da Calheta Vila do Maio Maio 4,000
Académica do Fogo São Filipe 5 de Julho 1,000
Académica Operária Sal Rei Arsénio Ramos 500
Académica do Porto Novo Porto Novo Porto Novo 8,000
SC Atlético Ribeira Brava João de Deus Lopes da Silva 1,000
FC Derby Mindelo Adérito Sena 8,000
Grémio Nhágar Assomada Cúmbem 4,000
Mindelense MindeloAdérito Sena8,000
Paulense Desportivo Clube Paúl João Serra 2,000
Sporting (Brava) Vila Nova Sintra Aquiles de Oliveira 500
SC Praia Praia Várzea 12,000
Sport Clube Verdun Espargos Marcelo Leitão 8,000

Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.

League standings

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Sporting Clube da Praia 541071+613
2 Académica do Porto Novo 522172+58
3 Grémio Nhágar 522165+18
4 Paulense Desportivo Clube 511346-24
5 FC Derby 511346-24
6 Sporting Clube da Brava 5023312-92

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 CS Mindelense 540192+712
2 Académica do Fogo 5320104+611
3 SC Atlético 52123307
4 Académica da Calheta 520358-36
5 Académica Operária 520339-66
6 Sport Clube Verdun 501437-41

Source: [11]

Results

The group and calendar was sorted on February 15 in Praia by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. [12]

Week 1
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Académica PN0 - 0Sporting Praia6 April
FC Derby1 - 1Grémio Nhágar6 April
Sporting Brava1 - 1Paulense6 April
CS Mindelense4 - 0Acádemica Operária5 April
SC Atlético1 - 0Académica da Calheta6 April
Verdun2 - 2Académica do Fogo5 April
Week 2
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Académica PN2 - 1FC Derby13 April16:00
Grémio Nhágar1 - 1Sporting Brava12 April16:00
Paulense0 - 1Sporting Praia12 April16:00
CS Mindelense1 - 0SC Atlético12 April15:30
Académica da Calheta2 - 1Verdun12 April15:30
Académica do Fogo2 - 0Acádemica Operária12 April15:30
Week 3
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Grémio Nhágar1 - 0Académica PN19 April
FC Derby0 - 1Paulense19 April
Sporting Praia3 - 0Sporting Brava19 April
Académica da Calheta0 - 2CS Mindelense19 April
SC Atlético1 - 1Académica do Fogo19 April
Acádemica Operária1 - 0Verdun19 April
Week 4
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Sporting Praia2 - 1Grémio Nhágar26 April16:00
Sporting Brava1 - 2FC Derby27 April16:00
Paulense0 - 0Académica PN26 April16:00
Acádemica Operária1 - 3Académica da Calheta26 April15:30
Verdun0 - 1SC Atlético26 April15:30
Académica do Fogo2 - 1CS Mindelense26 April15:30
Week 5
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Académica PN5 - 0Sporting Brava4 May
Grémio Nhágar2 - 1Paulense4 May
FC Derby0 - 1Sporting Praia4 May
CS Mindelense1 - 0Verdun3 May
Académica da Calheta0 - 3Académica do Fogo3 May
SC Atlético0 - 1Acádemica Operária3 May

Final Stages

All times are in Cape Verdean Time (UTC−1)

Semi-Finals Finals
Sporting Clube da Praia 0 2 2
Académica do Fogo 0 2 2 Académica do Fogo 1 0 1
CS Mindelense 0 3 3 CS Mindelense 2 0 2
Académica do Porto Novo 0 0 0

Semi-finals

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Académica do Porto Novo 0:0 CS Mindelense
Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo
Porto Novo
Referee: Manuel Timas Mendes
Académica do Fogo 0:0 Sporting Clube da Praia
Estádio 5 de Julho
São Filipe
Referee: Victor Lima
CS Mindelense 3:0 Académica do Porto Novo
Nhambu Soccerball shade.svg31'
Catchupa Soccerball shade.svg63'Soccerball shade.svg72'
Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena
Mindelo
Referee: Jaime Noel Figueiredo
Sporting Clube da Praia 2:2 Académica do Fogo
Soccerball shade.svg23'Soccerball shade.svg51'Sy Soccerball shade.svg16'
Cláudio Soccerball shade.svg81'
Estádio da Várzea
Praia
Referee: Alberto Monteiro

Finals

CS Mindelense 2:1 Académica do Fogo
Patchico Soccerball shade.svg7'
Sidney Soccerball shade.svg81'
Victor Soccerball shade.svg29'
Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena
Mindelo
Referee: Aristides Rodrigues
Académica do Fogo 0:0 CS Mindelense
Estádio 5 de Julho
São Filipe
Referee: Antonio Rodrigues
Cape Verdean Football 2014
Champions
CS Mindelense
10th title

Statistics

See also

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