Santiago Island League (South)
The 2016-17 season had a good start starting second place. Their first match was on November 5, the first held in the earliest part of November. The club defeated Eugénio Lima 0-2 a club formerly known as Lapaloma, their second goal was scored at the first minute of the second stoppage time. Sporting Praia later had a draw with Académica 1-1 a week later and the club was third. [3] The following matches were won by the club, Sporting regained second place after defeating Benfica Praia on November 18, their first meeting. [4] Nigeria's Mbutidem Sunday was the South Zone's leading scorer with 5 and later 6 goals in mid-January and held it up to the last days of the month where Travadores' António Paiva Tavares tied it then surpassed it with seven. A goal draw was made with Vitória on December 4. [5] Sporting made a seven match winning streak, a success not done in three seasons, the 2013-14 season, the club defeated Os Garridos, [6] Travadores, ADESBA on January 6, 5-0 which became the highest scoring match for Sporting for less than two months, later it became the second for the club and Sporting became first place for the rest of the season, Celtic 0-1 on a rescheduled match, originally for January 13, played on the last day of January, Desportivo, Boavista and lastly Tchadense, from the 11th to the 17th rounds, Sporting made a six match unbeaten streak without conceding a goal. At the 11th round, Mbutidem Sunday was once more the highest scorer for Santiago South with 8 goals. Two scoreless draws were made, first to Eugénio Lima on February 11 and then to Académica on February 17 and Travadores' goal total became third with 22 and put Sporting fourth with 20 goals scored, António Paiva Tavares of Travadores took back the success and Anilton from Boavista became the highest goal scorers of the region numbering eight for the next two rounds. Sporting is still the one as they made a seven match winning streak, first over Benfica 0-1 on February 24, in goal scoring they were fourth with 21 goals scored behind Travadores, third behind Boavista and ahead of Bairro. Later on March 5, then they defeated the weak Vitória 7-0, Sporting's next seven match goal in ten months (the last was at end of the previous season) and made Sporting's highest scoring match of the season and second in the regionals behind Boavista's eight goal win, for the fourth time, Mbutidem Sunday was the region's highest scorer and totalled to 28 goals, three behind Boavista's and a goal ahead of Desportivo, Mbutidem Sunday for a week alone and Euclides Mendonça scored two each. The club's third consecutive win came on March 10 and defeated the ailing Garridos 1-0, Sporting's goal totals was third again behind Desportivo's and ahead of Travadores, the region's highest goal totals by player is now shared with Boavista's Anilton once more and continued into the 17th round with eleven goals, also that time, Sporting's unbeaten record succeeded the 28 unbeaten record which lasted from February 18, 2012 until November 16, 2013. A week later, Sporting defeated Travadores 4-3 and the club again conceded goals in a few championship matches and their goal totals is now 33 goals overall sharing the total with Desportivo's which is second in the region behind Boavista and continues into the 18th round but with 35, also Sporting made their fifth consecutive win after defeating Bairro 0-2, all two goals were scored by Nigerian Mbutidem Sunday and totalled 46 points, matched it with last season's overall point total and their best win equalled to theirs in 2008 and 2014, as Boavista also won the 18th round match, the club is not inside the championship/qualification zone. Mbutidem Sunday repeatedly became the sole highest scorer in Santiago South for one week, ahead of Travadores's Paiva Tavares and beat Boavista Praia's Anilton by two goals. The club made then their sixth straight over Celtic 3-0 on March 31 and tied the season's win totals to that of 2012 and 2013, Mbutidem Sunday was one of the scorers and now totals 14, but Paiva Tavares made a tie in the most goals scored by played in the region, also it matched António Correia's total last season, their totals continued into the 20th round. As Boavista also won the 19th round match, Sporting Praia was not inside the championship zone yet, in total points, it finally approach the club record number of 49 made second after 2005. Another seven match winning streak was made on April 7 again in the season after a won over Desportivo 0-1 and seven points ahead of Boavista, Sporting claimed their 10th title for the South Zone (9th after the breakup in 2003, 20+ overall), [7] two rounds before the end of the season and got their qualification into the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships which were in the same group as another Sporting affiliate from Brava, Group C. Also Sporting Praia achieved qualification into the upcoming 2017 Santiago South Super Cup. Up to that time, the club only had wins and draws.
