2016–17 Fogo Island League

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Fogo Island League
Season 2016-17
Champions Vulcânicos
Promoted Nova Era
Atlético Mosteiros
Relegated Baxada
Juventude
Matches played 90
Goals scored 356 (3.96 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Cape Verde.svg Luzim (26)
Biggest home win Académica do Fogo
Biggest away win Nô Pintcha (Mosteiros)
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The 2016-17 Fogo Island League season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Its started later on 26 November 2014 [1] and finished on 23 April 2015, a day earlier. The tournament was organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Fogo de Futebol, ARFF). [2] Vulcânicos won the tenth straight and recent title and competed in the Cape Verdean Football Championships in mid-May, the first in the three-group system, the club was in Group A and failed to qualify into the knockout stage.

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Overview

Vulcânicos was the defending team of the title. A total of 18 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division as well as in the Second Division. Clubs based in the municipalities of São Filipe and Santa Catarina do Fogo were played at Estádio 5 de Julho while clubs based in Mosteiros Municipality were played at Estádio Francisco José Rodrigues, matches in Mosteiros were played each Saturday at 16:00, the 12th round match were played on Friday.

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Estádio 5 de Julho

Estádio 5 de Julho is a multi-purpose stadium in São Filipe, Cape Verde just east of the city center known as Bila Baxo and is near Alto da Aguadinha. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 1,000 people. The stadium is named with the date of Cape Verdean independence.

Estádio Francisco José Rodrigues

Estádio Francisco José Rodrigues is a multi-use stadium in Mosteiros on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, as the island size is small, it is the only sports venue on the island. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Cutelinho and Nô Pintcha dos Mosteiros, clubs based from other parts of the municipality also plays at the stadium including Grito Povo. The stadium holds 1,000 people and its ground is artificial grass with its size being 100 by 64 meters and the longest going nearly east-west with a 20 degree angle towards the north.. The stadium is are one of four operated by the Fogo Regional Football Association (ARFF), of which two are of the Premier Division.

The football (soccer) calendar was competed in October in São Filipe and determined the ordering, the date and time of the matches.

A total of 358 goals were scored, 12 less than last season. The largest win was Académica who scored 14-0 over Baxada on April 23, it was the highest in several years. Vulcânico made an 18 match unbeaten streak at the regional championships, their last loss was on March 22, 2016 where they lost to Spartak 2-3, their next and last was to Nô Pintcha Mosteiros.

Nô Pintcha held the number one spot for the first two rounds, Académica Fogo took it up to the 11th round on February 25, Vulcânicos took it for the rest of the season. In the first part, the club only had a point difference, Vulcânico lost to Nô Pintcha on April 1 and Académica Fogo made a goal draw with ABC Patim, in the last few rounds Vulcânicos and Académcia had the same points but Vulcânicos scored more and finished with Vulcânicos scoring 66 goals, five more than Académica.

The Second Division started later on December 3 and finished on May 14. In the Second Division, Nova Era defeated Brasilim 0-20 in a match in around February 2016 and made it the highest scoring match of any Second Division competitions in Cape Verde and any tiers, not just Fogo, but all of the country. Nova Era won their second Second Division championship title and qualified into the Premier Division in the following season in October after six years being in that division. In three years after Parque Real, Atlético Mosteiros became the next club to be the first ever into the regional Premier Division after being runner up in the final phase. Also in the Second Division, it was the last featuring ten clubs, twelve clubs would feature in the following season with an extra club in each of the two groups.

Participating clubs

League standings

Premier Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Vulcânicos  (C) (Q)1814316612+5445 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Académica do Fogo 1814316110+5145
3 Valėncia 1810263733+432
4 Botafogo 189453421+1331
5 Nô Pintcha Mosteiros 1810174731+1631
6 Cutelinho 188282920+926
7 ABC de Patim 1862102534−920
8 Spartak d'Aguadinha 185491827−919
9 Baxada 1812152196−755Relegation to2016/17 Fogo Second Division
10 Juventude  (R)1803151872−543

Updated to games played on 23 April 2017.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2016-17: Fogo
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

First phase

  • Top two clubs of Group B:

Final phase

Atlético Mosteiros, Grito Povo, Nova Era were União are participants in the final phase featuring four clubs. The top two will qualify into the Fogo Premier Division in the following season being the first ever season to do so.

