2016–17 Maio Island League

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Maio Island League
Season2016-17
Champions Onze Unidos
PromotedMiramar
Relegated Real Marítimo
Matches played42
Goals scored106 (2.52 per match)
Biggest home winOnze Unidos (April 15)
Biggest away winAcadémico 83 (March 26)
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The 2016–17 Maio Island League season was the 26th of the competition of the football competition in the island of Maio, Cape Verde and the second of the second and third tier football competitions. [1] Its started on January 14 and finished on April 23, 2017. The tournament was organized by the Maio Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Maio de Futebol, ARMF). [2] All matches were played at Estádio 20 de Janeiro. Onze Unidos won their 10th title and finished with 25 points. Onze Unidos also qualified for both the regional Super Cup and the second Champion's Cup. Not one of the original seven, Real Marítimo was the second club to be relegated and the first of the clubs registered after 2009 to do so.

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Académico 83 was once again the defending team of the title. Again, a total of 7 clubs participated in the competition and still each club had a bye week per round. Barreirense and Beira-Mar returned to the competition in the season. [3] It was the second season that the Second Division was added and five new clubs came to that division including Beira-Mar, Cruzeiro, Figueirense and Miramar, it also featured a new club Santa Clara from Alcatraz-Pilão Cao would compete in the regionals for the first time, the first of five listed Beira-Mar withdrew and did not participate due to financial and material reasons and reduced it to four and each club challenged three times. Beira-Mar was also the first ever club to be relegated last season. In the following season, a promotional match will be added, it will feature second placed Santana and second placed Cruzeiro. Miramar won the Second Division title and will become the ninth club to compete in the following season of the Premier Division.

The Second Division started a day before the Premier Division on January 13 and finished on March 18.

Overview

A total of 106 goals were scored, around one fifth less than the previous season. It was the next season that not a single match of a round was rescheduled to another date.

The biggest win was Onze Unidos who defeated last placed Real Marítimo on April 18, two rounds before the end of the season and was their biggest home win. Académico 83's 2-4 score over Santana was the biggest match away.

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.

Onze Unidos took the number one spot almost the whole season, Académica Calheta had it at the 5th round in February

Onze Unidos scored the most number of goals of the season numbering 23, second was Barreirense with 19, third was 17 shared with three clubs, Académico 83, Académica da Calheta and Morrerense. The least was nine goals shared by Santana and Real Marítimo. On the opposites, Onze Unidos conceded the least with six, second was Académico 83 with nine. The second most goals conceded was Santana with 21 and Real Marítimo with 32.

There were no competitions in the first week of March due to the regional cup competitions. Other regional cup competitions took place within the regional championships, the final match is after the end of the regional championships.

Participating clubs

League standings

Premier Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Onze Unidos  (C) (Q)12741236+1725 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Barreirense 126331911+821
3 Académico 83 12552179+820
4 Académica da Calheta 126241713+420
5 Morrerense 124351719−215
6 Santana de Morrinho 12309921−129
7 Real Marítimo  (R)12219932−237Relegation toDecisional match

Updated to games played on 18 January 2017.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2016/17: Maio regional championship competitions
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.

Second Division

Results

Week 1
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Morrerense2 - 1Académico 8320 de Janeiro14 January16:00
Real Marítimo1 - 2Santana20 de Janeiro15 January14:00
Académica da Calheta1 - 2Onze Unidos20 de Janeiro15 January16:00
Week 2
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Santana0 - 2Barreirense20 de Janeiro21 January16:00
Académico 830 - 2Real Marítimo20 de Janeiro22 January14:00
Morrerense0 - 0Onze Unidos20 de Janeiro22 January16:00
Week 3
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académica da Calheta3 - 1Real Marítimo20 de Janeiro28 January16:00
Académico 833 - 0Santana20 de Janeiro29 January14:00
Onze Unidos1 - 1Barreirense20 de Janeiro29 January16:00
Week 4
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Onze Unidos1 - 0Santana20 de Janeiro4 February16:00
Barreirense0 - 2Real Marítimo20 de Janeiro5 February14:00
Morrerense1 - 3Académica da Calheta20 de Janeiro5 February16:00
Week 5
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Santana2 - 4Académica da Calheta20 de Janeiro11 February16:00
Real Marítimo1 - 4Morrerense20 de Janeiro12 February14:00
Académico 830 - 0Barreirense20 de Janeiro12 February16:00
Week 6
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Barreirense4 - 2Morrerense20 de Janeiro18 February16:00
Real Marítimo0 - 4Onze Unidos20 de Janeiro19 February14:00
Académico 831 - 0Académica da Calheta20 de Janeiro19 February16:00
Week 7
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académica da Calheta0 - 0Barreirense20 de Janeiro25 February16:00
Morrerense3 - 0Santana20 de Janeiro26 February14:00
Académico 831 - 1Onze Unidos20 de Janeiro26 February16:00
Week 8
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académico 831 - 1Morrerense20 de Janeiro11 March16:00
Santana2 - 0Real Marítimo20 de Janeiro12 March14:00
Onze Unidos3 - 0Académica da Calheta20 de Janeiro12 March16:00
Week 9
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Barreirense1 - 0Santana20 de Janeiro18 March16:00
Real Marítimo0 - 4Académico 8320 de Janeiro19 March14:00
Onze Unidos2 - 0Morrerense20 de Janeiro19 March16:00
Week 10
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Real Marítimo0 - 3Académica da Calheta20 de Janeiro25 March16:00
Santana2 - 4Académico 8320 de Janeiro26 March14:00
Barreirense1 - 3Onze Unidos20 de Janeiro26 March16:00
Week 11
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Santana1 - 0Onze Unidos20 de Janeiro1 April16:00
Real Marítimo0 - 3Barreirense20 de Janeiro2 April14:00
Académica da Calheta1 - 0Morrerense20 de Janeiro2 April16:00
Week 12
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Santana0 - 1Académica da Calheta20 de Janeiro8 April16:00
Morrerense2 - 2Real Marítimo20 de Janeiro9 April14:00
Académico 831 - 0Barreirense20 de Janeiro9 April16:00
Week 13
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Morrerense1 - 4Barreirense20 de Janeiro14 April16:00
Onze Unidos5 - 0Real Marítimo20 de Janeiro15 April14:00
Académica da Calheta0 - 0Académico 8320 de Janeiro15 April16:00
Week 14
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Barreirense3 - 1Académica da Calheta20 de Janeiro22 April16:00
Santana0 - 1Morrerense20 de Janeiro23 April14:00
Onze Unidos1 - 1Académico 8320 de Janeiro23 April16:00

Position changes

Club / Week0102030405060708091011121314
Académica da Calheta
6
6
4
2
1
2
2
3
5
3
2
2
2
4
Académico 83
5
7
5
6
6
4
5
5
2
2
3
3
3
2
Barreirense
4
3
2
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
Morrerense
3
2
3
5
3
5
3
2
4
5
5
5
5
5
Onze Unidos
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Real Marítimo
7
4
6
3
4
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
Santana
2
5
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
Maio Island League 2016-17
Champions
Onze Unidos
10th title

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References

  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)
  3. ↑ 2016-17 Maio League season at RSSSF
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