Cape Verdean Football Championship

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Cape Verdean Football Championship
Founded1976
CountryCape Verde
Confederation CAF
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s) Cape Verdean Cup
Independence Cup
International cup(s) CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Current champions GD Palmeira de Santa Maria (1st title)
(2023)
Most championships CS Mindelense (13)
TV partners TCV and RTP África
Current: 2022 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The Cape Verdean Football Championship or the Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol is a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, when the islands were still part of the Portuguese Empire.

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History

Before independence

The first football championship that was not official took place in 1938 and were colonial and later provincial, only clubs from São Vicente participated, they were actual insular championships. The first official championships began in 1953 and featured clubs from only the islands of São Vicente (along with its surroundings) and Santiago took part. For the next 21 years they occurred and Académica do Mindelo won the first title, Mindelense was the second club to win a title and from 1956 the leader in the number of titles for the remainder of Portuguese rule, Académica Mindelo was second with three titles and Sporting Praia and Travadores with two, Castilho, Académica Praia and Boavista had a single title.

Since independence

No competition occurred during the end of Portuguese rule and the independence of Cape Verde. Clubs from other islands started to compete in the finals. Mindelense won the first title for an independent Cape Verde, the club lead in the most titles, in the first national championships, Mindelense faced Botafogo from Fogo, the first to feature a club outside Santiago or Sâo Vicente. The 1978 national championships was cancelled as the winner of Sotavento was undecided to challenge Mindelense, the winner of the Barlavento Islands, the finals system was introduced in 1979. Mindelense challenged Botafogo in the final match for the next two years, Botafogo won in 1980 and became the first championship outside Sâo Vicente and Santiago, Mindelense won again in 1981. Clubs from Boa Vista competed in 1980. In 1984, FC Derby faced Académica do Sal in the first finals with two clubs from the same island chain. SC Morabeza was the first club from Brava to compete in the national championships in 1985, the next champion from Brava to compete would not be until 1993. The group system was introduced in around the 1990s and had two to three matches each. Clubs from the island of Maio would compete in 1990 and Santo Antão would compete in 1993. The triangular system was introduced and was used in 1994 and 1995, the finals was restored again, for one season in 1997, the final phase was introduced and the winner was decided on the highest number of points and Mindelense won, the finals restored again in 1998 and 1999, for the next three seasons, the winner was decided on a total number of points and sometimes goals, Sporting and Batuque shared a record total of 19 points won at the national championships, no other club surpassed it since. Since 2003, the winner would be decided to go to the playoffs on the number of points or goals from each of the two groups. One champion from each island participated in the championships, that time the Santiago and Santo Antâo championships split into two zones. The champion would play for the following season, sometimes a champion who wins a regional league in the follow season, a second placed club participates. In the 2005 season, Sporting Praia defeated Desportivo Estância Baixo 13-0 and made it the highest scoring match that still stands to date, also Sporting Praia scored the most goals in the championship numbering 35 and still stands today, Derby was second who scored 32, Derby would claim their third and last title for the club. Sporting Praia won their second consecutive title after defeating Académica do Mindelo under the away goals rule as both clubs were tied with a goal in the second final match. In 2015, the FCF chose to keep the group system instead of alterations probably including only the introduction of the first and second tier levels. [1] [2] Mindelense has now a record twelve national titles since 2016 and was their last won, Sporting Praia is second since 2014. The island of Sâo Vicente has now 17 titles won by different clubs, at the time three more than Santiago, two titles won by clubs from Boa Vista and one each from Fogo, Maio and Sal. For some seasons, some of the clubs from a regional league did not participated, its recent one was Brava in 2011.

In regular season competition, in 2008, Derby was the first club to have all five wins along with not a single loss or a draw after the creation of a six club group system, the second was SC Atlético in 2012, and the third was Mindelense in 2015 and also conceded only a goal while the club scored fourteen, the first after the creation of a six club group system, Derby did not conceded a goal in a regular season in 2001, also Derby won all five and was their second and recent time in 2015.

The 2017 season revived the triangular phase and is the first featuring three groups and together with a playoff system, the top three of each group will qualify into the semis along with the second placed club with the most points. The champion will compete in the 2018 CAF Champions League in the following season. As the Malian Premier League was abandoned for the 2017 season as the Malian Football Federation was dissolved, another participant would have been made (along with one from Senegal), the Malian competitions resumed in early May and it reduced to one participant. They could be a participant at the continental but a possibility there could be no participant. No word that the first placed second place of each group qualifies for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup as no 2017 Cape Verdean Cup will take place.

