2017–18 Boa Vista Island Championships

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Boa Vista Island Championships
Season 2017-18
Champions Sport Sal Rei Club
Matches played 56
Goals scored 193 (3.45 per match)
Biggest home win Sporting Boa Vista 6 - 0 Juventude Norte (March 18, 2018)
Biggest away win Estância Baixo 0 - 7 Sal Rei (February 24, 2018)
Highest scoring Estância Baixo 0 - 7 Sal Rei (February 24, 2018)

The 2017-18 Boa Vista Island League season was the competition of the second-tier football in the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. Its started early on December 9 and finished early on March 25. The championships were organized by the Boa Vista Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol da Boa Vista, ARFBV). [1] Sport Sal Rei Club won their 11th title, it was also the club's third straight, Sal Rei qualified into the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships and placed in Group A.

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Sport Sal Rei Club was again the defending team of the title. A total of 8 clubs participated in the competition [2] and 193 goals were scored, the highest in several seasons. The last time a high goal scoring season was in 2011 numbering 187.

Sport Sal Rei Club is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista. Its current president is Ogino Almeida and its manager is Marley Monteiro. The club was once owned by Lin Fortes.

Overview

Sal Rei scored the most number of goals of the season numbering 35, second was fifth placed Sporting with 31 and third was second placed Africa show with 29, Estância Baixo scored the least with only 10. Estância Baixo conceded the most with 53, second was Juventude with 24.

The top three clubs finished the same position as last season, the last two placed club also finished the same position as last season. On the opposites, Estância Baixo's all matches ended in losses and had the worst season in club history.

Participating clubs

Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista and plays with Boa Vista's teams in the same stadium. Apart from football (soccer) there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and athletics departments.

Desportivo Estância Baixo is a sports club for a football (soccer) team that plays in the Boa Vista Island League in Cape Verde. The team is based in the settlement of Estância de Baixo in the island of Boa Vista and receives assistance from the local government. The club area includes the south of the island, especially Curral Velho. The team has never won any title.

Onze Estrelas Boa Vista or Onze Estrelas Clube de Bofareira is a football (soccer) club that currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional de Cabo Verde and in the Boa Vista Island League in Cape Verde. It is based on the island of Boa Vista and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 1,000 though the village they play is for Bofareira. Its current manager is Tó Monteiro.

League standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sport Sal Rei Club  (C) (Q) 14 10 1 3 35 10 +2531 2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Académica Operária 14 9 3 2 29 11 +1830
3 Onze Estrelas 14 8 1 5 23 22 +125
4 África Show 14 7 2 5 28 20 +823
5 Sporting Boa Vista 14 7 1 6 31 19 +1222
6 Sanjoanense 14 6 1 7 20 24419
7 Juventude do Norte 14 4 1 9 17 341713
8 Desportivo Estância Baixo 14 0 0 14 10 53430

Updated to games played on 25 March 2018.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2017-18: Boa Vistal
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.

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