2017–18 Santiago South Premier Division

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Santiago South Premier Division
Season2017–18
Promoted Académica Praia (Champions)
Sporting Praia (4th place, qualified as they were 2017 national champions)
Relegated Eugěnio Lima
AD Tira Chapéu
Matches played132
Goals scored367 (2.78 per match)
Highest scoringSporting Praia?
Longest unbeaten runAcadémica Praia (December 16, 2017-March 22, 2018)

The 2017–18 Santiago South Premier Division season was the 16th second tier football competition in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, from 3 November 2017 to 1 April 2018, a month earlier than last season. [1] [2] The tournament was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). [3] All matches were played at Estádio da Várzea. Académica Praia won their next title in nine years and participated in the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships and played in Group A. Académica finished with a new regional record of 56 points, beating Sporting Praia's 55 of the previous season, overall of any regional championship (second tier) competitions, it is third behind of the clubs of the island's North Zone, GD Varandinha with 63 and Scorpion Vermelho with 61. Sporting Praia, the previous national champion also qualified, the club finished fourth for the season. Académica Praia will qualify in the upcoming 2018 Santiago South Super Cup.

The Santiago South Premier Division is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde and is a part of the Santiago South Zone Football Association. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season while the last two placed clubs relegates in the following season. In 2007 and 2013 when Sporting Praia automatically qualified in the championships as they won their national titles in the previous season, a second place club qualified to the national championships. The division features 12 clubs in the premier division for the second time, Varanda and Delta were relegated into the Second Division, Tchadense and Benfica were promoted last season.

Association football team field sport

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Santiago is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of Maio and Fogo. It was the first of the islands to be settled: the town of Ribeira Grande was founded in 1462. Santiago is home to the nation's capital city of Praia.

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As Sporting Praia also won the national championship on August 27, for the 2017-18 season, a second place club will participate in the 2018 national football championships.

Overview

The season was the third that featured a total of 12 clubs, Ribeira Grande, champions of the Second Division returned to the Premier Division after six years. Originally second placed GD Varanda was to qualify, as that club withdrew November 2017, third placed Tira Chapéu competed for the first time into the Premier Division in the following season while Varanda was kept as a Second Division club for the following season and was not competing. Next season, another first timer will participate in the Premier Division and will be Relâmpago. [1]

A total of 367 goals were scored and this was another championship record, partly more goals were scored per capita numbering , overall fewer than Fogo's 412 goals scored in the 2014-15 season and the capita 4.58 per match and Santiago North's 500+ goals scored in the 2015-16 season, of any island league, it is sixth/seventh overall and the fourth of the season to the north of the island and Fogo (2015-2017 seasons).

The 2014-15 Fogo Island League season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Its started on 15 November 2014 and finished on 19 April 2015. The tournament was organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association. Spartak d'Aguadinha won the first title and competed for the first time in the Cape Verdean National Championships in May.

The 2015-16 Santiago Island League (North) season was the competition of the second-tier football in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 12 December 2015 and finished on 8 May 2016. The tournament was organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association. It was the first ever season without any group stage and would become the longest of any of the regional leagues in Cape Verde and the only that occurred as the following season became the same as the South Zone's. Varandinha won their first and only title after finishing a record breaking 63 points and a record 20 wins, the highest of any of the island leagues in the nation and competed in the national championships. It was one of the newest clubs to win their first titles of any island/regional league in the nation.

New regional records were made including Académica Praia with 56 points and 18 wins, superseding Sporting Praia's 17 wins made last season.

Boavista Praia scored the most goals (55) which became a club record and one of the highest behind Sporting's 64 made in 2004. Second was Académica with 48, third was Sporting with 39 and fourth was Celtic with 36. Tira Chapéu scored the least with 15 and Eugénio Lima with 19, third least was Benfica with 22 and fourth least was Bairro with 23. On the opposites, the most goals conceded was Tira Chapéu with 57, second was Eugénio Lima with 49 and third was Benfica with 13. Académica conceded the least with 10, second least was Boavista with 13 and third least were Celtic and Sporting with 17. [2]

Boavista's 51 points made it the second club record. Some of the other results became club record, Celtic finished third place, a position once unheard and finished with 45 points and had 14 wins, Tchadense finished fifth and AD Ribeira Grande finished sixth.

On the opposites, Tira Chapéu finished last place and will spend their second season in the Second Division next season. Eugénio Lima finished 13th place and will be relegated next season after three seasons.

Académica Praia was first place for most of the season from before mid-season up to the end. At the 19th round, Académica became regional champions.

