2017–18 AD Ribeira Grande season

AD Ribeira Grande

2017–18 season
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea Estádio da Calabaceira
Santiago South Premier Division	6th place
Santiago South Cup	Semifinalist
← 2016–17

The 2017–18 AD Ribeira Grande season were in the island division of football (soccer). ^[1] This was their next appearance at the Premier Division in four seasons, their last appearance was in 2013.

Santiago South Premier Division

AD Ribeira Grande was surprised they attempt to be a non-Praia club at the top six position in the 2017-18 season, that had been withstood as they lost the first two matches including the almighty Sporting, a draw with Benfica was made, then made two more losses to two other almighty clubs of Académica and Boavista Praia and currently the club is last placed and kept their chances of being in the Premier Division. Ribeira Grande finally got a win in the division, they defeated Eugénio Lima FC 1-3 on December 15, and put that club to last place, the club was 8th with 4 points and four goals. Their season's second win was made as they defeated the slightly more powerful club Tchadense 2-3, their final match of 2017 which was played on December 30. On January 6, they lost to Celtic and remained 8th place, a position behind Praia's one of four competing historic club Travadores. Ribeira Grande has 7 goals scored, Ribeira Grande has conceded 16 goals with Benfica Praia. Ribeira Grande defeated Tira Chapéu on January 12 and put that club inside the relegation zone and became ninth place, their point totals are shared with Tchadense and Benfica Praia. Ribeira Grande did the unattemptable, they defeated Praia's historically top five clubs, of which four are participants, the club was Travadores with the score 0-2 as away as both clubs played at Várzea west of the center and gained a position to eighth with 13 points, equal to Tchadense's, Ribeira Grande did it again and never before the club ever defeated the island's and the nation's most powerful club, Ribeira Grande defeated Sporting 2-1 on January 25 and their positions risen to sixth, still behind Tchadense but overcame Desportivo's and was the last of the four match winning streak. Ribeira Grande suffered another loss, a larger one to Académica with 5-0 at the 15th round and their positions dropped to eighth with 19 points, still shared with the other two clubs, Tchadense and Desportivo whose position is above. Ribeira Grande suffered another loss but less to their last, a 0-2 loss to almighty Boavista at the 16th round and solely had 19 points, seven more than Travadores. Another win finally came for Ribeira Grande, they defeated Desportivo 0-2 on February 25. Ribeira Grande now has 22 points, shared with Desportivo and Bairro, their difference is that the club scored 18 goals, three less than Desportivo's and Bairro's. Their point total now ties with that made in the 2011-12 season and overcame the total made in the 2013-14 season in the division. Thus, Ribeira Grande will be participant again in the Premier Division next season. Instead of a second straight win, Ribeira Grande suffered a loss at round 18 in their meeting with Eugěnio Lima but gained a position to 7th place with 8 goal difference between their 19 scored goals and 27 conceded. Another second straight loss suffered for Ribeira Grande, another one to Bairro and lost a position to 8th place, Ribeira Grande remains outside the relegation zone as they hav nine point difference over Tira Chapéu. Ribeira Grande suffered loss number three, this one to Tchadense and remains eighth with the same points to Desportivo, nonetheless entirely escaped the relegation zone and Ribeira Grande will appear again in the Premier Division next season. Ribeira Grande met Celtic, after the match was over, they were surprised of a win over a club more powerful, the match ended 1-2 and was their next win in three matches. also they gained a position, their 25 points, second tier record now sharing with Desportivo and Bairro. Ribeira Grande's final meeting was their second with Tira Chapèu in the Premier Division, their maximum position would be sixth place after they made a huge 7-0 win and made it the highest scoring match for Ribeira Grande at the Premier Division. Alongside Boavista's 7-3 win over Bairro made on January 5, it is the highest scoring match in the region of the season, but Ribeira Grande's win is the largest for the season.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result		Championship position
			F	A
November 3, 2017	CD Travadores	H	1	2	9th
November 10, 2017	Sporting Praia	A	0	2
November 19, 2017	Benfica Praia	A	0	0
November 24, 2017	Académica Praia	H	0	2
December 2, 2017	Boavista Praia	A	1	2
December 10, 2017	Desportivo Praia	H	0	1
December 15, 2017	Eugénio Lima	A	3	1
December 22, 2017	ADESBA	H	0	2
December 29, 2017	Tchadense	A	3	2
January 6, 2018	Celtic Praia	H	1	2
January 12, 2018	AD Tira Chapéu	A	1	0
January 19, 2018	CD Travadores	A	2	0
January 26, 2018	Sporting Praia	H	2	1
February 4, 2018	Benfica Praia	H	2	1	6th
February 9, 2018	Académica da Praia	A	0	5	8th
February 17, 2018	Boavista Praia	H	0	2	8th
February 25, 2018	Desportivo Praia	A	2	0	8th
March 3, 2018	Eugênio Lima	H	1	2	7th
March 8, 2018	AD Bairro	A	0	1	8th
March 17, 2018	Tchadense	H	0	1	8th
March 24, 2018	Celtic Praia	A	2	1	7th
March 29, 2018	AD Tira Chapéu	H	7	0	6th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Tchadense	22	9	4	9	29	27	+2	31
6	AD Ribeira Grande	22	9	1	12	28	30	-2	28
7	Desportivo da Praia	22	7	5	10	23	38	-15	26

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	9	1	12	28	30	−2	28	3	0	8	15	17	−2	6	1	4	13	13	0

Last updated: April 1, 2018.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Santiago South Zone Cup

In the Santiago South Cup, Ribeira Grande defeated one of the top five clubs of Praia (and Sotavento), Boavista in the first round and qualified into the second round. Next round, Ribeira Grande defeated Relampâgo on January 30 and proceed to the quarterfinals to face Unidos do Norte, Ribeira Grande defeated that club and will headed to the semis to face Sporting Praia and lost 2-0 on March 20 and out from the finals again.

Date	Opponents	Result
		F	A
November 29, 2017	Boavista Praia	W	L
January 30, 2018	Relâmpago	W	L
February 13, 2018	Unidos do Norte	W	L
March 20, 2018	Sporting Praia	0	2

Squad

As of 30 April 2017 ^[2]

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

No. Position Player Cleidir Joel Elson Edmilson Xavier Airton Santos Celso Mendes Neydil Ribeira Edson (Patrick) Correia Moreira, Benvindo Élvio Barbosa da Costa, Daniel Rodrigues Pereira, Janilson

Club

Other information

As of April 2017

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio da Várzea (8,000 / 108x69 m)
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio da Calabaceira (1,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: November 2017
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References

1. Santiago South, past and current highlights at rsssf.com
2. "Scorer and squad statistics". Konkuri. Retrieved 2018-02-01. 

External links

• AD Ribeira Grande's 2017-18 squad at Konkuri
• AD Ribeira Grande at Sports Mídia (in Portuguese), includes the squad section