External links
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (archived 22 December 2012)
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This is a list of the honours won by football clubs in Cape Verde. It lists every Capeverdean association football club to have won any of the trophies at the national and the regional level. Cape Verdean clubs never won any major official African competition.
It lists every Capeverdean association football club to have won any of the major domestic trophies, the Cape Verdean Football Championships, the Cape Verdean Cup and the Cape Verdean Super Cup.
Cape Verde is one of a very few countries in which a regional winner competes at the national championship and stays for a season except for the champion. It is one of a very few countries that uses the points system at the national level and now has only 6 rounds per group and the knockout phase.
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Total | Last Trophy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CS Mindelense | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2016 Championships |
| 2 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2017 Championship |
| 3 | Boavista | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2010 Cup |
| 4 | FC Derby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2005 Championship |
| 5 | CD Travadores | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1996 Championship |
| = | Onze Unidos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2012 Cup |
| 8 | Académica Operária | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1983 Championship |
| = | Académica do Sal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1993 Championship |
| = | Académica do Mindelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1989 Championship |
| = | Académico do Aeroporto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2003 Championship |
| = | Amarante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1999 Championship |
| = | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1980 Championship |
| = | Sport Sal Rei Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2004 Championship |
| = | Académica da Praia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2007 Cup |
It lists every regional association football club to have won any of the minor domestic trophies, the Championship, the Cup, the Super Cup, the Opening Tournament (Association Sup in some areas) and the Champions' Cup of some islands.
The regional title lists titles won during the Colonial era and since independence.
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Association Cup [lower-alpha 1] | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Académica Operária | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 2017 Super Cup |
| 2 | Sport Sal Rei Club | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2018 Cup |
| 3 | Onze Estrelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2017 Association Cup |
| 4 | África Show | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2011 Cup |
| = | Juventude do Norte | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2012 Super Cup |
| 6 | Sporting Boa Vista | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2010 Championship |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Tournament | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Nô Pintcha | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 2014 Tournament |
| 2 | Morabeza | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2018 Championship |
| 3 | Sporting Clube da Brava | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2017 Championship |
| = | Juventude da Furna | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2013 Super Cup |
| 5 | Académica da Brava | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2016 Super Cup |
| 6 | Corôa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2008 Championship |
| = | Benfica da Brava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2003 Tournament |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Tournament | Trophy [lower-alpha 2] | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Botafogo | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2010 Cup |
| 2 | Académica do Fogo | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2018 Cup |
| 3 | Vulcânicos | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2018 Championship |
| 4 | Cutelinho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2005 Super Cup |
| 5 | Spartak d'Aguadinha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2015 Championship |
| 6 | Valência | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2013 Super Cup |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Tournament | Trophy [lower-alpha 3] | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Onze Unidos | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2018 Cup |
| 2 | Académico 83 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2016 Super Cup |
| 3 | Barreirense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2010 Super Cup |
| 4 | Académica da Calheta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2014 Championship |
| 5 | Beira-Mar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1997 Championship |
| 6 | Real Marítimo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2016 Champions' Cup |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Association Cup | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Académico do Aeroporto do Sal | 15 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 2017 Super Cup |
| 2 | Académica do Sal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 2017 Cup |
| 3 | SC Santa Maria | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2018 Cup |
| 4 | GD Palmeira | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2018 Championship |
| 5 | Juventude | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2016 Cup |
| 6 | Verdun-Pedra de Lume | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2014 Super Cup |
Since 2003, the island competitions are divided into two Zones. The North Zone does not have the Cup the Super Cup and the Opening Tournament competitions. Its lists both the totals and the two zones from 2003
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Association Cup | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 2018 Cup |
| 2 | Boavista Praia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2015 Super Cup |
| 3 | Travadores | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2013 Cup |
| 4 | Académica da Praia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2018 Championship |
| 5 | Scorpion Vermelho | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2018 Championship |
| 6 | Desportivo da Praia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2016 Championship |
| 7 | Estrela dos Amadores | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2012 Championship |
| = | ADESBA | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2012 Super Cup |
| 9 | Amabox Barcelona | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2003 Championship |
| 10 | Vitória da Praia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1973 Championship |
| 11 | AJAC da Calheta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 Championship |
| = | Benfica de Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2011 Championship |
| = | Beira Mar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2015 Championship |
| = | Desportivo de Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2002 Championship |
| = | Flor Jovem da Calheta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2005 Championship |
| = | Grémio Nhágar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2014 Championship |
| = | Varandinha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2016 Championship |
| = | GDRC Delta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2016 Cup |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Association Cup | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2018 Cup |
| 2 | Boavista Praia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2014 Super Cup |
| 3 | Desportivo da Praia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2016 Championship |
| = | ADESBA | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2012 Super Cup |
| 5 | Travadores | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2014 Cup |
| = | Académica da Praia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2018 Championship |
| 7 | GDRC Delta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2016 Cup |
Since 2003, the island competitions are divided into two Zones. Its lists both the totals and the two zones from 2003, the Santo Antão Cup totals is with other regional titles of each zone.
