Porto Novo Cup
The Porto Novo Cup is a regional football (soccer) cup competition played during the season in the southern and westernmost parts of Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. The winner participates in the Cape Verdean Cup. The cup tournament is organized by the Santo Antão South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Sul do Santo Antão, ARFZSSA).[1] The first entrant was in 2007. Since 2013, there were no entrants to the national cup due to financial concerns. From the 2015 edition, the winner qualifies into the Santo Antão Cup, a single island cup competition challenging a club from the north.
| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Region |  Municipality of Porto Novo, Santo Antão, Cape Verde |
| Current champions | Associação Académica do Porto Novo (11th time) |
| Most successful club(s) | Associação Académica do Porto Novo (12 times) |
Académica Porto Novo won their 11th and recent regional cup title which was also their sixth consecutive
The upcoming super cup edition will feature Académica Porto Novo and Marítimo, Académica will qualify as champions, also being cup winner, Marítimo will qualify as runner up in the cup final
Winners
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996/97 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo | ||
| 1997/98 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo | ||
| 1998/99 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo | ||
| 1999/2000 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo | ||
| 2000/01 | Marítimo | ||
| 2002 | unknown | ||
| 2002/03 | Sanjoanense | ||
| 2003/04 | Not held | ||
| 2004/05 | Sporting Clube de Porto Novo | ||
| 2005/06 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo | ||
| 2006-09 | unknown | ||
| 2009-10 | Marítimo | Inter Porto Novo | |
| 2010-11 | not held | ||
| 2011/12 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo | ||
| 2012/13 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo | 2–0 | Fiorentina Porto Novo |
| 2013/14 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo[2] | Sanjoanense | |
| 2014/15 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo[3] | Marítimo Porto Novo | |
| 2015/16 | Associação Académica do Porto Novo[4] | Lajedos | |
| 2016–17 | Académica do Porto Novo | Os Sanjoanenses | |
| 2017–18 | Académica do Porto Novo | 2–1 aet | Marítimo Porto Novo |
Club performance
| Club | Winners | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|
| Associação Académica do Porto Novo | 12 listed, 13 total | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006/2007?, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Marítimo | 1 | 2001 |
| Sanjoanense | 1 | 2003 |
| Sporting Clube de Porto Novo | 1 | 2005 |
References
- "Southern Santo Antão Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
- Batalha, José (4 June 2014). "2013/14 Santo Antão (South) Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- Batalha, José (23 December 2015). "2014/15 Santo Antão (South) Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- Batalha, José (23 December 2015). "2015/16 Santo Antão (South) Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 October 2016.