  • 1st, Champion: Nova Era (6 wins (all matches), 19 goals, 18 points) - total: 11 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 41 goals, 35 points)
  • 2nd: Atlético Mosteiros - also promoted
  • 3rd - Grito Povo
  • 4th - União do São Lourenço

Results

Round 1
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Valência0 - 2Académica Fogo5 de Julho26 November14:00
Baxada2 - 5Botafogo5 de Julho26 November16:00
Cutelinho0 - 0VulcânicoFrancisco José Rodrigues26 November16:00
ABC0 - 3Spartak5 de Julho27 November14:00
Juventude0 - 4Nô Pintcha5 de Julho27 November16:00
Round 2
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Spartak0 - 1Cutelinho5 de Julho3 December14:00
Académica Fogo1 - 0Botafogo5 de Julho3 December16:00
Nô Pintcha2 - 0ABCFrancisco José Rodrigues3 December16:00
Vulcânico2 - 1Valência5 de Julho4 December14:00
Baxada4 - 2Juventude5 de Julho4 December16:00
Round 3
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Valência6 - 3Baxada5 de Julho10 December14:00
ABC0 - 4Vulcânico5 de Julho10 December16:00
Cutelinho0 - 1BotafogoFrancisco José Rodrigues10 December16:00
Académica Fogo3 - 0Nô Pintcha5 de Julho11 December14:00
Spartak1 - 0Juventude5 de Julho11 December16:00
Round 4
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Juventude0 - 6Académica Fogo5 de Julho17 December14:00
Vulcânico2 - 0Spartak5 de Julho17 December16:00
Nô Pintcha1 - 1ValênciaFrancisco José Rodrigues17 December16:00
Botafogo4 - 0ABC5 de Julho18 December14:00
Baxada0 - 2Cutelinho5 de Julho18 December16:00
Round 5
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
ABC5 - 2Valência5 de Julho22 December14ː00
Baxada0 - 10Vulcânico5 de Julho22 December16:00
Académica Fogo1 - 0Spartak5 de Julho23 December14:00
Juventude1 - 2Botafogo5 de Julho23 December16:00
Cutelinho1 - 2Nô PintchaFrancisco José Rodrigues23 December16:00
Round 6
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Spartak1 - 1Baxada5 de Julho7 January14ː00
Académica Fogo3 - 0ABC5 de Julho7 January16ː00
Cutelinho3 - 1JuventudeFrancisco José Rodrigues7 January16:00
Vulcânico3 - 1Nô Pintcha5 de Julho8 January14ː00
Botafogo1 - 1Valência5 de Julho8 January16ː00
Round 7
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Juventude1 - 6Vulcânico5 de Julho21 January14ː00
Botafogo4 - 0Nô Pintcha5 de Julho21 January16ː00
Cutelinho0 - 1Académica FogoFrancisco José Rodrigues21 January16:00
Baxada0 - 2ABC5 de Julho22 January14ː00
Spartak0 - 1Valência5 de Julho22 January16ː00
Round 8
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Botafogo0 - 0Spartak5 de Julho28 January14ː00
ABC5 - 2Juventude5 de Julho28 January16ː00
Nô Pintcha5 - 1BaxadaFrancisco José Rodrigues28 January16:00
Valência1 - 0Cutelinho5 de Julho29 January14ː00
Vulcânico2 - 2Académica Fogo5 de Julho29 January16ː00
Round 9
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Botafogo1 - 2Vulcânico5 de Julho11 February14ː00
Valência5 - 1Juventude5 de Julho11 February16ː00
Nô Pintcha3 - 1SpartakFrancisco José Rodrigues11 February16ː00
ABC0 - 1Cutelinho5 de Julho12 February14ː00
Baxada1 - 5Académica Fogo5 de Julho12 February16ː00
Round 10
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académica Fogo6 - 0Valência5 de Julho18 February14ː00
Botafogo4 - 0Baxada5 de Julho18 February16ː00
Nô Pintcha6 - 1JuventudeFrancisco José Rodrigues18 February16ː00
Vulcânico1 - 0Cutelinho5 de Julho19 February14ː00