The 2013–14 Santiago Island League (South) season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. The winner qualified into the 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships. It started on 15 November 2013 and finished on 30 March 2014. The tournament was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association. Sporting Praia won the 8th title and finished with 44 points. Their next championship title for Sporting would be in 2017.
The 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 38th beginner level competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. It started on 13 May and finished on 27 August, it started a days later than last season. Originally to finish on 15 July, instead, it was rescheduled to 27 August. The championship was governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.
Sporting Clube da Brava is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava with its offices located in nearby Lem. Its current coach is Ney Loko. Its nickname is Leões equalling the nickname to Sporting Lisbon and many other Sporting clubs. Its current president is Francisco Oliveira and its coach is Ney Loko.
On April 21, Sporting's planned achievement of 58 points vanished along with their eighth straight win and a ten point difference after Sporting, the last club got their only loss of the season, the club lost to Boavista 1-3, Euclides Mendonça was its only scorer. Also Sporting's regional goal totals became third behind Desportivo, the totals reached 40. So far, Sporting made a 33 match unbeaten streak up to 20th round, of any island leagues, it is one behind CS Mindelense (34 matches) which occurred between 2014-2016 and Sporting Praia's from 2004-2006. Also Sporting's goals totals being the regions highest were now shared with Boavista's Anilton, one of three. 3-1 was the result of the club's final match of the regional season as they defeated Tchadense on April 29. Mbutidem Sunday scored nothing and his totals became fourth and were surpassed by Paiva Tavares (Travadores) and Anilton (Boavista) with 15 and Ró of Desportivo with 16 goals.
Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: KS Mindelensi, São Vicente Crioulo: KS Mindelense is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Interisland League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo in the island of São Vicente. Mindelense is the oldest club in Cape Verde. It is the team won the most cups before and after independence especially in the 1950s and the 1970s with nine titles before independence and eleven after independence. Their first participation in the national division before independence was unofficially in 1938 and officially in 1954, Mindelense first appeared after independence in 1980. Since 30 April 2017, they are one of three unrelegated clubs in the island along with Batuque and Derby. Its current chairman is Daniel de Jesus. The club's nickname is Leões Encarnados or the Incarnated Lions. A nickname that is used less often is the Red Devils or the Diablos Vermelhos.
The club finished with 55 points, a new regional record was made which exceeded their total made in 2005 and any on the island of Fogo, the highest being Botafogo, of any top flight regional competitions, a four point difference with Boavista, it is second behind Santiago North Zone's Varandinha of 63 and Scorpion Vermelho of 61 With 17 wins and 4 draws, further wins and/or draws, it exceeded the matches to that of 2005 and it became the best season ever for the club at around the 20th round. This record stood for 11 months On March 22, 2018, it was surpassed by Académica da Praia with 56 and their maximum is three more. Sporting's season record is now second.
Botafogo Futebol Clube is football club that plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of São Filipe in the island of Fogo and plays in its stadium. Académica do Fogo are one of the unrelegated clubs on the island which includes Académica and Vulcânicos. The owner of the club as of 2014 was Cabo Verde Telecom. It is one of many teams that only a few titles before and since independence including one in 1980. Its president as of the 2014-15 season is Manuel Anatólio Dias Fonseca and its manager as of the 2015-16 season is Mário Pinto.
Grupo Desportivo Varandinha is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Tarrafal in the northern part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. Since the implementation of the two tier regional system in 2015, Varandinha are one of ten unrelegated clubs of northern Santiago. Its current head coach is Badau.
Associação Académica da Praia is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea, the club also practices at the stadium and over a kilometer east in Achada Grande Frente. Its current president is Kiki and manager is Janito Carvalho who coached Sporting Praia in the previous season.
