Brava Super Cup

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Brava Super Cup
Founded2011
Region Flag of Cape Verde.svg Brava, Cape Verde
Current champions Académica Brava

The Brava Super Cup (Portuguese: Super Taça da Brava, Capeverdean Creole: ALUPEK: Super Tasa da Braba, Brava Creole: Super Taça Dja Braba) is a regional super cup competition played during the season in the island of Brava, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Brava Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol da Brava, ARFB). [1] Its current champions is Académica da Brava who won their only title in 2016. The regional champion competes with the cup champion. If a champion also has a cup title, a cup club who is runner-up qualifies.

Brava, Cape Verde island of the Cape Verde archipelago

Brava is an island in Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. At 62.5 km2 (24.1 sq mi), it is the smallest inhabited island of the Cape Verde archipelago, but at the same time the greenest. First settled in the early 16th century, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1680. For more than a century, its main industry was whaling, but the island economy is now primarily agricultural.

Cape Verde Country comprising ten islands off the Northwest coast of Africa

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles. In ancient times these islands were referred to as "the Islands of the Blessed" or the "Fortunate Isles". Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) west of the Cape Verde Peninsula off the coast of Northwest Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).

Brava Regional Football Association is a football (soccer) association covering the island of Brava. It is headquartered in the island capital of Nova Sintra. The association are one of six in Cape Verde that covers only one municipality. It is the sublevel of the Capeverdean Football Federation.

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Several cancellations occurred including in 2011 when all of the regional football competitions were canceled. The 2015 regional cup competition was not held and recently the 2017 competition was canceled due to that the 2016-17 Brava Cup did not take place due to financial or scheduling problems.

The 2018 edition will take place later in the season. It will feature Morabeza and Sporting Brava

Sport Clube Morabeza is a football club in Cape Verde that plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava and plays at Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira where all the clubs from Brava even those based outside the capital play. The club name's etymology is the name predominantly used in Cape Verde and it is used in other music albums and the hotel in the island of Sal. Its current coach is Alfredo Moreira, himself a former player. Together with Sporting, it is Brava's most successful teams.

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.

Winners

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-up
2010-11Not held
2011-12 Juventude da Furna Académica da Brava
2012-13 Juventude da Furna Sporting Clube da Brava
2013-14 Sporting Clube da Brava Nô Pintcha 1
2014-15Not held
2015-16 Académica da Brava Sporting Clube da Brava
2016-17Not held [lower-alpha 1]
1Runner up in the cup final as the regional cup winner was also the regional champion that season

See also

The Brava Island Cup is a regional cup competition and is played during the season in the island of Brava, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about four to five rounds, for some seasons, a group stage was featured. The cup competition is organized by the Brava Regional Football Association .The cup winner competes in the regional super cup final in the following season when a cup winner also wins the championship, a runner-up competes. The winner qualifies into Cape Verdean Cup, since 2013, it has been canceled due to financial and scheduling reasons. Its last cup winner was Sporting Clube da Brava, the 2016-17 edition was not held.

The Brava Island League is a regional championship played in Brava Island, Cape Verde. The championships are organized by Brava Regional Football Association. The winner of the championship plays in the Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.

The Brava Island Opening Tournament, is an opening tournament competition played during the season in the island of Brava, Cape Verde The competition is organized by the Brava Regional Football Association. Some seasons featured rounds of one portion, some seasons featured three rounds and two groups with the top club of each group in the final match. It currently consists of six rounds, a meeting with another club once. The winner with the most points is the winner.

Notes

  1. ↑ Competition was not held as the 2016-17 Brava Cup did not took place

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References

  1. ↑ Brava Regional Football Association's website
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