The Santiago North Premier Division had disputes in the final match of the season ended a week before the start of the nationals, in 2016, it was between Scorpion Vermelho and Varandinha over Scorpion Vermelho's match, the award decision was revoked and Varandinha was regional champions and qualified into the nationals, the first round match was delayed due to that. Benfica Santa Cruz and some other clubs protested AJAC's round 16 win over Juventus Assomada where AJAC fielded a suspended player, Marco Aurélio, who had received two yellow cards. On 7 May, AJAC became champions, the final result actually went to uncertainty especially after 11 May where the regional Judicial Council thought to make it official, Benfica de Santa Cruz were crowned Premier Division champions of the North Zone as well as AJAC. [3] AJAC did not field that suspended player, the chairman Amarildo protested that decision alongside other clubs and on 17 May, the award was revoked and AJAC became regional champions of Santiago North.

In August 2017, Sporting Praia won their recent national championship title after defeating FC Ultramarina from Tarrafal de São Nicolau and Santiago now has 15 titles won, two less than São Vicente.

After two years in which the championship was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 season culminated with the final played on the island of Boa Vista, in which Académica do Mindelo beat Palmeira 1-0, winning their second title after 33 years. [4]

In a rerun of the previous season's final, the two teams faced each other once again, this time the final was held on the island of Maio, on June 8th. After the matched ended 1-1, the winner would eventually be decided via a penalty shootout, with Palmeira beating Académica do Mindelo (7-6), thus becoming national champions for the first time in their history. [5]

League format

The championship is played out in a tournament between the champions of the nine islands (the 10th island, Santa Luzia is not inhabited, Santa Luzia and its islets are part of the São Vicente Premier Division). The islands Santiago and Santo Antão each have two teams due to the fact that both are divided into two football regions (North Santiago, South Santiago, North Santo Antão and South Santo Antão). The defending champions' island or sport region also gets an extra spot in the following season's championship.

Clubs 2016-17

Group A

Group B

Group C

Before independence

The competition featured a club from the island of São Vicente and a club from the island of Santiago and continued up to the end of Portuguese rule.

Performance by club

ClubWinnersWinning Years
CS Mindelense 61954, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1971
Académica do Mindelo 31953, 1964, 1967
Sporting Clube da Praia 21961, 1969
CD Travadores 21972, 1974
Castilho 11973
Académica da Praia 11965
Boavista 11963

Since independence

In the first few years. The competition would feature a club from Barlavento and a club from Sotavento. In the 1980s, it would change when a playoff system was introduced. The group system was formed around the mid 1990s.

Performance by club

ClubWinnersWinning years
CS Mindelense 131976, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Sporting Clube da Praia 101985, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017
Boavista (Praia)31987, 1995, 2010
Derby FC 31984, 2000, 2005
CD Travadores 21994, 1996
Académica do Mindelo 21989, 2022
Académica da Praia 12018
GD Palmeira de Santa Maria 12023
Académica (Espargos) 11993
Académico Sal Rei 11983
Académico do Aeroporto 12003
GD Amarantes (Mindelo)11999
Botafogo São Filipe 11980
Onze Unidos 12001
Sal-Rei FC 12004

Performance by island

ClubWinnersWinning years
São Vicente 191976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022
Santiago 161985, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018
Sal 31993, 2003, 2023
Boa Vista 11983
Fogo 11980
Maio 11996

Topscorers

The greatest top scorers in the national championships was Zé di Tchecha of Sporting Praia who scored 14 goals. Gerson of SC Atlético scored 13 goals in the 2012 season.

