2017–18 AD Bairro season

ADESBA

2017–18 season
Chairman	Guto (Fernando Augusto Fernandes Ribeiro)
Manager	Cley
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago South Premier Division	8th place
Santiago South Cup	1/8 finals
Home colours Away colours
←  2016–17

The 2017–18 AD Bairro or ADESBA season were in the island division of football (soccer). ^[1]

Santiago South Premier Division

ADESBA started the 2017-18 Premier Division season with a won over Eugénio Lima, their next win was at the fifth round where they defeated that new entrant Tira Chapéu 3-2 and fifth at the fifth round, they had eight points shared with Sporting Praia, ADESBA has 5 goals scored, two less than Sporting. Two losses to Praia's top five clubs followed on December 16 and were Travadores and Sporting. A win over AD Ribeira Grande was next and is the club's recent. Two more losses followed to Praia's other top five clubs Académica and Boavista with the last one, the region's worst as they lost 7-3 on January 5. Bairro is in mid-position, 6th place with 11 points and conceded 18 goals, third worst behind the last two placed clubs Tira Chapéu and Eugênio Lima. Up next was a goal draw with Desportivo on January 13 and was sixth with 12 points three less than that club and one more than Travadores. A comeback in winning ADESBA made, a win over the ailing Eugénio Lima with the result 2-1 and put that club into possible relegation to the Second Division. Bairro made a back to back draw overall, a two goal draw with Benfica was made on January 26, but their positions slipped down to 8th, ahead of the historically top club of Travadores with 16 points, a total shared with Desportivo, Ribeira Grande and Tchadense, the club scored 16 goals and conceded 22. A back to back win was made later on February 2 and defeated Tchadense with only 0-1 away and regained a position to 7th place, they had 19 points, also shared with Desportivo and Ribeira Grande. Instead of another win, ADESBA suffered their next loss in five matches and lost 3-1 to Celtic and remains seventh. Another back to back win arrived for ADESBA as they defeated the newcomer and 11th placed Tira Chapéu 1-2 at the 16th round, ADESBA has 22 points, also shared with Desportivo and Tchadense, they had 20 goals which was also shared with Tchadense, Bairro conceded 26 goals, eight more than Tchadense which kept Bairro to remain 7th. Bairro suffered a back to back win, also another loss to Travadores which was 1-2 at the 17th round, sixth with 22 points and has 21 goals shared with Desportivo, their only difference was Bairro conceded 28 goals, seven more than Desportivo's. On March 1, Bairro suffered a second straight loss to the almighty Sporting with the score 3-0 and lost a position to 8th as they had a goal difference of 10 over Ribeira Grande's 8. The battle for Bairro's position gain occurred on March 8 where they once more defeated Ribeira Grande and also prevented their club records from being made. Bairro rose to sixth with 25 points. Bairro suffered another loss which was 3-0 to almighty Académica at round 20, Bairro was still sixth due to Desportivo's and Ribeira Grande's losses of the round. Bairro suffered another loss, this one to the mighty Boavista at the 21st round and their positions dropped to eighth. Their points equaled Desportivo's and Ribeira Grande's. The final match of the season was with Desportivo which ended once more in a draw with a goal apiece. Bairro finished 8th with 26 points, 7 wins and 23 goals, on the opposites, they conceded 38 goals, which was one of the highest in Bairro's history.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result		Championship position
			F	A
November 4, 2017	Eugénio Lima FC	A	1	0	5th
November 10, 2017	Benfica Praia	H	1	1
November 18, 2017	Tchadense	H	0	0
November 26, 2017	Celtic da Praia	A	0	1
December 2, 2017	AD Tira Chapéu	H	3	2
December 9, 2017	CD Travadores	A	0	1
December 16, 2017	Sporting Praia	H	0	4
December 22, 2017	AD Ribeira Grande	A	2	0
December 28, 2017	Académica da Praia	H	1	2
January 5, 2018	Boavista Praia	A	3	7
January 13, 2018	Desportivo da Praia	H	1	1	6th
January 20, 2018	Eugénio Lima FC	H	2	1	6th
January 26, 2018	Benfica Praia	A	2	2	8th
February 2, 2018	Tchadense	A	1	0	7th
February 11, 2018	Celtic Praia	H	1	3	7th
February 17, 2018	AD Tira Chapéu	A	2	1	7th
February 24, 2018	CD Travadores	H	1	2	7th
March 1, 2018	Sporting Praia	A	0	3	8th
March 8, 2018	AD Ribeira Grande	H	1	0	6th
March 14, 2018	Académica da Praia	A	0	3	6th
March 23, 2018	Boavista Praia	H	0	3	8th
March 31, 2018	Desportivo da Praia	A	1	1	8th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Desportivo da Praia	22	7	5	10	27	30	-3	26
8	AD Bairro	22	7	5	10	23	38	-15	26
9	CD Travadores	22	7	3	12	25	39	-14	24

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	7	5	10	23	38	−15	26	3	3	5	11	19	−8	4	2	5	12	19	−7

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

Santiago South Cup

Bairro started off the cup competition at the second round in the final two weeks of 2017 on December 20. They faced their opponent Celtic da Praia, again the same club as they did last season. The match ended in the scoreless draw, in the penalty shootout, they were thrown out from further competitions as they lost it 8-7.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result		Penalty shootout
			F	A
December 20	Celtic Praia	A	0	0	8-7

Squad statistics

As of 30 April 2017 ^[2]

No.	Pos.	Name	Previous club	Regional
				Goals
-	-	Bruno Xavier F. Gonçalves
-	-	Jordy Antony F. Gomes
-	-	Bruno Manuel M. levy
-	-	Milton Cunha
-	-	Walter Fernandes

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Janito Carvalho

Last updated: November 2016
Source: http://www.academicapraia.cv

Other information

As of 2016

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

Last updated: November 2016
Source:  http://www.academicapraia.cv

Team kit

Home	Away/Alternate

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Santiago South, past and current highlights at rsssf.com
2. "Statistics of the 2017-18 Santiago South Zone football (soccer) season". Konkuri.

External links

• AD Bairro's 2017-18 squad at Konkuri
• Bairro (sometimes as ADESBA) at Sports Mídia (in Portuguese), includes the squad section