Also Sporting has a 23 match unbeaten streak away at the regionals and surpassed that of São Vicente's, Mindelense's 18 match unbeaten streak at home and six more away which lasted from 2014 to 2016, that record continues. Overall, it is behind Académica Porto Novo's record of 30 which was from 2012 to April 2016. Sporting's unbeaten streak away did not vanish until November 19 when they lost to Académica Praia and totaled 24.
Overall, only 20 goals were scored up to the 20th round, the majority were scored after. The majority of the goals were home goals with 27 over 16 away goals, of the 10 goals conceded, 7 were at home while 3 were away.
Result round by round
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
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| Result | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
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| Position | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2017. Source:
ARFSS A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossResults summary
Overall, only 20 goals were scored up to the 20th round, the majority were scored after. The majority of the goals were home goals with 27 over 16 away goals, of the 10 goals conceded, 7 were at home while 3 were away.
| Overall | Home | Away |
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 10 | +33 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 |
On April 7, Sporting Praia became entrant into the national championships after three years and the first of four. [2] Other three clubs in the group as of April 23 will be Sport Sal Rei Club, Boa Vista champion, another Sporting affiliate from Brava (Sporting Clube da Brava) and runner up of São Vicente FC Derby.
Sporting Praia and Derby are likely to be one of two successful clubs of the group and could advance into the playoffs. The probability that the best club in the playoffs could probably have a chance to compete into the CAF Champions League in the following season, as the Malian Premier Division was abandoned, there was a possibility of another entrant from Cape Verde or Senegal, as Malian competitions in football resumed. Only one participant may come from Cape Verde and it became Sporting Praia.
Sporting challenged against FC Derby as its first match in Mindelo de São Vicente on May 13 and defeated that club 1-0. The next three matches were at Várzea, the first one was their second straight win over Sal Rei 3-0 and became the nation's highest match of the season. Then, the first of two matches featuring the two Sporting affiliates of Sovatento occurred, Sporting Praia prevented Sporting Brava from getting their record 9 national points as they defeated that club 1-0, then the third was a goal draw with Derby in their last challenge and being the first who challenged twice at the nationals. Another victory was made over Sal Rei at Arsénio Ramos and threw that club out of knockout participation. Sporting had the most points at the nationals tying their 2014 point totals at the regular season. With 13 points, a four point difference over Sporting Brava's nine meant Sporting Praia became the first of four participants into the knockout stage. The last match of the season was another Sporting match in Brava which ended in a scoreless draw and Sporting Praia finished first in the group with 14 points which became second behind their 2002 totals, the most in the nation. A total of eight goals were scored which was ranked fifth.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away |
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Playoffs
Semifinals
Sporting Praia participated in the knockout stage against Académica do Porto Novo, their third and recent challenge with that club at the stage. The first leg was on June 24 at Porto Novo and was a goal draw, the first goal was scored by Tae of Sporting at the 84th minute, the club's attempted win faded as Pagui scored the goal at the 91st minute during stoppage time. Their second leg was at home and won 1-0, Blessed was the only scorer who scored at the first half, and also got their next final appearance in five years with a total of two goals over Académica Porto Novo's one.
Finals
The problems between Ultramarina de Tarrafal and Mindelense as no extra keys were available to Estádio Orlando Rodrigues on the island of São Nicolau. It delayed Sporting Praia's final match and delayed up to the later part of the month and into early August. Their problems continued until August 13 when the federation disqualified Mindelense and Ultramarina advanced. Originally the first leg was scheduled for the second week of July and the second leg during the following week. On August 13, their participant that Sporting challenged was with Ultramarina, the legs were a week apart. Sporting won all two legs, the first one which was on August 20 was 1-2 which were scored by Blessed and Panduru, the second one was 3-2 where Nido scored at the first half, then Mbutidem Sunday scored at 67 with another one scored three minutes later. On August 27, Sporting Praia finally claimed their next national title in five years and got their total of tenth. Celebrations by Sporting fans occurred in Praia's stadium known as Várzea.
