2014–15 Santiago Island League (South)

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Santiago Island League (South)
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The Os Garridos-Académica Praia match
Season2014-15
Champions FC Boavista
Promoted Vitória FC
Relegatednone
Matches played90
Goals scored213 (2.37 per match)
Biggest home winSporting Praia
Biggest away winGarridos
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The 2014–15 Santiago Island League (South) season was the competition of the second-tier football in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 5 December 2013 and finished on 26 April 2014. The tournament was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). [1] [2] Boavista won the second and most recent title and participated in the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships.

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Overview

Sporting Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 21 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division and 11 in the Second Division. This was the last season that would feature 10 clubs, the following season the regional premier division would have two additional clubs Delta and Eugénio Lima totalling 12, no clubs were relegated, no promotional match occurred. A total of 213 goals were scored.

The biggest win was two matches with five goals, the highest was Desportivo who defeated Travadores 6-1 on April 2, the second highest was Boavista who defeated Garridos 5-0 on April 19.

Celtic took the lead position for the first two weeks, Boavista took it for the rest of the season.

Both Boavista and Desportivo and Travadores scored the most goals numbering 37, third were both Sporting and Bairro with 26 goals, Vitória scored the fewest, numbering ten. On the opposites, Boavista and Sporting only conceded 14 goals. Travadores was the first major club of the decade to concede the most goals in the region, which was 38. Varanda, in ninth place, did not concede a high number of goals, they conceded only 19 which was the fifth worst.

There was no competition in the last week of December, the first and third weeks of January due to the regional cup competitions.

The match of March 20 took place after the solar eclipse which occurred during the morning hours and showed under 25% obscuration on the island.

Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 The solar eclipse that occurred on March 20, 2015

A total solar eclipse occurred on March 20, 2015. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with a partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Participating clubs

League standings

Premier Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC Boavista 1813413714+2343
2 Sporting Clube da Praia 189722614+1234(-3)
3 Desportivo da Praia 189633720+1733
4 Celtic 187652217+527
5 Académica da Praia 188371618-227
6 AD Bairro 185492628-219
7 Garridos 185491222-109
8 CD Travadores 1851121738-2116
9 Varanda 183691119-815
10 Vitória FC 1835101024-1414