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Tournament | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Académica do Porto Novo | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 2018 Cup |
| 2 | Paulense | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 2017 Championship |
| 3 | Solpontense | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2013 Championship |
| 4 | Rosariense | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2018 Cup |
| 5 | Sporting Porto Novo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2010 Super Cup |
| = | Marítimo Porto Novo | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2010 Cup |
| 7 | Os Foguetões | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2018 Championship |
| 8 | Sinagoga | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2016 Super Cup |
| 9 | Beira-Mar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2009 Cup |
| = | Sanjoanense Ribeira das Pratas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2005 Cup |
| = | Fiorentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2008 Championship |
| = | Lajedos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2016 single Cup |
| = | Inter Porto Novo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 Super Cup |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Tournament | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Paulense | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 2017 Championship |
| 2 | Solpontense | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2013 Championship |
| 3 | Rosariense Clube | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2018 Cup |
| 4 | Os Foguetões | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2018 Championship |
| 5 | Sinagoga | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2016 Super Cup |
| 6 | Beira-Mar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2009 Cup |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Tournament | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | Académica do Porto Novo | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 2018 Cup |
| 2 | Sporting Porto Novo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2010 Super Cup |
| 3 | Marítimo Porto Novo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2010 Cup |
| 4 | Sanjoanense Ribeira das Pratas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2005 Cup |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2008 Championship |
| = | Inter Porto Novo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 Super Cup |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Tournament | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | FC Ultramarina | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 2018 Cup |
| 2 | SC Atlético | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 2017 Tournament |
| 3 | Belo Horizonte | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2018 Championship |
| = | Desportivo Ribeira Brava | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2011 Cup |
| 5 | AJAT'SN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2016 Cup |
| 6 | Talho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2010 Cup |
| Club | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Association Cup [lower-alpha 4] | Trophy [lower-alpha 5] | Total | Last Trophy | |
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| 1 | CS Mindelense | 50 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 2018 Championship |
| 2 | FC Derby | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2017 Super Cup |
| 3 | Académica do Mindelo | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2009 Cup |
| = | Batuque | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2018 Cup |
| 4 | Amarante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2016 Association Cup |
| 5 | Falcões do Norte | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2013 Super Cup |
| 6 | Castilho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1974 Championship |
| 7 | Ribeira Bote | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2003 Cup |
| = | Salamansa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2016 Cup |
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Associação Académica do Mindelo is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente and plays in a stadium with a capacity of 5,000. The club is an affiliate of the Portuguese club Académica de Coimbra. It is one of the first teams ever to win a provincial title before independence, in 1953, a year later. There was no further competition until 1956. Académica won their first title since independence in 1989. Other titles includes four for the island including their recent 2006/07 season win and two opening tournaments along with their recent win.
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.
Grupo Desportivo Palmeira 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 town of Santa Maria and plays in its municipal stadium north of the town center. Palmeira is the fourth successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 8 official regional titles.
The Fogo Premier Division is a tier-2 regional championship played in Fogo Island, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association. The winner of the championship plays in the Cape Verdean Football Championships each season while the last-placed club relegates and participates in the Second Division in the following season.
The Santo Antão Island League (South) is a regional championship played in Porto Novo, Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The championship is organized by the Santo Antão South Regional Football Association. It has one of the fewest teams in the Capeverdean football or soccer ahead of Brava's and São Nicolau's. Its current head is Fernando Lima since late 2016.
Football is the most popular sport in Cape Verde. The league is divided into eleven divisions, of which seven of them are singles and two islands, Santiago and Santo Antão has two zones since 2000. The football association is a federation which is known as the Cape Verdean Football Federation, it became affiliated with CAF in 1986 and later with FIFA in 2001.
Paulense Desportivo Clube is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Pombas, the seat of Paúl in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão and is being the main club of Vale do Paul. Its current manager is Alberto Teixeira. Its nickname is Encarnados, the same nickname of Portugal's S.L. Benfica and many other clubs affiliated to Benfica. Since the introduction of the Second Division in the 2012–13 season, the club are one of two that have never been relegated, the other is Os Foguetões.
Cape Verde has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades.
The São Vicente Island Cup is cup competition played during the season in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about five to six rounds. The cup tournament is organized by the São Vicente Regional Football Association. The cup winner competed in the regional super cup final in the following season. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.
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 Santiago South Zone Cup is the oldest regional cup competition in Cape Verde and is played during the season in the south of island of Santiago, Cape Verde consisting the municipalities of Praia, Ribeira Grande de Santiago and São Domingos. It consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about six rounds. The cup competition is organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association. The cup winner competed in the regional super cup final in the following season. Since 2007, the winner qualifies into the Cape Verdean Cup which were canceled from 2012 to 2017 due to financial and scheduling reasons.
The Fogo Island Cup is a regional cup competition and is played during the season in the island of Fogo, 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 Fogo 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. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.
The Maio Island Cup is a regional cup competition and is played during the season in the island of Maio, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about three rounds, for some seasons, a group stage was featured. The cup competition is organized by the Maio 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. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.
The Cape Verdean Super Cup is a Super Cup competition played during the season in Cape Verde. The competition is governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation (FCF). The national championship winner competes with the cup winner, in the 2014 edition, the 2013 super cup winner played with the 2014 national champion. The first super cup competition began in 2013 which took place on 1 May and the last one took place in 2014 which took place on 30 April. The regional champion competes with the cup champion. Sometimes, if a champion also has a cup title, a cup club who is runner-up qualifies which never did. since 2017, it is the only competition of any level where a cup-runner up never competed.
The Santo Antão South Opening Tournament or the Porto Novo Opening Tournament is an opening tournament. played during the season in the southern part of Santo Antão Island consisting of the municipality of Porto Novo, Cape Verde. The opening tournament is organized by the Santo Antão South Regional Football Association (ARFSSA).
The Maio Champion's Cup or the Maio Champion's Trophy is a single knockout football (soccer) competition that is played each season in the island of Maio, Cape Verde. The competition features the champion from the Premier Division and the champion of the Second Division. The trophy competition is organized by the Maio Regional Football Association. Its current winner is Onze Unidos who won their only title.
The Fogo Champion's Cup or the Fogo Champion's Trophy is a single knockout football (soccer) competition that is played each season in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. The competition features the champion from the Premier Division and the champion of the Second Division. The trophy competition is organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association. Its current winner is Onze Unidos who won their only title.
