Derby of the Académicas of Maio

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Derby of the Académicas of Maio
Derby de Académicas do Maio
Locale Maio, Cape Verde
Teams Académico 83, Académica da Calheta
Latest meetingAcadémica da Calheta 1–2 Académico 83, 13 March 2016
Next meeting19 February 2017

The football rivalry between Académico 83 and Académica da Calheta do Maio is one of the two rivalries in the island of Maio, Cape Verde, the other is the Clássico de Porto Inglês which features Académico 83 and Onze Unidos. [1]

Association football Team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Académica da Calheta do Maio

Associação Académica da Calheta do Maio is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Maio Island League in Cape Verde. They have a football (soccer) field in Calheta, their matches are played at Estádio 20 de Janeiro in the island capital Cidade do Maio. Since the implementation of the Second Division in 2015, Académica Calheta are now the five unrelegated clubs of the island.

Maio, Cape Verde easternmost of the Sotavento islands; municipality (concelho) of Cape Verde

Maio is the easternmost of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde. Maio is located south of the island of Boa Vista and east of Santiago. Administratively, the island forms one concelho (municipality): Maio.

History

The rivalry began around in the 1990s when the regional championships started. There have been around 50 meetings between the clubs.

Cultural rivalry

The two major communities of Cidade do Maio (then Vila, colloquially known as Porto Inglěs) and Calheta in the north. Both of the clubs are an affiliate of Académica de Coimbra. It is a rivalry between the Académica clubs, the other in Cape Verde is on the island of Sal known as Clássico da Ilha do Aeroporto.

Calheta, Cape Verde Settlement in Maio, Cape Verde

Calheta is a town in the western part of the island of Maio. It is situated on the Atlantic coast, around 11 km north of the island capital Porto Inglês and 6 km north of Morro. Its population at the 2010 census was 1,156, making it the island's second most populous settlement. The settlement was mentioned as "Kalyete" in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.

Football rivalry

Académica Sal's last win was on February 22, 2013. Académico do Aeroporto's last win was on March 13, 2016. The upcoming match will be on February 19, 2017.

Académico do Aeroporto is the most successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won about 16 official regional titles, compared to Acadèmica da Calheta's three official regional titles.

Honours

Competitive honours won
Competition Académico 83 Académica da Calheta
Maio Island League 143
Maio Island Cup 4None
Maio Island Super Cup 5None
Maio Island Opening Tournament 7None

Partial matches list

Maio Island League

The information has selected matches of the challenge from the 2013-14 season

Académico 83 – Académica da CalhetaAcadémica da Calheta – Académico 83
SeasonR.DateScoreR.DateScore
2013–14 319–01–20142–1823–02–20143–2
2014–15 101–02–20154–0615–03–20150–6
2015–16 114–02–20161–1713–03–20161–2
2016–17619–02–201713Upcoming

Head-to-head ranking in Maio

P.1213 14 15 16
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Key
Académico 83
Académica da Calheta do Maio

See also

Académico do Aeroporto

Académico do Aeroporto is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal. The team was is named after its nearby airport. Its current director is Ivan Lopes since mid-February 2017, its chairman is Carlos Moniz who returned for the second time and its manager was Lúcio Antunes since 2015. Now that Verdun Pedra de Lume was relegated, the club became the island's five unrelegated original clubs.

Académica do Sal association football club

Associação Académica do Sal is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal and its location is on Palmeira Road next to the city library. It is one of many teams that only won one title since independence. Its current proprietor is Mário Ramos.

References

  1. ↑ "Maio: Futebol Maio: Académico 83 empata com Académica da Calheta 1-1" [Académico 83 tied with Académica Calheta 1-1]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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