2015–16 Celtic da Praia season

Celtic da Praia

2015–16 season
Manager	Gildo de Ribeira
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South)	7th
Top goalscorer	Ezeijofor Kingsley (6)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2015–16 Celtic da Praia season were in the island division of football (soccer). The club finished 6th after ADESBA and ahead of Travadores. ^[1] Also Académica and ADESBA had the same 41 points with Celtic, Celtic had a 14-point difference than Travadores

The club also had 7 wins and draws and 8 losses, one position higher than last season and scored 26 goals, more than last season. Two other clubs shared 26 goals, Celtic and ADESBA, the three were behind Garridos and ahead of Eugênio Lima with 19.

Santiago Island League (South)

The 2015-16 season would almost have a good start and reached number one at week 3 only for a week. Their season's first match was on November 15 ^[2] and defeated Vitória in a scoreless draw. A two match winning streak was followed in which Celtic defeated Sporting Praia where they scored the season's first goal and Os Garridos 1-3. Celtic suffered a two match losing streak, the first one had no goal scored in a match with Eugénio Lima, Celtic's position plunged to 5th. On January 8, Celtic's first match of 2016 featured ADESBA, it ended in a scoreless draw and was placed 6th which would dominate the rest of the season with some exceptions. A week later, Celtic defeated Varanda and scored their first goals of the year and became 5th. Celtic had a two match loss to Desportivo and Académica, both without goals, they put back Celtic into 6th. On February 5, the club defeated Delta and scored 0-3 in a match with a team that later became weak. Celtic lost to Boavista 1-3, a week later, they defeated Vitória in the second part. A goal draw was made with Sporting Praia on February 27. Celtic went on a five match winning streak and defeated Os Garridos on March 4, Eugénio Lima on March 11, Travadores on March 27, ADESBA on April 2 and Varanda on April 9 where the club was put up a position to 5th. Celtic was back to 6th place after a draw was made with Desportivo Praia with a goal on April 15, Celtic's only home draw. Celtic's final loss was on April 23, they scored nothing in a match with Académica. Celtic's two remaining matches were victorious as Celtic defeated Delta 3-1, a club that was to be kicked out of the Premier Division and into the Second in the following season and Boavista 3-0 on May 7 and the club finished 6th.

Celtic's 38 points and 11 wins became club record. These surpassed on March 3, this became second to Celtic's current 39 point total and its 12 wins in the 2017-18 season and may or will have a higher number in late March 2018.

Celtic also had 6 home wins out of 11, scored 15 goals at home and 11 away.

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
Position	5	4	1	3	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6

Last updated: 8 May 2016.
Source: Arfss

Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Vitória v Celtic da Praia

15 November 20151	Vitória	0–0	Celtic da Praia	Praia
16:00		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Celtic da Praia v Sporting Clube da Praia

21 November 20152	Celtic da Praia	1–0	Sporting Clube da Praia	Praia
15:30	João Janito Gomes	Report		Stadium: Várzea

Garridos v Celtic da Praia

29 November 20153	Garridos	1–3	Celtic da Praia	Praia
15:30	José Manuel A. Monteiro	Report	Dário Filipe Paiva Michael Henry Amadi Ezeijofor Kingsley	Stadium: Várzea

Celtic da Praia v Eugénio Lima

13 December 20154	Celtic da Praia	0–1	Eugénio Lima	Praia
17:20		Report	Admilson Gonçalves	Stadium: Várzea

Celtic da Praia v Travadores

20 December 20155	Celtic da Praia	1–1	Travadores	Praia
17:20	José Pedro M. Tavares	Report	Guy Andrade	Stadium: Várzea

ADESBA v Celtic da Praia

9 January 20166	ADESBA	0–0	Celtic da Praia	Praia
15:30		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
16 January 2016	Varanda	H	2-0			5th
22 January 2016	Desportivo da Praia	A	1-0	no goals scored		6th
30 January 2016	Académica da Praia	H	0-1	no goals scored		6th
5 February 2016	Delta	A	0-3			6th
13 February 2016	Boavista	H	1-3			6th
21 February 2016	Vitória	H	2-1			6th
27 February 2016	Sporting Praia	A	1-1			6th
4 March 2016	Os Garridos	H	2-0			6th
11 March 2016	Eugénio Lima	A	0-3			6th
27 March 2016	Travadores	A	0-1			6th
2 April 2016	ADESBA	H	2-0			6th
9 April 2016	Varanda	A	0-1			5th
15 April 2016	Desportivo da Praia	H	1-1			6th
23 April 2016	Académica da Praia	A	1-0	no goals scored		6th
29 April 2016	Delta	H	3-1			6th
7 May 2016	Boavista	A	3-0			6th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	ADESBA	22	11	8	3	26	13	+13	41
6	Celtic	22	11	5	6	26	13	+13	41
7	CD Travadores	22	7	7	8	26	31	-5	28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	11	5	6	26	13	+13	38	6	1	3	15	6	+9	5	4	3	11	7	+4

Last updated: May 9, 2016.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Squad

As of 21 November 2015 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 João Janito Gomes 2 Flavio Jair Mendes 3 Diwara Amara 4 Elisandro Pascoal Barbosa 5 MF Dário Filipe Paiva 6 José Pedro M. Tavares 7 Jailson Lopes 8 Auldair Ferreira Oliveira 9 Roberto Carlos G. Perreira 10 Evandro Semedo da Silva 11 Jailson Carlos Monteiro 12 Eldon F. de Brito

No. Position Player 13 Ailton Jorge Lopes 14 Boubacar Camara 15 Samuel M. Cabral 16 MF Nando (Ardilis Vaz dos Santos) 17 Abronis Varela Teixeira 18 Ezeijofor Kingsley 19 MF Michael Henry Amadi 20 Patrick Brandão 21 Manuel de Jesus Barros 22 FW José Augusto Rocha 23 Janilson Pereira Cabral 24 MF Bataninha (Evandro Manuel R. Correira)

Transfers

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
2016		Auldair Ferreira Olveira	Vitória FC Praia
Late 2016		Ezeijofor Kingsley	Benfica Praia
Late 2016	MF	Dário FIlipe Semedo Paiva	Sporting Clube da Praia

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Gildo Ribeiro

Last updated: May 2016
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Other information

As of 2016

Ground (capacity and dimensions)

Estádio da Várzea (5,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: May 2016
Source:^{[ citation needed ]}

Team kit

Home	Away/Alternate

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com
2. "Futebol: Regional de Santiago Sul arranca a 13 de Novembro" [Southern Santiago Regional Season Begins on 13 November]. Expresso das Ilhas. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015. 
3. Celtic Futebol Clube article on the Spanish Wikipedia

External link

• Celtic da Praia's 2015/16 squad and stats at Konkuri