2016–17 Sal Island League

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Sal Island League
Season2016-17
Champions Académico do Aeroporto
Promoted ASGUI
Relegated Verdun Pedra de Lume
Matches played48
Goals scored157 (3.27 per match)
Biggest away winGaviões 1 - 10 Santa Maria (April 30)

The 2016-17 Sal Island League season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The season started on 14 January [1] and finished on 30 April 2016. The competition was organized by the Sal Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Sal, ARFS). [2] Académico do Aeroporto won their 14th title and participated at the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships and participated in Group A. Its matches were played at Estádio Marcelo Leitão.

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Overview

Again, Académico do Aeroporto was the defending team of the title. It was the second season that the Premier Division featured eight clubs and 14 matches each club with a total of 48 matches, only Juventude Sal achieved the record number of points with 29, since the transition from 2 to 3 points for a win min the 1990s. The number of goals were 156, fewer than last season and an average of 3.25 per match.

Académico do Aeroporto

Académico do Aeroporto is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal. The team was is named after its nearby airport. Its current director is Ivan Lopes since mid-February 2017, its chairman is Carlos Moniz who returned for the second time and its manager was Lúcio Antunes since 2015. Now that Verdun Pedra de Lume was relegated, the club became the island's five unrelegated original clubs.

Second placed Santa Maria scored the number of goals numbering 40, second was Juventude Sal with 30 and third was Académico do Aeroporto with 29, Verdun Pedra de Lume scored the least number of goals numbering fie. The biggest home win was Santa Maria who scored 1-10 over Gaviões at the final round, the highest in some seasons.

Florença was Sal's seventh club to spend their second season in the second tier competition and the first in the Premier Division. Gaviões became the eighth and recent club to compete at the second tier competition and third in the regional Premier Division.

Verdun Pedra de Lume became the second club to be relegated and the first club of the original six.

The Second Division started later on March 24 and finished on May 27. ASGUI won the Second Division title and will return to compete in the Premier Division for the second time, it is the first that no new participant will be made.

Earlier in the season, a plan for two additional clubs were made, only one would be added, GDRC Pretória would compete for the first time after being registered, it became the only club in the nation who did not compete in the regional opening tournament and cup competition for the season, the club finished second place. Another club would be added into the Second Division for the following season and was Oásis Atlântico of Praia de Santa Maria in the west of that city.

Participating clubs

League standings

Premier Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Académico do Aeroporto  (C) (Q)1410132912+1731 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Santa Maria 149234017+2329
3 Juventude 149233014+1629
4 Académica do Sal 146441817+122
5 Florença 145361423−918
6 Palmeira 144371220−815
7 Gaviões 14239930−219
8 Verdun-Pedra de Lume  (R)140410524−194Relegation to2017/18 Sal Second Division

Updated to games played on 30 April 2017.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2016/17: Sal
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

All times are in Cape Verdean Time (UTC−1)