Participating clubs

ClubLocation2015-16 positions
Académica Praia Praia4th in the Premier Division
AD Bairro Craveiro Lopes, Praia5th in the Premier Division
Benfica Praia9th in the Premier Division
Boavista da Praia Praia2nd in the Premier Division
Celtic da Praia Achadinha de Baixo, Praia8th in the Premier Division
Desportivo da Praia Praia3rd in the Premier Division
Eugenio Lima Eugėnio Lima, Praia10th in the Premier Division
AD Ribeira Grande Cidade VelhaSecond Division Champions
Sporting Praia PraiaPremier Division Champions
Tchadense Achada Santo António, Praia6th in the Premier Division
AD Tira Chapéu Tira Chapéu, Praia3rd in the Second Division
CD Travadores Praia7th in the Premier Division

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Académica da Praia  (C) (Q)2218224810+3856 2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Boavista Praia 2216335513+4251
3 Celtic Praia 2214353617+1945
4 Sporting Clube da Praia  (Q)2212553917+2241 2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships
5 Tchadense 229492927+231
6 AD Ribeira Grande 2291122830−228
7 Desportivo da Praia 2275102730−326
8 ADESBA 2275102338−1526
9 Travadores 2273122539−1424
10 Benfica Praia 2247112240−1819
11 Eugénio Lima  (R)2243151949−3015Relegation to2018-19 Santiago South Second Division
12 AD Tira Chapéu  (R)2241171657−4113

Updated to games played on 5 April 2018.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2017/18: Santiago South Premier Division
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.

Results

Partially listed

Round 1
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Ribeira Grande1–2Travadores3 November16:00
Boavista0–1Celtic4 November14:00
Eugénio Lima0–1Bairro4 November16:00
Desportivo Praia0–3Tchadense5 November14:00
Benfica Praia1–3Sporting Praia5 November16:00
Académica Praia4–0AD Tira Chapéu3 January [lower-alpha 1]
Round 2
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Bairro1–1Benfica Praia10 November
Sporting Praia2–0Ribeira Grande10 November
Tchadense0–1Eugénio Lima11 November
Celtic Praia1–0Desportivo Praia11 November
Tira Chapéu0–3Boavista Praia5 November
Travadores0–3Académica Praia10 November
Round 3
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Desportivo Praia3–0Tira Chapéu17 November
Bairro0–0Tchadense17 November
Eugénio Lima0–4Celtic Praia18 November
Boavista Praia3–0Travadores18 November
Benfica Praia0–0Ribeira Grande19 November
Académica Praia3–2Sporting Praia19 November
Round 4
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
AD Ribeira Grande2–0Académica Praia24 November
Tira Chapéu1–0Eugénio Lima24 November
Travadores0–1Desportivo25 November
Sporting Praia0–0Boavista Praia25 November
Celtic Praia1–0Bairro26 November
Benfica Praia0–0Tchadense26 November
Round 5
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Desportivo Praia0–0Sporting Praia1 December
Eugénio Lima0–2Travadores1 December
Bairro3–2Tira Chapéu2 December
Boavista Praia2–1Ribeira Grande2 December
Benfica Praia2–0Académica Praia3 December
Tchadense1–0Celtic Praia19 November
Round 6
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Sporting Praia4–0Eugénio Lima8 December
Cetic Praia3–0Benfica Praia8 December
Tira Chapéu0–0Tchadense9 December
Travadores1–0Bairro9 December
Ribeira Grande0–1Desportivo Praia10 December
Académica Praia0–1Boavista Praia10 December
Round 7
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Eugénio Lima1–3Ribeira Grande15 December
Tchadense4–1Travadores15 December
Bairro0–4Sporting Praia16 December
Desportivo Praia0–3Académica Praia16 December
Celtic Praia3–1Tira Chapéu17 December
Benfica Praia0–3Boavista Praia17 December
Round 8
HomeScoreVisitorDateTime
Académica Praia3–1Eugénio Lima10 January [lower-alpha 2]

All times in Cape Verdean Time (UTC -1)

Santiago South Zone Premier Division 2016-17
Champions
Académica da Praia
3rd title

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally for November 3
  2. ↑ Originally for 21 December

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References

  1. 1 2 2017–18 Santiago South Premier Division at Cape Verde Islands 2017/18, RSSSF
  2. 1 2 "Statistics of the 2016-17 Santiago South Zone football (soccer) season". Konkuri.
  3. ↑ "ARFSS at the FCF website". fcf.cv. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
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