2016–17 Celtic da Praia season

Celtic da Praia

2016–17 season
Manager	Gildo de Ribeira
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South)	8th place
Santiago South Cup	Semifinalist
Top goalscorer	Pedro Manuel Fernandes (4 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2016–17 Celtic da Praia season were in the island division of football (soccer) ^[1] The club finished eighth behind Travadores and ahead of Benfica da Praia.

Santiago Island League (South)

See also: 2016–17 Santiago Island League (South)

Celtic has suffered in the first six rounds of the season. The first two losses Celtic had to Travadores and ADESBA and was placed 9th, then inside the relegation zone in the second round and was 11th. Celtic's first two goals of the season was scored in the second round. Celtic had a minimal relief as they made two scoreless draws with Académica Praia on November 20 and put a position to tenth and then with Desportivo and Celtic was kept 10th place. ^[2] A two match losing streak followed to Desportivo, Boavista and Tchadense without any luck in scoring, their position was dropped to 11th, again inside the relegation zone. Celtic Praia's first win of the year and the season was made after defeating Eugénio Lima 0-2 on January 7, ^[3] another win was made against Benfica Praia 0-2 ^[4] and a goal draw with Vitória was followed on January 28 where Celtic scored its first home goal. Celtic suffered another loss to Sporting Praia in a rescheduled 8th round match on January 31 and the club was placed 10th. Celtic defeated Garridos a week later, ^[5] then a two goal draw was made with Travadores. A two match losing streak was followed, first to Bairro, then to Académica. A goal draw was made with Desportivo a week later, ^[6] then another loss was followed, this time to the city's second greatest club Boavista Praia and was placed ninth. In six matches, another win was made, their fourth in the season after defeating Tchadense 1-3 on March 1 and had a goal less than the club they defeated and brought back the 8th position and another a week later over Eugénio Lima which was the club's first seasonal home win and was 2-1. ^[7] Their attempted third straight win was thwarted by almighty Sporting as they lost 3-0 to that club, the club scored nothing. Overall scored 19 goals which surpassed Tchadense's goal total 18, a week later it is tied with 19. On April 8, Celtic made their season's last win over Benfica Praia 2-1, ^[8] on the opposites, they conceded 25 goals and shared with Benfica Praia and was 7th, behind Eugénio Lima and ahead of ADESBA. Celtic scored a total of 21 goals and matched to that of 11th place Os Garridos, also the club conceded 26 goals and became sixth (50/50 zone) and matches with Eugénio Lima's goals they conceded. Celtic lost to the club who will be relegated at the time, Vitória, a historic club at the 21st round and was 1-0. A single goal draw was made with Os Garridos on the final round, a club who previously lost to at the cup, Celtic Praia kicked out Os Garridos from being in the Premier Division in the following season, ^[9] Celtic finished 8th and scored 22 goals, the club conceded 28 goals, one less than Eugénio Lima's. ^[1] Of its results, 4 out of 6 losses were away, its home-away draws were 50/50, 14 out of 22 goals were scored away.

Results

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
4 November 2016	Travadores	H	0-1			9th
11 November 2016	ADESBA	A	3-2			11th
20 November 2016	Académica da Praia	A	0-0			10th
2 December 2016	Desportivo Praia	H	0-0			10th
10 December 2016	Boavista	A	3-0			11th
18 December 2016	Tchadense	H	0-1			11th
7 January 2017	Eugénio Lima	A	0-2			10th
31 January 2017 [lower-alpha 1]	Sporting Clube da Praia	H	0-1			10th
21 January 2017	Benfica Praia	A	0-2			8th
28 January 2017	Vitória	H	1-1			8th
5 February 2017	Os Garridos	A	1-2			8th
10 February 2017	Travadores	A	2-2			8th

Celtic v ADESBA

17 February 201713	Celtic	0–1	ADESBA	Praia
17:45		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Celtic v Académica da Praia

