Tarrafal Derby

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Tarrafal Derby
Other namesBeira Mar-Varandinha rivalry
Locale Tarrafal, Santiago, Cape Verde
Teams Beira-Mar
Varandinha
Latest meetingVarandinha 1–2 Beira Mar, 17 December 2017

The football rivalry between Beira-Mar Tarrafal and Varandinha is the chief rivalry of the northern part of the island of Santiago, it is the North Zone's oldest and one of the newest both in the island as a whole and in Cape Verde, the other being the Pedra Badejo rivalry featuring Desp. Santa Cruz and Scorpion Vermelho. The rivalry is called the Tarrafal Derby, one of two in the north of the island. [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.

Sport Clube Beira-Mar do Tarrafal is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island North League in Cape Verde. It is based in the village of Chão Bom nearly 2 km south of Tarrafal in the northernmost part of the island of Santiago and plays in the Estádio de Mangue. Since the implementation of the two tier regional system in 2015, Beira-Mar is one of ten unrelegated clubs of the north of the island Santiago.

Grupo Desportivo Varandinha is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Tarrafal in the northern part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. Since the implementation of the two tier regional system in 2015, Varandinha are one of ten unrelegated clubs of northern Santiago. Its current head coach is Badau.

History

Not too many challenges has been made but about 20 overall. Tarrafal's first clubs were founded around the 1970s, its clubs merged into FC Tarrafal in 1985 and later became SC Beira-Mar. Varandinha was founded in 1994. Their first challenge was in the West Group of the island's North Zone (then called Centre and West Group).

The last time Beira-Mar Tarrafal defeated Varandinha was at a 4th round match of the final phase of the 2014-15 season while the last time Varandinha defeated Beira-Mar Tarrafal was at the 23rd round match in April 2016. Its recent two matches ended in a draw. [1]

Cultural rivalry

The rivalry in part is also cultural for the city. Beira-Mar Tarrafal is an affiliate to S.C. Beira-Mar of Aveiro in Portugal.

S.C. Beira-Mar association football team from Aveiro, Portugal

Sport Clube Beira-Mar is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Aveiro FA First Division, holding home games at Estádio Mário Duarte.

Football rivalry

Beira-Mar is the second most popular football (soccer) club of the North Zone, Varandinha is considered the top five most popular clubs in the North Zone. Each club has a single [List of football clubs in Cape Verde by honours won#Santiago North Zone|regional championship honour]].

Honours

Major/Minor honours won
Competition Beira-Mar Varandinha
Santiago North Premier Division 11

Partial matches list

Santiago North Premier Division

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

Beira-Mar Tarrafal – VarandinhaVarandinha – Beira-Mar Tarrafal
SeasonR.DateScoreR.DateScore
2013–14None1123–11–20133–2
2014–15 None1114–03–20151–2
422–04–20152–0319–04–20153–1
2015–16 2323–04–20161–21006–02–20162–1
2016–17 117–12–20161–11711–03–20172–2
2017–1814Upcoming512–17–20171–2

Head-to-Head ranking in the Santiago North Premier Division

P. 15 16 17
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Key
Beira-Mar Tarrafal
Varandinha

References

  1. 1 2 "Futebol Santiago Norte: Varandinha inicia defesa do título com empate frente ao Beira-mar" [Varandinha Started Defending the Title With a Draw With Beira-Mar] (in Portuguese). Criolosport. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.