Seasons in the Cape Verdean Football Championships

The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the National Championships from 1976 until 2018. The teams in Bold participated in 2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships. Not all teams are listed, selected teams are:

SeasonsClubs
37 CS Mindelense
19 Académica Operária
15 Nô Pintcha
14 Académico do Aeroporto do Sal, SC Atlético
13 Académica do Fogo
12 Botafogo FC, FC Derby, Onze Unidos, Ultramarina Tarrafal de São Nicolau
11 Académico 83, Académica do Porto Novo , Sport Sal Rei Club , Vulcânicos
10 SC Morabeza
8 SC Santa Maria
7 Paulense, Rosariense Clube
6 Académica do Sal
5 FC Juventude (Sal), CD Scorpion Vermelho , Solpontense
4 Académica do Mindelo, Batuque FC, Rosariense Clube, Sporting Clube da Brava
3 Académica da Calheta do Maio, Barreirense , Desportivo da Praia, Estrela dos Amadores, Juventude da Furna, GD Palmeira de Santa Maria , Sporting Clube do Porto Novo
2 Académica da Brava, Barcelona, Os Foguetões , Marítimo do Porto Novo, SC Verdun Pedra de Lume
1 AJAC da Calheta, GD Amarantes, Beira Mar do Maio, Beira-Mar (Ribeira Grande), SC Beira-Mar do Tarrafal, FC Belo Horizonte , Benfica de Santa Cruz, GD Corôa, Cutelinho, Desportivo Estância Baixo, Desportivo de Santa Cruz, GDRC Fiorentina, Flor Jovem da Calheta, Grémio Nhágar, Marìtimo, Onze Estrelas, Sanjoanense, CD Sinagoga, Spartak d'Aguadinha, Varandinha

Broadcasting rights

Its matches notably the major clubs are broadcast on RTC's TCV since the introduction of television to Cape Verde. On radio, select and prominent matches are broadcast on RCV. Before independence of 1975, there were broadcast on Rádio Praia aired in Sotavento and Rádio Clube do Mindelo aired in Barlavento.

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The 2015–16 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.

The 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 37th beginner level competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. It started on 14 May and finished on 9 July, it started five days later than last season and finished two days earlier, the season was a week shorter than last. The championship was governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The scheduling was completed on November 16 and the group system was kept instead of becoming a one portion season without playoffs and was the last time. CS Mindelense won the record breaking title and became the second club after Sporting Praia to win four in a row, the highest ever, also it was Mindelense's last. Mindelense chose to not participate in the CAF Champions League competition in 2017, Académica do Porto Novo did not participate in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup, both of the clubs due to financial concerns, of any club, it is the eighth consecutive time and becomes the recent African nation not to bring a champion to the continentals for the most consecutive years, in the cup competition, Cape Verde is the longest for not bringing a club in Africa lasting for more than 15 years straight, not even the three national cup winners competed. Mindelense qualified and participated in the 2017 National Championships.

This article concerns football records in Cape Verde. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the Cape Verdean National Championships and the second-tier Regional Championships.

This article is about the history of football (soccer) in Cape Verde.

The 2016–17 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.

1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s

The 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 38th beginner level competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. It started on 13 May and finished on 27 August, it started a days later than last season. Originally to finish on 15 July, instead, it was rescheduled to 27 August. The championship was governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.

The 2017–18 season is the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.

References

  1. ↑ "Nacional de futebol mantém antigo figurino na nova época" [The National Championships Kept the Same Format for the New Season]. Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "FCF decide manter o mesmo figurino do Campeonato de Cabo Verde para a época 2015/16" [FCF Chose to Keep the Same Format in the Cape Verdean Championships for the 2015/16 Season]. Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Futebol/Santiago Norte: Conselho Jurisdicional penaliza AJAC de Calheta e Benfica de Santa Cruz vai ao Nacional" [Judicial Council Barred AJAC da Calheta and Benfica de Santa Cruz Goes to National Championships] (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Futebol/Sapo Desporto: Académica do Mindelo sagra-se campeão de Cabo Verde, 33 anos depois" [academica do mindelo becomes cape verde champion 33 years later] (in Portuguese). Sapo. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Palmeira é o novo campeão nacional de futebol" [Palmeira are the new national football champions later]. Expresso das ilhas (in Portuguese). 8 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. ↑ First final competition that featured clubs from one island chain
  7. ↑ Won through the final triangular phase
  8. ↑ Won through the final triangular phase
  9. ↑ The winner was decided on the highest points in the final phase that contained four clubs
  10. ↑ The winner was decided on the highest points
  11. ↑ The winner was decided on the highest points and goals
  12. ↑ First finals competition that featured clubs from a single island and a single city
  13. ↑ Last final playoff competition that featured a club each from the island chain
  14. ↑ Last final playoff competition that featured two clubs from a single island and a single city
  15. ↑ Last final playoff competition that featured two clubs from a same island chain

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