2015–16 Maio Premier Division

Maio Premier Division
Season	2015-16
Champions	Académico 83
Promoted	Real Marítimo
Relegated	Beira-Mar
Matches played	42
Goals scored	137 (3.26 per match)
Biggest away win	Académico 83
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2015–16 Maio Island League season was the 25th of the competition of the second-tier football in the island of Maio, Cape Verde and first as the Maio Premier Division.^[1] Its started on 23 January and finished on 8 May 2016. The tournament was organized by the Maio Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Maio de Futebol, ARMF).^[2] Académico 83 won their 7th and title and finished with 29 points and participated in the 2016 national championships in May. Académico 83 both also qualified for the regional Super Cup and the first ever Champion's Cup played later in the year.

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Overview

The biggest win was Académico 83 who defeated Barreirense 1-7 on May 7 in the 14th and final round of the season. The biggest home win was Académica Calheta do Maio who defeated Santana 6-0 on January 31 in the third round. Barreirense conceded 36 goals.

Morreirense took the number one spot in the first round. The Académicas took it for the rest of the season, Académica Calheta do Maio took it first up to round 12 with brief interruptions, Académico 83 first took it in the fourth round, rounds 6 & 7 and the final two rounds of the season.

Académico 83 scored the most number of goals of the season numbering 34, Beira-Mar scored the least numbering 7, in the following season, Beira-Mar withdrew due to financial reasons.

Santana had a 13 match losing streak and 18 matches without a win, their last win was on January 11, 2014 and their last draw was on February 23, 2014. Santana's next draw was on February 13 with Académico 83 numbering two goals and their next win was on February 21 who defeated Onze Unidos 2-1. Also Santana's last home win was on April 1, 2012 where they defeated Beira-Mar 3-1, it ended their 12 match losing streak at home on February 21, 2016, Santana's next win away was on April 23 after defeating Barreirense 2-1.

There were no competition on the third week of March due to the parliamentary elections on March 20 and the first week of May due to the regional cup competitions.

Participating clubs

Club	Location	2014-15 positions
Académica da Calheta	Calheta do Maio	4th place
Académico 83	Cidade (Vila) do Maio	Regional champions
Barreirense	Barreiro	Withdrawn club
Beira-Mar	Cidade (Vila) do Maio	Withdrawn club
Morreirense	Morro	2nd place
Onze Unidos	Cidade (Vila) do Maio	3rd place
Santana de Morrinho	Morrinho	5th place

League standings

Premier Division


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Académico 83 (C) (Q)	12	9	2	1	34	10	+24	29	2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2	Académica da Calheta	12	8	1	3	27	9	+18	25
3	Onze Unidos	12	7	2	3	23	13	+10	23
4	Morrerense	12	5	3	4	18	10	+8	18
5	Santana de Morrinho	12	4	2	6	13	25	−12	14
6	Barreirense	12	2	1	9	15	16	−1	7
7	Beira-Mar (R)	12	1	1	10	7	34	−27	4	Relegation to2016-17 Maio Second Division

Updated to games played on 8 May 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2015/16: Maio Premier Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals (only if two teams are tied); 6) goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Week 1
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Onze Unidos	3 - 0	Beira-Mar	23 January
Santana	0 - 3	Morrerense	24 January
Académico 83	1 - 1	Académica da Calheta	24 January
Week 2
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Beira-Mar	1 - 5	Académico 83	30 January
Académica da Calheta	6 - 0	Santana	31 January
Barreirense	1 - 1	Onze Unidos	31 January
Week 3
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Barreirense	0 - 4	Académica da Calheta	6 February
Morrerense	0 - 0	Beira-Mar	7 February
Onze Unidos	1 - 2	Académico 83	7 February
Week 4
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Santana	2 - 2	Académico 83	13 February
Barreirense	3 - 2	Beira-Mar	14 February
Morrerense	1 - 1	Onze Unidos	14 February
Week 5
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Morrerense	3 - 2	Barreirense	20 February
Santana	2 - 1	Onze Unidos	21 February
Beira-Mar	1 - 2	Académica da Calheta	21 February
Week 6
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Onze Unidos	1 - 3	Académica da Calheta	27 February
Santana	5 - 2	Barreirense	28 February
Académico 83	1 - 0	Morrerense	28 February
Week 7
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Académico 83	2 - 0	Barreirense	5 March
Beira-Mar	1 - 0	Santana	6 March
Académica da Calheta	1 - 0	Morrerense	6 March
Week 8
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Morrerense	0 - 0	Santana	12 March
Beira-Mar	0 - 5	Onze Unidos	13 March
Académica da Calheta	1 - 2	Académico 83	13 March
Week 9
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Académico 83	5 - 0	Beira-Mar	25 March
Onze Unidos	2 - 1	Barreirense	26 March
Santana	0 - 2	Académica da Calheta	26 March
Week 10
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Beira-Mar	0 - 4	Morrerense	3 April
Académico 83	0 - 2	Onze Unidos	3 April^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Académica da Calheta	3 - 0	Barreirense	13 April^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Week 11
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Beira-Mar	2 - 4	Barreirense	9 April
Académico 83	6 - 1	Santana	10 April
Onze Unidos	2 - 1	Morrerense	10 April
Week 12
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Onze Unidos	2 - 1	Santana	16 April
Académica da Calheta	2 - 0	Beira-Mar	17 April
Barreirense	1 - 4	Morrerense	17 April
Week 13
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Académica da Calheta	1 - 2	Onze Unidos	22 April
Barreirense	0 - 1	Santana	23 April
Morrerense	0 - 1	Académico 83	23 April
Week 14
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Barreirense	1 - 7	Académico 83	7 May
Santana	1 - 0	Beira-Mar	8 May
Morrerense	2 - 1	Académica da Calheta	8 May

Position changes

Club / Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14
Académica da Calheta	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2
Académico 83	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
Barreirense	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Beira-Mar	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Morrerense	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Onze Unidos	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Santana	7	7	7	7	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Maio Premier Division 2015-16 Champions
Académico 83 7th title

Statistics

Biggest win: Bairrerense 1 - 7 Académico 83 (May 7)
Biggest home win: Académica Calheta 6 - 0 Santana (January 31)
Longest winning streak: Onze Unidos, 6 weeks (weeks 8-13)
Longest unbeaten streak: Académico 83; 8 weeks: (rounds 1-9, including their bye week)

Longest losing streak: Beira-Mar (weeks 1-16)
Worst season: Beira-Mar (1 win, 1 draw, 10 losses)

Notes

↑ Originally for April 4
↑ Originally for April 4

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References

↑ "Maio: Futebol Maio: Académico 83 empata com Académica da Calheta 1-1" [Académico 83 tied with Académica Calheta 1-1]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
↑ Maio Regional Football Association's website (in Portuguese)

External links

"Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).
Maio Island League at the Cape Verdean Football Federation (Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol) (in Portuguese)
2015-16 Maio Premier Division at RSSSF

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[3] Originally for April 4

[4] Originally for April 4

[1] "Maio: Futebol Maio: Académico 83 empata com Académica da Calheta 1-1" [Académico 83 tied with Académica Calheta 1-1]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[2] Maio Regional Football Association's website (in Portuguese)