2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 37th beginner level (likely amateur) 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2016
ChampionsCS Mindelense
Matches played36
Goals scored88 (2.44 per match)
Biggest home winMindelense
Biggest away winMindelense
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2017 →

Overview

The triangular phase started to be used for the 2017 season, it became the fourth time and first with four clubs each and with playoffs.[3]

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 finals had two matches, Académica scored the first and Mindelense score the second leg, each with a goal, the second match went into extra time and again went into the penalty shootout, this was the first time that the season had the finals with two consecutive penalty shootouts, Mindelense won the shootout by four and claimed the recent national title.

Six clubs returned again, Desportivo da Praia returned in three years, Sport Sal Rei Club returned in five years and Vulcânicos returned in several years, Sinagoga of Santo Antão and Varandinha of Tarrafal de Santiago, two clubs competed for the first time. Varandinha's appearance was the first from the Santiago North Zone into the semifinals. At the finals, it was the sixth time that the two clubs were from Barlavento known as the Battle of Barlavento

The biggest win was Mindelense, who scored 5-2 over Sal Rei from Boa Vista, the rest of the matches had a maximum of three goals in some of its matches as it was a low scoring season, one fifth approximately of last season, though overall are ranked third, the second highest match was Varandinha - Mindelense who Mindelense won 1-4. In Group A, neither club scored ten goals while only MIndelense from Group B scored eleven, the second club in the group scored eight and was fifth placed Sal Rei. Vulcânicos scored the fewest with two goals. Overall, Mindelense scored 16 goals, Derby and Varandinha second with ten goals and Académica Porto Novo and Sal Rei fourth with eight goals.

One match, Desportivo Praia and Varandinha originally for mid-May, on May 13, it was rescheduled to June 1,[4] the main reason that on an April 3 match (19th round) featuring Desportivo Santa Cruz and Scorpion Vermelho that Desportivo fielded an ineligible player, it occurred after the goals were scored and the award to Scorpion Vermelho in mid-May was revoked and the 2-0 result was kept along with Varandinha first championship title. The next such delay was in 2017.

Participating clubs
Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs
Club Location Venue Capacity
Académico 83Vila do Maio20 de Janeiro4,000
Académica do Porto NovoPorto NovoPorto Novo8,000
Académico do AeroportoEspargosMarcelo Leitão8,000
SC AtléticoRibeira BravaOrlando Rodrígues5,000
Desportivo da PraiaPraiaVárzea12,000
FC DerbyMindeloAdérito Sena5,000
MindelenseMindeloAdérito Sena5,000
Clube Desportivo SinagogaSinagogaJoão Serra2,000
Sport Sal Rei ClubSal ReiArsénio Ramos500
Sporting Clube da BravaNova SintraAquiles d'Oliveira500
GD VarandinhaTarrafalMangue
VulcânicosSão Filipe5 de Julho1,000

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 Derby541082+613
2GD Varandinha531194+510
3Desportivo da Praia521276+17
4Sporting Clube da Brava520367-16
5SC Atlético5113510-54
6CD Sinagoga5023410-62

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1CS Mindelense (C)5320113+811
2Académica do Porto Novo532061+511
3Académico do Aeroporto52124407
4Académico 83512258-35
5Sport Sal Rei Club5113811-34
6Vulcânicos510429-73

Results
Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Sinagoga 2 - 3 Sporting Brava 15 May
Derby 3 - 1 SC Atletico 15 May
Desportivo Praia 1 - 3 Varadinha 1 June
Académico Aeroporto 3 - 0 Academico 83 14 May
Sal Rei 3 - 0 Vulcânicos 14 May
Mindelense 1 - 1 Académica do Porto Novo 14 May
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
Sinagoga 0 - 0 Desportivo Praia 21 May
Varadinha 0 - 0 Derby 21 May
SC Atletico 1 - 0 Sporting Brava 21 May
Académico Aeroporto 1 - 0 Sal Rei 21 May
Vulcânicos 0 - 3 Mindelense 22 May
Académica do Porto Novo 2 - 0 Academico 83 22 May
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
Varadinha 3 - 0 Sinagoga 28 May
Desportivo Praia 3 - 0 SC Atletico 28 May
Sporting Brava 0 - 1 Derby 29 May
Vulcânicos 2 - 0 Académico Aeroporto 28 May
Sal Rei 0 - 2 Académica do Porto Novo 28 May
Academico 83 0 - 0 Mindelense 28 May
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date
SC Atletico 2 - 2 Sinagoga 4 June
Sporting Brava 2 - 1 Varadinha 5 June
Derby 2 - 1 Desportivo Praia 5 June
Academico 83 2 - 0 Vulcânicos 4 June
Mindelense 5 - 2 Sal Rei 4 June
Académica do Porto Novo 0 - 0 Académico Aeroporto 5 June
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Sinagoga 0 - 2 Derby 11 June
Desportivo Praia 2 - 1 Sporting Brava 11 June
Varadinha 2 - 1 SC Atletico 11 June
Académico Aeroporto 0 - 2 Mindelense 12 June
Vulcânicos 0 - 1 Académica do Porto Novo 12 June
Sal Rei 3 - 3 Academico 83 12 June

Final stages
Semi-Finals Finals
FC Derby 0 2 2
Académica do Porto Novo 0 2 2 CS Mindelense 0 1 1
CS Mindelense 4 2 6 Académica do Porto Novo 1 0 0
GD Varandinha 1 0 1

Semi-finals

[1]

Académica do Porto Novo0:0FC Derby
Estádio Municipal de Porto Novo
Porto Novo
Varandinha1:4CS Mindelense
Ary Maniche  29'
Adyr  56'  74'
Djimkely  66'
FC Derby2:2Académica do Porto Novo
Barâo  51'
Metcha  94'		 Davi  3'  32'
CS Mindelense2:0Varandinha

Finals
CS Mindelense0:1Académica do Porto Novo
Scholot  89'
Referee: António Rodrigues
Académica do Porto Novo0:1CS Mindelense
Djinkely  38'
Penalties
4-5
Municipal de Porto Novo
Porto Novo
Referee: Jaime Figueiredo
Cape Verdean Football 2016
Champions
CS Mindelense
12th title

Statistics
  • Highest scoring match: Mindelense 5-2 Sport Sal Rei Clube 4 June

See also

References
  1. "2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF". 14 July 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. "Nacional de futebol mantém antigo figurino na nova época" [The National Championships Kept the Old Group System for the New Season]. Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. "Futebol: Novo modelo do campeonato de Cabo Verde com orçamento de 24 ml contos – FCF". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. "Nacional: FCF suspende jogo entre Desportivo e representante de Santiago Norte" [FCF Suspended a Match Featuring Desportivo (Praia) and a Team from Northern Santiago]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. "Definidos novos campeões regionais de futebol" [New Champions Chosen in the Regionals]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  6. "Sporting sagra-se tri-campeã da Brava" [Sporting Became Three Time Champion for Brava]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  7. "Futebol Sal: Académico revalida título de campeão" [Académico Achieved the Championship Title]. Criolosport (in Portuguese). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  8. "Santo Antão-Norte: FC Sinagoga sagra-se campeão pela primeira vez" [Sinagoga Became Champion for the First Time]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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