Second Division

Results

Week 1
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Desportivo Praia1 - 0Vitória5 December16:00
Os Garridos0 - 0Académica Praia6 December14:00
Travadores2 - 2Boavista6 December16:00
Celtic4 - 0Varanda7 December14:00
Bairro3 - 3Sporting Praia7 December16:00
Week 2
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Académica Praia3 - 1Travadores12 December16:00
Boavista3 - 1Bairro13 December14:00
Vitória0 - 1Os Garridos13 December16:00
Sporting Praia1 - 1Celtic14 December14:00
Varanda0 - 0Desportivo Praia14 December16:00
Week 3
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Os Garridos0 - 1Travadores19 December16:00
Bairro0 - 0Académica Praia20 December14:00
Vitória1 - 2Varanda20 December16:00
Celtic0 - 3Boavista21 December14:00
Desportivo Praia3 - 3Sporting Praia21 December16:00
Week 4
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Académica Praia1 - 0Celtic9 January16:00
Travadores0 - 3Bairro10 January14:00
Boavista4 - 3Desportivo Praia10 January16:00
Sporting Praia1 - 0Vitória11 January14:00
Varanda0 - 1Os Garridos11 January16:00
Week 5
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Varanda0 - 0Sporting Praia16 January16:00
Celtic0 - 1Travadores17 January14:00
Os Garridos0 - 0Bairro17 January16:00
Desportivo Praia4 - 1Académica Praia18 January14:00
Vitória1 - 1Boavista18 January16:00
Week 6
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Travadores1 - 3Desportivo Praia30 January16:00
Bairro2 - 1Celtic31 January14:00
Académica Praia1 - 0Vitória31 January16:00
Boavista1 - 0Varanda1 February14:00
Sporting Praia1 - 0Os Garridos1 February16:00
Week 7
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Vitória0 - 1Travadores6 February16:00
Os Garridos1 - 3Celtic7 February14:00
Sporting Praia1 - 1Boavista7 February16:00
Varanda0 - 1Académica Praia8 February14:00
Desportivo Praia1 - 0Bairro8 February16:00
Week 8
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Bairro1 - 2Vitória13 February16:00
Celtic1 - 0Desportivo Praia14 February14:00
Travadores2 - 1Varanda14 February16:00
Académica Praia0 - 2Sporting Praia15 February14:00
Os Garridos0 - 1Boavista15 February16:00
Week 9
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Vitória0 - 0Celtic20 February16:00
Varanda0 - 0Bairro21 February14:00
Desportivo Praia1 - 1Os Garridos21 February16:00
Sporting Praia0 - 3 N1 Travadores22 February14:00
Boavista0 - 1Académica Praia22 February16:00
Note 1: The original result finished 2-0 in favor of Sporting Praia, for a while, the loss caused an aligned dispute. [3]
Week 10
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Vitória0 - 4Desportivo Praia4 March [lower-alpha 1]
Académica Praia0 - 1Os Garridos28 February14:00
Sporting Praia2 - 1Bairro28 February16:00
Varanda1 - 1Celtic1 March14:00
Boavista2 - 0Travadores1 March16:00
Week 11
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Travadores0 - 2Académica Praia6 March16:00
Bairro2 - 3Boavista7 March14:00
Os Garridos0 - 0Vitória7 March16:00
Celtic1 - 3Sporting Praia8 March14:00
Desportivo Praia2 - 1Varanda8 March16:00
Week 12
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Travadores1 - 5Os Garridos13 March16:00
Académica Praia0 - 3Bairro14 March14:00
Varanda0 - 0Vitória14 March16:00
Boavista0 - 0Celtic15 March14:00
Sporting Praia0 - 0Desportivo Praia15 March16:00
Week 13
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Bairro2 - 1Travadores20 March16:00
Celtic2 - 0Académica Praia21 March14:00
Desportivo Praia1 - 2Boavista21 March16:00
Vitória0 - 3Sporting Praia22 March14:00
Os Garridos1 - 0Varanda22 March16:00
Week 14
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Sporting Praia0 - 0Varanda27 March16:00
Travadores1 - 2Celtic28 March14:00
Bairro2 - 0Os Garridos28 March16:00
Académica Praia1 - 1Desportivo Praia29 March14:00
Boavista3 - 0Vitória29 March16:00
Week 15
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Desportivo Praia6 - 1Travadores2 April16:00
Celtic2 - 1Bairro3 April14:00
Vitória0 - 2Académica Praia3 April16:00
Varanda0 - 2Boavista4 April14:00
Os Garridos0 - 3Sporting Praia4 April16:00
Week 16
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Boavista1 - 0Sporting Praia10 April16:00
Celtic2 - 0Os Garridos11 April14:00
Travadores0 - 2Vitória11 April16:00
Académica Praia1 - 0Varanda12 April14:00
Bairro2 - 4Desportivo Praia12 April16:00
Week 17
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Vitória3 - 2Bairro17 April16:00
Desportivo Praia1 - 1Celtic18 April14:00
Varanda3 - 1Travadores18 April16:00
Sporting Praia1 - 0Académica Praia19 April14:00
Boavista5 - 0Os Garridos19 April16:00
Week 18
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Celtic1 - 1Vitória24 April16:00
Bairro1 - 3Varanda25 April14:00
Os Garridos1 - 2Desportivo Praia25 April16:00
Travadores0 - 2Sporting Praia26 April14:00
Académica Praia2 - 3Boavista26 April16:00

All times in Cape Verdean Time (UTC -1)

Position changes

Club / Week010203040506070809101112131415161718
Académica da Praia
7
3
2
2
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
AD Bairro
4
7
9
5
7
5
6
7
7
8
8
6
6
5
6
6
6
6
FC Boavista
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Celtic
1
1
4
7
9
9
8
6
6
6
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
4
Desportivo da Praia
2
4
3
6
2
2
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
Os Garridos
8
5
5
3
3
6
7
8
8
7
5
5
5
7
7
7
7
7
Sporting Clube da Praia
3
6
8
4
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
CD Travadores
6
8
6
8
6
7
5
5
5
5
6
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Varanda
10
9
7
9
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
9
Vitória
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
10
Santiago South Zone Premier Division 2014-15
Champions
FC Boavista
2nd title

Statistics

Desportivo Praia 6 - 1 Travadores (2 April)
Boavista 5 - 0 Garridos (19 April)
Boavista 4-3 Desportivo Praia (10 January)
Desportivo Praia 6-1 Travadores (2 April)

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally for February 28

Related Research Articles

Sporting Clube da Praia

Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, one of the unrelegated clubs in the south of the island along with three of the city's four historically mightiest clubs including Académica, Boavista and CD Travadores. Along with Académcia, Boavista, Desportivo, Travadores and Vitória, it is one of several teams that share the same ground, Estádio da Várzea, which has a capacity of 8,000. Sporting has won six championships since independence and a few before independence. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence. Sporting recently won the 2017 national title. Its current president is Carlos Daniel Caetano and its manager is Lito, who once played for Portuguese clubs as footballer.

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References

  1. ↑ "www.fcf.cv/pt/index.php/associacoes/santiago-sul". fcf.cv. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Futebol Santiago Sul: Campeonato Regional Época 2014-15 Arranca A 05 De Dezembro" [2014-15 Regional Championships Begins on December 5]. Criolosport. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Futebol Santiago Sul: Sporting Perde 3 Pontos Na Secretaria" [Santiago South: Sporting Lost 3 Points]. Criolosport. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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