2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 36th beginner level competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 9 May and finished on 11 July. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] The schedule including its matches were created on Saturday January 10.[2][3] CS Mindelense won the eleventh title and became the second club after Sporting Praia to win three in a row. Neither clubs participated in the CAF Champions League competition in 2016 and in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup. This was the second ever and most recent finals competition that two clubs came from the same island as well as the same city.

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2015
ChampionsCS Mindelense
Matches played36
Goals scored103 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer Matxona (6)
Biggest home winMindelense
Biggest away winFC Derby, Académico do Aeroporto
2014
2016

CS Mindelense was the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title.

The biggest win was Mindelense who scored 6-0 over Sporting Clube from Brava. In Group A, only one club scored more than ten goals while four clubs in Group B scored more than ten, the top two scored 14 each and the 3rd and 4th place clubs scored 12 each. Mindelense became the third and recent club to win all five matches in a six club group stage, Derby also done theirs for the second and most recent time.ĵ

The finals had two of its matches ended in a draw with a goal each, this was the first time that happened. The winner was decided on penalty kicks and Mindelense won 4-3 on penalty kicks, this was the first that ended in a penalty shootout in 21 years, the next occurred in the following season.

Participating clubs

Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs

Club Location Venue Capacity
Académico 83Vila do MaioMaio4,000
Académica OperáriaSal ReiArsénio Ramos500
Académica do Porto NovoPorto NovoPorto Novo8,000
Académico do AeroportoEspargosMarcelo Leitão8,000
Beira-MarTarrafalMangue
FC BoavistaPraiaVárzea12,000
FC DerbyMindeloAdérito Sena8,000
MindelenseMindeloAdérito Sena8,000
Paulense Desportivo ClubePaúlJoão Serra2,000
Spartak d'AguadinhaSão Filipe5 de Julho1,000
Sporting (Brava)Vila Nova SintraAquiles d'Oliveira500
FC UltramarinaTarrafal de São NicolauOrlando Rodrígues5,000

Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.

League standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1FC Derby5500122+1015
2Paulense Desportivo Clube531163+310
3Académica do Porto Novo52125507
4Académico 83520359-46
5Spartak510459-43
6Académica Operária502327-52

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1CS Mindelense5500141+1315
2Boavista FC5401144+1012
3Académico do Aeroporto5302129+39
4FC Ultramarina52031216-46
5Sporting Clube da Brava5014516-111
6Beira-Mar5014314-111

Results

Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica Operária 1 - 1 Paulense 9 May
Spartak 1 - 4 Derby 9 May
Académica Porto Novo 1 - 0 Académica 83 10 May
Beira-Mar 0 - 2 Boavista 9 May
Mindelense 3 - 0 Ultramarina 9 May
Académico Aeroporto 2 - 1 Sporting Brava 3 June[14]
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica Operária 0 - 2 Spartak 17 May
Derby 2 - 1 Académica Porto Novo 16 May
Académica 83 1 - 3 Paulense 16 May
Beira-Mar 0 - 2 Mindelense 16 May
Ultramarina 2 - 3 Académico Aeroporto 17 May
Sporting Brava 0 - 3 Boavista 17 May
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date Time
Derby 1 - 0 Académica Operária 24 May 15:30
Spartak 1 - 2 Académica 83 24 May 15:30
Paulense 1 - 0 Académica Porto Novo 23 May 15:30
Ultramarina 5 - 2 Beira-Mar 24 May 15:30
Mindelense 6 - 0 Sporting Brava 23 May 15:30
Boavista 4 - 2 Académico Aeroporto 23 May 15:30
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date
Paulense 0 - 1 Derby 31 May
Académica Porto Novo 2 - 1 Spartak 30 May
Académica 83 2 - 0 Académica Operária 30 May
Boavista 5 - 1 Ultramarina 30 May
Académico Aeroporto 1 - 2 Mindelense 31 May
Sporting Brava 1 - 1 Beira-Mar 31 May
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica Operária 1 - 1 Académica Porto Novo 7 June
Derby 4 - 0 Académica 83 7 June
Spartak 0 - 1 Paulense 7 June
Beira-Mar 0 - 4 Académico Aeroporto 6 June
Ultramarina 4 - 3 Sporting Brava 7 June
Mindelense 1 - 0 Boavista 6 June

Final Stages

Semi-Finals Finals
FC Derby 1 2 3
FC Boavista 2 1 3 FC Derby 1 1 2
CS Mindelense 0 2 2 CS Mindelense 1 1 2
Paulense DC 1 0 1

Semi-finals

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Boavista2:1FC Derby
Givalter  62'  88' Kévy  80'
Referee: Jaime Figueiredo
Paulense DC1:0CS Mindelense
Oceano  44'
FC Derby2:1FC Boavista
Bena  40'  71' Michel  50'
Penalties
Derby won
Referee: António Rodrigues
CS Mindelense2:0 (a.e.t.)Paulense DC
Gauço  21'
Chibaca  111'
Referee: Alberto Monteiro

Finals

CS Mindelense1:1FC Derby
Latche Quatro
FC Derby1:1CS Mindelense
Duque  90+5' Xibaka  37'
Penalties
3-4
Cape Verdean Football 2015
Champions
CS Mindelense
11th title

Statistics

  • Top scorer: Matxona: 6 goals (of FC Boavista)
  • Least-beaten goalkeeper: Vozinha (of CS Mindelense)
  • Greatest player: Oceano (of Paulense)
  • Greatest trainer: Alberto Leite (of CS Mindelense)
  • Fair Play Award: Académico do Aeroporto
  • Highest scoring match: Mindelense 6-0 Sporting Brava (May 23)

See also

References

  1. 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF
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  3. "Campeonato Nacional - Época 2014/15" [The National Championships: 2014/15 Season]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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  11. "Paulense sagra-se campeão na zona Norte de Santo Antão" [Paulense Became Champion of Santo Antão North Zone]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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