2017–18 in Cape Verdean football

The 2017–18 season is the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.

Football in Cape Verde
Season2017–18
← 2016–17

Diary of the season
  • October 1: Matches for the 2017-18 Fogo Premier Division were made[1]
  • October 14: Académico do Aeroporto won their 6th Sal Super Cup title
  • October 15: FC Derby won their second São Vicente Super Cup title
  • October 21: Vulcânicos won their second Fogo Super Cup title
  • October 22:
  • October 24: Académica Operária won their second Boa Vista Super Cup title
  • October 28:
  • November: GD Varanda, 2nd place in Santiago South Second Division last season withdrew, Tira Chapéu, third in that competition competed for the first time in the regional Premier Division
  • November 3: The 2017-18 Santiago South Premier Division begins
  • November 4: Brava Opening Tournament begins
  • November 11:
  • November 17: the 2017-18 Santiago North Premier Division begins
  • November 18: the 2017-18 Sal Island Cup begins
  • November 25: Rosariense Clube won their only Santo Antão North Super Cup title
  • November 29: the 2017–18 Santiago South Cup begins
  • December: the 2017-18 Sal Premier Division begins
  • December 3: Onze Estrelas of Bofareira won their only Boa Vista Island Association Cup title
  • December 5: the 2017-18 São Nicolau Cup begins
  • December 9:
  • December 10: the 2016-17 São Nicolau Super Cup may took place
  • December 16:
  • December 22: the Santo Antão South Island Championships unofficially begins
  • December 23:
  • December 29: the 2016-17 Boa Vista Island Cup to begin
  • January 6: the 2017-18 São Nicolau Island Championships begins
  • January 26: Santiago North Premier Division: For the first time, AD Ribeira Grande defeated the island's most powerful club Sporting Praia with the score 2-1
  • February 13: Académica da Praia defeated Asa Grande 10-0 in the Santiago South Cup and made it the highest scoring match in the regional cup competitions in the nation
  • February 17: Académica do Fogo defeated ABC de Patim 1-9 and made it the highest scoring match in the Fogo Premier Division to date, one of the highest in the archipelago, the match was later abandoned at the 85th minute as ABC had only six players in the field
  • February 24:
    • Académica do Porto Novo made their eight straight win for Santo Antão South with their recent, an 0-5 win over Fiorentina Porto Novo. Académica won another title for the region and will be the second participant into the national championships
    • Sal Rei defeated Estância Baixo 0-7 and made it the highest scoring match in Boa Vista Island to date
  • March 2: Santiago South Premier Division: Académica da Praia's point total reached 47 which is a club record over their 2004 and 2017 totals
  • March 4: Celtic Praia's point total reached 39 which is a club record over their 2016 total
  • March 10:
      • Fogo's Vulcânicos defeated Atlético Mosteiros 0-3 and achieved their third straight regional title (11th overall) and will be the third participant into the national championships
    • Santiago South Premier Division: Académica Praia defeated Eugênio Lima 4-0 and got their 50th point, a club record, in the region, it became third behind Sporting's 55 and Boavista's 51, both made in the previous season
    • Santiago South Premier Division: Celtic da Praia defeated Travadores 2-0 and got 13 wins and 42 goals, new club records
  • March 14: 2018 Brava Island Cup begins
  • March 17: Os Foguetões won their second championship title for Santo Antāo North and will appear in the national championships
  • March 18: Académica had 53 points, Boavista's draw with Eugénio Lima that day has Académica an eight-point difference, with two rounds to go, Académica became listed as champions of Santiago South, they will have their next regional title in nine years
  • March 21:
    • Santiago North's Scorpion Vermelho became champions and will win their fifth title and to appear at the national championships
    • São Nicolau's Belo Horizonte from Juncalinho in the east of the island became champions and will win their only title and will later made their first appearance at the national championships
  • March 24:
  • March 25:
    • Sport Sal Rei Club won their 11th title for Boa Vista, also it was their third straight and to appear at the national championships
    • SC Morabeza won their 10th title for Brava and to appear at the national championships
    • GD Palmeira de Santa Maria won their third title for Sal and to appear at the national championships, their next in 18 years
    • Fogo Premier Division: Mosteiros's Cutelinho failed to appear in the last of the two remaining matches with the last one with Nô Pintcha and will relegate for the first time to the Second Division next season
  • March 27: Santiago South Premier Division: Travadores defeated Sporting Praia 2-1 in the final match of the season
  • March 29: Académica do Porto Novo won their 13th Santo Antão South Cup title
  • March 30: Santiago South Premier Division: Celtic defeated Académica 2-1 at the final round
  • March 31:
  • April 1:
    • Barreirense FC won their third title for Maio and appearing at the national championships, their next in eight years
    • CS Mindelense won a record breaking 50th title for São Vicente and appearing at the national championships
  • April 2: Académica Praia finished with a record 56 points and a record 18 wins, in point totals, third overall of any of the regional second tier competitions in the nation
  • April 4: Onze Unidos won their cup title for Maio
  • April 7:
  • April 8: Os Foguetões defeated Morabeza 0-1 in Nova Sintra and was the only victory at the first round
  • April 14: Mindelense defeated Sal Rei 1-0 and took the lead in Group A
  • April 22: GD Palmeira of Sal defeated Barreirense 4-2 and was the highest scoring match in the National Division, the sole match for a few weeks
  • April 28: Barreirense defeated Palmeira 3-1 and is currently the second highest scoring match in the National Division
  • April 29: Mindelense took the overall lead with 8 points and 4 goals, also are leaders in Group A, Os Foguetões were leader of Group B and Palmeira is leader of Group C, second placed clubs Vulcânicos and Académica Praia had the most points with 7 each
  • May 13:
    • Belo Horizonte of São Nicolau defeated Brava's Morabeza 4-0 in Nova Sintra, made it one of two highest scoring matches of the season
    • The regular season of the National Division ended, Académica Praia, Os Foguetões and Palmeira Santa Maria qualified as leaders of each group, as well Mindelense (of Group A), qualified as the best of three second placed club
  • May 19: the knockout phase of the National Championships begins
  • May 20: FC Ultramarina won their 4th cup title for São Nicolau
  • May 24: SC Morabeza won their recent cup title for Brava
  • June 2: Académica da Praia won their only national championship title
  • June 9: Sporting Praia won their only national cup title
  • July 7: Botafogo of Fogo Island celebrated its 50th year of its foundation

Island and regional competitions

Transfer deals

Summer-Fall transfer window

The September/October transfer window runs from the end of the previous season in September up to mid-October.

  • João Paulino from Tchadense to Sporting Praia
  • Blessed from Sporting Praia to Boavista Praia
  • Panduru from Sporting Praia to Boavista Praia

See also

Notes
  1. Known as the Association Cup

References
  1. "Ilha do Fogo/Futebol: Campeonato regional do primeiro escalão com início marcado para 28 de Outubro" [Regional Championship of the Premier Division (Level) Begins October 28] (in Portuguese). Fogo News. October 2, 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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