2014–15 Santiago Island League (North)

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Santiago Island League (North)
Season 2014-15
Champions Beira-Mar
Matches played 90
Goals scored 202 (2.24 per match)
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The 2014-15 Santiago Island League (North) season was the competition of the second-tier football in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 20 December 2014 [1] and finished on 3 May 2015. The competition was organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Norte, ARFSN). [2] Beira-Mar won their first and only title and was the next in the nation to win their first.

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Grémio Nhagar was the defending team of the title. A total of 13 clubs participated in the competition, the first four clubs advanced into the second and final phase and the club with the highest number of points was a winner in week 6. There were a total of 90 matches, 72 in the first phase and 12 in the second and final phase.

A total of 202 goals were scored.

Overview

It was the final season where neither club were relegated, in the following season, the competition became two-tier with the championships commonly called the Premier and the creation of the Second Division.

The Santiago Island League (North) is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde. The competittion are organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.

The biggest win was on May 3 where Beira-Mar defeated Desportivo Sta. Cruz 0-6. The biggest home win was on February 28 where Desportivo Calheta defeated União Picos 6 - 1.

First phase

In the first phase, Beira Mar took the lead in round 1, then Flor Jovem for the remainder of the phase with the exception of the third and fourth rounds which were taken by Grèmio Nhágar and Santa Cruz at the tenth round.

Flor Jovem, Santa Cruz, Varandinha and Beira Mar qualified into the final phase. Grémio Nhagar scored the most with 21 goals and Real Júnior with the least with nine. On the opposites, Flor Jovem conceded the least with three goals and União Picos the most with 26 goals.

Second phase

Varandinha took the lead in the first four rounds, then Beira Mar took in the last two rounds.

Beira Mar scored the most with eleven goals and Flor Jovem and Santa Cruz scored the least with four. On the opposites, Beira Mar conceded the least with four and Desportivo conceded the most numbering ten.

Participating clubs

Santa Cruz, Cape Verde Municipality in Santiago, Cape Verde

Santa Cruz is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the eastern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Pedra Badejo. Its population was 26,617 at the 2010 census, and its area is 112.2 km2.

Estrela dos Amadores

Clube de Futebol Estrela dos Amadores is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Tarrafal in the northern part of the island of Santiago and are one of the oldest clubs in the area. Since the implementation of the two tier regional system in 2015, Estrela dos Amadores are one of ten unrelegated clubs of the North Zone of Santiago.

League standings

First phase

The top four clubs colored in green would advance into the second phase.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flor Jovem da Calheta 121011143+1131
2 Desportivo de Santa Cruz 12821126+626
3 Varandinha (Tarrafal) 12651167+923
4 SC Beira Mar 126331714+321
5 Grêmio Nhágar 126242114+720
6 Scorpions Vermelho 12534139+418
7 Benfica (Santa Cruz) 123631110+115
8 Estrela dos Amadores 123541213-114
9 São Lourenço FC 123271014-411
10 Desportivo da Calheta 122461618-210
11 AJAC da Calheta 122461115-410
12 União Picos 123181326-1610
13 Real Júnior 12129925-165