26 February 201714	Celtic	1–2	Académica da Praia	Praia
15:45		Report	Bruno Patrick dos Santos Furtado	Stadium: Várzea

Desportivo da Praia v Celtic

3 March 201715	Desportivo da Praia	1–1	Celtic	Praia
17:45		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Celtic v Boavista

11 March 201716	Celtic	1–3	Boavista	Praia
15:45		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Tchadense v Celtic

19 March 201717	Tchadense	1–3	Celtic	Praia
14:00		Report	Pedro Fernandes	Stadium: Várzea

Celtic v Eugénio Lima

25 March 201718	Celtic	2–1	Eugénio Lima	Praia
14:00		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Sporting Clube da Praia v Celtic

31 March 201719	Sporting Clube da Praia	3–0	Celtic	Praia
16:00		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Celtic v Benfica Praia

8 April 201720	Celtic	2–1	Benfica Praia	Praia
15:45		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Vitória FC Praia v Celtic

22 April 201721	Vitória FC Praia	1–0	Celtic	Praia
14:00		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Celtic v Os Garridos

30 April 201721	Celtic	1–1	Os Garridos	Praia
16:00		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Travadores	22	7	4	11	34	48	-14	25
8	Celtic Praia	22	6	6	10	22	28	-6	24
9	Benfica Praia	22	4	6	12	18	35	-17	18

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	6	6	10	22	28	−6	24	2	3	6	8	13	−5	4	3	4	14	15	−1

Last updated: April 30, 2017.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Santiago South Zone Cup

Celtic Praia started out at the 1/8 finals and defeated the club of the neighboring subdivision ADESBA on December 23, 2016 with 2-0. Celtic qualified into the quarterfinals and faced Vitória Praia on February 21, 2017, it ended in a goal draw and later won 4-3 in the penalty shootout. Celtic Praia headed into the semis and faced São Domingos's Os Garridos and lost to that club 0-4 on April 12. Celtic also lost the chance to qualify into the upcoming 2017 regional super cup.

Celtic v ADESBA

23 December 20161/8	Celtic	2–0	ADESBA	Praia
16:00				Stadium: Várzea

Celtic da Praia v Vitória FC

21 February 20171/4 final	Celtic da Praia	1–1 (4–3 p)	Vitória FC	Praia
				Stadium: Várzea

Os Garridos v Celtic Praia

12 April 2017Semifinal	Os Garridos	4–0	Celtic Praia	Praia
				Stadium: Várzea

Squad

As of 2 February 2017 ^[10]

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

No. Position Player Ivanir Barreto Edgar Moreno Mendes Pedro Manuel R. Fernandes Danielson Tavares José Pedro M. Tavares MF Michael Henry Amadi João Janito Gomes

No. Position Player José Pedro M. Tavares Vilton Lúcio Manuel Fernandes Ailton Jorge Lopes Danielson Kennedy C. Lopes FW José Augusto Rocha

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Gildo Ribeiro

Last updated: 5 February 2017
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Other information

As of 2016

Ground (capacity and dimensions)

Estádio da Várzea (5,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: May 2016
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Team kit

Home	Away/Alternate

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Notes

1. Originally for January 13

References

1. Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com
2. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 4: Celtic vs. Desportivo". Konkuri. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
3. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 7: Eugénio Lima vs. Celtic". Konkuri. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
4. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 9: Benfica Praia vs. Celtic". Konkuri. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
5. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 11: Os Garridos vs. Celtic". Konkuri. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
6. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 15: Desportivo Praia vs. Celtic". Konkuri. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
7. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 18: Celtic vs. Eugénio Lima". Konkuri. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
8. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 20: Celtic vs. Benfica Praia". Konkuri. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
9. "2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division: Round 22: Os Garridos vs. Celtic". Konkuri. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. 
10. "Scorer and squad statistics". Konkuri. Retrieved 12 December 2016. 

External links

• 2016-17 season at Konkuri - including the season's squad