Spartak2 - 0ABC5 de Julho19 February16ː00
Round 11
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
ABC2 - 1Nô Pintcha5 de Julho25 February14ː00
Botafogo1 - 0Académica Fogo5 de Julho25 February16ː00
Cutelinho2 - 2SpartakFrancisco José Rodrigues25 February16ː00
Valência0 - 2Vulcânico5 de Julho26 February14ː00
Juventude2 - 2Baxada5 de Julho26 February16ː00
Round 12
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Baxada1 - 4Valência5 de Julho11 March14ː00
Vulcânico2 - 1ABC5 de Julho11 March16ː00
Nô Pintcha1 - 4Académica FogoFrancisco José Rodrigues11 March16ː00
Botafogo2 - 4Cutelinho5 de Julho12 March14ː00
Juventude1 - 1Spartak5 de Julho12 March16ː00
Round 13
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Académica Fogo3 - 0Juventude5 de Julho18 March14ː00
Spartak1 - 5Vulcânico5 de Julho18 March16ː00
Cutelinho10 - 0BaxadaFrancisco José Rodrigues18 March16ː00
Valência0 - 4Nô Pintcha5 de Julho19 March14ː00
ABC0 - 0Botafogo5 de Julho19 March16ː00
Round 14
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Valência2 - 1ABC5 de Julho25 March14ː00
Vulcânico8 - 1Baxada5 de Julho25 March16ː00
Nô Pintcha3 - 0CutelinhoFrancisco José Rodrigues25 March16:00
Spartak1 - 2Académica Fogo5 de Julho26 March14ː00
Botafogo2 - 2Juventude5 de Julho26 March16ː00
Round 15
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Baxada0 - 2Spartak5 de Julho1 April14:00
ABC3 - 3Académica Fogo5 de Julho1 April16:00
Nô Pintcha2 - 1VulcânicoFrancisco José Rodrigues1 April16:00
Juventude1 - 4Cutelinho5 de Julho2 April14:00
Valência2 - 1Botafogo5 de Julho2 April16:00
Round 16
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Vulcânico10 - 0Juventude5 de Julho8 April14:00
Académica Fogo4 - 0Cutelinho5 de Julho8 April16:00
Nô Pintcha1 - 3BotafogoFrancisco José Rodrigues8 April16:00
ABC3 - 1Baxada5 de Julho9 April14:00
Valência5 - 1Spartak5 de Julho9 April16:00
Round 17
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Spartak0 - 3Botafogo5 de Julho15 April14:00
Juventude1 - 3ABC5 de Julho15 April16:00
Cutelinho0 - 1ValênciaFrancisco José Rodrigues15 April16:00
Baxada4 - 11Nô Pintcha5 de Julho16 April14:00
Académica Fogo1 - 1Vulcânico5 de Julho16 April16:00
Round 18
HomeScoreVisitorVenueDateTime
Vulcânico5 - 0Botafogo5 de Julho22 April14:00
Juventude2 - 5Valência5 de Julho22 April16:00
Cutelinho1 - 0ABCFrancisco José Rodrigues22 April16:00
Spartak2 - 0Nô Pintcha5 de Julho23 April14:00
Académica Fogo14 - 0Baxada5 de Julho23 April16:00

Position changes

Club / Week010203040506070809101112131415161718
ABC Patim
9
9
10
10
8
9
8
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
Académica do Fogo
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Baxada
8
7
8
8
9
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
Botafogo
2
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
Cutelinho
6
4
6
5
5
4
4
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
Juventude
10
10
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Nô Pintcha
1
1
3
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
5
Spartak d'Aguadinha
3
6
5
6
6
6
7
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
Valência
7
8
7
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
3
Vulcânicos
5
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Fogo Island Premier Division 2016-17
Champions
Vulcânicos
10th title

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