Results

Week 1
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Grémio Nhagar2 - 1AJAC Calheta20 December
São Lourenço1 - 1Estrelas dos Amadores20 December
Beira-Mar0 - 2Benfica20 December
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 0Scorpions Vermelho21 December
Flor Jovem2 - 0Desp. Calheta21 December
Real Junior2 - 0União Picos21 December
Week 2
HomeScoreVisitorDate
AJAC Calheta1 - 1Real Junior28 December
Varandinha0 - 0Estrelas dos Amadores28 December
Flor Jovem1 - 0Benfica28 December
Desp. Calheta1 - 1Desp. Santa Cruz28 December
São Lourenço0 - 1Grémio Nhagar28 December
União Picos2 - 4Beira-Mar28 December
Week 3
HomeScoreVisitorDate
São Lourenço1 - 1Varandinha17 January
Estrelas dos Amadores0 - 1Scorpions Vermelho17 January
Real Junior1 - 4Grémio Nhagar18 January
Beira-Mar1 - 1AJAC Calheta18 January
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 0Benfica18 January
Flor Jovem2 - 0União Picos4 February [lower-alpha 1]
Week 4
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Real Junior0 - 3São Lourenço25 January
Scorpions Vermelho2 - 4Varandinha25 January
Grémio Nhagar3 - 1Beira-Mar25 January
Desp. Calheta0 - 1Estrelas dos Amadores25 January
AJAC Calheta0 - 1Flor Jovem25 January
União Picos0 - 2Desp. Santa Cruz25 January
Week 5
HomeScoreVisitorDate
São Lourenço0 - 1Scorpions Vermelho31 January
Beira-Mar1 - 0Real Junior31 January
Varandinha0 - 0Desp. Calheta31 January
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 0AJAC Calheta31 January
Flor Jovem2 - 1Grémio Nhagar1 February
Estrelas dos Amadores1 - 1Benfica1 February
Week 6
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Grémio Nhagar1 - 2Desp. Santa Cruz7 February
Beira-Mar3 - 1São Lourenço7 February
Benfica1 - 1Varandinha7 February
Real Junior1 - 2Flor Jovem8 February
Desp. Calheta0 - 2Scorpions Vermelho8 February
União Picos1 - 0Estrelas dos Amadores8 February
Week 7
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Flor Jovem1 - 0Beira-Mar14 February
Scorpions Vermelho1 - 0Benfica14 February
Estrelas dos Amadores1 - 4AJAC Calheta14 February
São Lourenço2 - 1Desp. Calheta15 February
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 0Real Junior15 February
Varandinha2 - 1União Picos15 February
Week 8
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Flor Jovem1 - 0São Lourenço21 February
Beira-Mar1 - 0Desp. Santa Cruz21 February
União Picos1 - 0Scorpions Vermelho21 February
Benfica1 - 1Desp. Calheta22 February
AJAC Calheta0 - 3Varandinha22 February
Grémio Nhagar1 - 2Estrelas dos Amadores22 February
Week 9
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Varandinha1 - 0Grémio Nhagar28 February
Scorpions Vermelho0 - 0AJAC Calheta28 February
Desp. Calheta6 - 1União Picos28 February
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 0Flor Jovem1 March
Estrelas dos Amadores4 - 1Real Junior1 March
São Lourenço0 - 1Benfica4 March [lower-alpha 2]
Week 10
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 0São Lourenço7 March
Beira-Mar0 - 0Estrelas dos Amadores7 March
Grémio Nhagar0 - 0Scorpions Vermelho7 March
União Picos2 - 2Benfica8 March
AJAC Calheta0 - 0Desp. Calheta8 March
Real Junior0 - 1Varandinha8 March
Week 11
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Varandinha1 - 2Beira-Mar14 March
São Lourenço0 - 2União Picos15 March
Benfica2 - 1AJAC Calheta15 March
Estrelas dos Amadores0 - 1Flor Jovem15 March
Desp. Calheta2 - 3Grémio Nhagar15 March
Scorpions Vermelho5 - 1Real Junior15 March
Week 12
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 1Estrelas dos Amadores21 March
Flor Jovem0 - 0Varandinha21 March
Beira-Mar1 - 1Scorpions Vermelho21 March
AJAC Calheta2 - 1União Picos22 March
Grémio Nhagar1 - 1Benfica22 March
Real Junior2 - 3Desp. Calheta22 March
Week 13
HomeScoreVisitorDate
São Lourenço2 - 1AJAC Calheta28 March
União Picos2 - 4Grémio Nhagar28 March
Varandinha2 - 0Desp. Santa Cruz28 March
Scorpions Vermelho0 - 1Flor Jovem28 March
Desp. Calheta2 - 3Beira-Mar28 March

Position changes

Club / Week01020304050607080910111213
AJAC
9
9
9
11
11
12
9
11
11
11
12
10
11
Beira Mar
13
6
4
7
4
4
6
4
4
4
5
5
4
Benfica de Santa Cruz
1
5
6
9
9
8
10
9
8
8
7
7
7
Desportivo da Calheta
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
13
10
10
11
9
10
Desportivo de Santa Cruz
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
Estrela dos Amadores
6
7
11
6
6
7
8
7
7
7
8
8
8
Flor Jovem
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Grêmio Nhágar
4
2
1
1
3
3
3
5
6
6
6
6
5
Real Júnior
3
3
5
8
10
10
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
Scorpions Vermelho
10
12
7
10
7
5
4
6
5
5
4
4
6
São Lourenço FC
7
10
10
5
8
9
7
8
9
9
10
9
9
União Picos
12
13
13
13
13
11
12
10
12
12
9
12
12
Varandinha de Tarrafal
8
8
8
4
5
6
5
3
3
3
3
3
3

Second and final phase

The club with the most number of points (and sometimes goals) colored in green would win the regional championship

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1SC Beira-Mar6402114+712
2Varandinha (Tarrafal)622297+28
3Flor Jovem621347-37
4Desportivo (Santa Cruz)6132410-66

Results

Round 1
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Beira-Mar1 - 0Desp. Santa Cruz4 April
Varandinha3 - 0Flor Jovem4 April
Round 2
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Desp. Santa Cruz2 - 2Varandinha12 April
Flor Jovem1 - 0Beira-Mar12 April
Round 3
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Varandinha3 - 1Beira-Mar19 April
Flor Jovem0 - 1Desp. Santa Cruz19 April
Round 4
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Beira-Mar2 - 0Varandinha22 April
Desp. Santa Cruz1 - 1Flor Jovem22 April
Round 5
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Varandinha0 - 0Desp. Santa Cruz25 April
Beira-Mar1 - 0Flor Jovem25 April
Round 6
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Desp. Santa Cruz0 - 6Beira-Mar3 May
Flor Jovem2 - 1Varandinha3 May

Position changes

Club / Week010203040506
Beira-Mar
2
2
3
2
1
1
Desportivo da Santa Cruz
3
4
2
3
3
4
Flor Jovem
4
3
4
4
4
3
Varandinha de Tarrafal
1
1
1
1
2
2
Santiago North Zone 2014-15
Champions
Beira-Mar
1st title

Statistics

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally for 18 January
  2. ↑ Originally for 1 March

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