Round 1
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Verdun0 - 2Académica SalMarcelo Leitão14 January14:00
Florença2 - 3Santa MariaMarcelo Leitão14 January16:00
Juventude3 - 0 1GaviõesMarcelo Leitão15 January14:00
Palmeira1 - 2Académico AeroportoMarcelo Leitão15 January16:00
Round 2
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Gaviões0 - 1PalmeiraMarcelo Leitão21 January14:00
Académico Aeroporto1 - 2JuventudeMarcelo Leitão21 January16:00
Santa Maria3 - 0VerdunMarcelo Leitão22 January14:00
Académica Sal0 - 0FlorençaMarcelo Leitão22 January16:00
Round 3
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Florença2 - 0VerdunMarcelo Leitão28 January14:00
Académica Sal3 - 3Santa MariaMarcelo Leitão28 January16:00
Palmeira0 - 0JuventudeMarcelo Leitão29 January14:00
Gaviões0 - 2Académico AeroportoMarcelo Leitão29 January16:00
Round 4
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Gaviões1 - 0Académica SalMarcelo Leitão4 February14:00
Santa Maria3 - 1Académico AeroportoMarcelo Leitão4 February16:00
Palmeira3 - 2FlorençaMarcelo Leitão5 February14:00
Juventude2 - 0VerdunMarcelo Leitão5 February16:00
Round 5
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académica Sal0 - 2Académico AeroportoMarcelo Leitão11 February14:00
Florença3 - 1GaviõesMarcelo Leitão11 February16:00
Santa Maria2 - 1JuventudeMarcelo Leitão12 February14:00
Verdun0 - 0PalmeiraMarcelo Leitão12 February16:00
Round 6
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académico Aeroporto2 - 0FlorençaMarcelo Leitão18 February14:00
Palmeira0 - 3Santa MariaMarcelo Leitão18 February16:00
Juventude2 - 3Académica SalMarcelo Leitão19 February14:00
Gaviões0 - 0VerdunMarcelo Leitão19 February16:00
Round 7
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Santa Maria0 - 2GaviõesMarcelo Leitão4 March14:00
Florença2 - 1JuventudeMarcelo Leitão4 March16:00
Verdun0 - 2Académico AeroportoMarcelo Leitão5 March14:00
Académica Sal1 - 0PalmeiraMarcelo Leitão5 March16:00
Round 8
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académico Aeroporto3 - 1PalmeiraMarcelo Leitão11 March14:00
Gaviões0 - 2JuventudeMarcelo Leitão11 March16:00
Santa Maria3 - 0FlorençaMarcelo Leitão12 March14:00
Académica Sal1 - 1VerdunMarcelo Leitão12 March16:00
Round 9
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Florença0 - 0Académica SalMarcelo Leitão25 March14:00
Verdun0 - 3Santa MariaMarcelo Leitão25 March16:00
Juventude1 - 0Académico AeroportoMarcelo Leitão26 March14:00
Palmeira1 - 0GaviõesMarcelo Leitão26 March16:00
Round 10
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Juventude2 - 2PalmeiraMarcelo Leitão1 April14:00
Académico Aeroporto4 - 1GaviõesMarcelo Leitão1 April16:00
Santa Maria1 - 2Académica SalMarcelo Leitão2 April14:00
Verdun0 - 1FlorençaMarcelo Leitão2 April16:00
Round 11
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Verdun2 - 4JuventudeMarcelo Leitão8 April14:00
Florença1 - 0PalmeiraMarcelo Leitão8 April16:00
Académico Aeroporto2 - 2Santa MariaMarcelo Leitão9 April14:00
Académica Sal2 - 1GaviõesMarcelo Leitão9 April16:00
Round 12
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Palmeira2 - 1VerdunMarcelo Leitão14 April18:00
Juventude2 - 1Santa MariaMarcelo Leitão14 April20:00
Gaviões1 - 1FlorençaMarcelo Leitão15 April14:00
Académico Aeroporto3 - 1Académica SalMarcelo Leitão15 April16:00
Round 13
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Verdun1 - 1GaviõesMarcelo Leitão22 April14:00
Académica Sal1 - 3JuventudeMarcelo Leitão22 April16:00
Santa Maria3 - 1PalmeiraMarcelo Leitão23 April14:00
Florença0 - 4Académico AeroportoMarcelo Leitão23 April16:00
Round 14
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Palmeira0 - 2Académica SalMarcelo Leitão29 April14:00
Académico Aeroporto1 - 0VerdunMarcelo Leitão29 April16:00
Juventude5 - 0FlorençaMarcelo Leitão30 April14:00
Gaviões1 - 10Santa MariaMarcelo Leitão30 April16:00
1Juventude was awarded 3-0 as Gaviões fielded an ineligible player, the original result was 4-4.

Position changes

Club / Week0102030405060708091011121314
Académica do Sal
1
2
3
5
6
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Académico do Aeroporto
3
4
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Florença Santa Maria
6
7
5
6
5
6
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Gaviões
5
6
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Futebol Clube Juventude
4
3
4
2
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Palmeira
7
5
6
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
SC Santa Maria
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Verdun-Pedra de Lume
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Sal Premier Division 2016-17
Champions
Académico do Aeroporto
14th title

Statistics

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References

  1. ↑ "Tribuna Vip - Campeonato do Sal arranca com vitória da Académica sobre a Verdun (2-0)" [VIP Tribune: Sal Championships Began with a Victory by Académica Sal over Verdun 2-0] (in Portuguese). TCV. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Sal Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website
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