1999 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 1999 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 20th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] GD Amarantes won their first and only title. Sporting Clube da Praia would be the only time that a non-winning title would participate in the 2000 CAF Champions League, the criteria for qualification was not continued.[2] No club took part in the 2000 CAF Winners' Cup.

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season1999
ChampionsGD Amarantes
Matches played21
Goals scored52 (2.48 per match)
Biggest home winGD Amarantes, Solpontense
Biggest away winseveral clubs
← 1998
2000 →

Overview

CS Mindelense was the defending team of the title. A total of 8 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league, no club came from Santiago Island as the competition was cancelled for the season. The season had 6 matches in Group A but a shorter 2 and 3 matches in Group B,[1] it was the first ever season with twice the meetings with each club of the group, occurred in only one croup, the next time it was done was in 2017 with the club and the first in each of the three groups.

The league was contested by 8 teams with GD Amarantes winning the championship.[1] New records were made, Amarantes finished with a new record with 13 points since the points per win risen to three in the nation, Juventude got 10 points, at the time, it became the second highest point in the championships. Two years later, the highest point record was superseded by Onze Unidos. In goal numbers, Solpontense scored the most with 14 and was a record at the national championships, it was superseded in 2001 by Botafogo.

It marked the last appearance of GD Amarantes at the top level competition.

Participants
Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 1999 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)
  • Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
  • Nô Pintcha, winner of the Brava Island League
  • Vulcânicos FC, winner of the Fogo Island League
  • Onze Unidos, winner of the Maio Island League
  • Juventude, winner of the Sal Island League
  • Solpontense Futebol Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League
  • FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
  • GD Amarantes, winner of the São Vicente Island League

Information about the clubs
Club Location
Académica OperáriaSal Rei
GD AmarantesMindelo
JuventudeEspargos
Nô PintchaNova Sintra
Onze UnidosVila do Maio
Solpontense Futebol ClubePonta do Sol
FC UltramarinaTarrafal de São Nicolau
VulcânicosSão Filipe

League standings

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1GD Amarantes641185+313
2Juventude6312911-210
3Solpontense Futebol Clube6222148+68
4FC Ultramarina6024310-72

Club

 Ama JuvS Solp Ultr
GD Amarantes4-02-10-0
Juventude (Sal)2-02-22-1
Solpontense Futebol Clube1-24-04-0
FC Ultramarina--+0-22-2

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Vulcânicos FC312063+35
2Académica Operária312054+15
3Onze Unidos201123-11
4Nô Pintcha201114-31

Club

 Vul Aop Onze NôPi
Vulcânicos1-03-11-0
Académica Operária1-13-1+--
Onze Unidos0-22-0--+
Nô Pintcha1-21-13-1

Finals
GD Amarantes2:0Vulcânicos FC
Vulcânicos FC1:1GD Amarantes
Cape Verdean Football 1999
Champions
GD Amarantes
1st title

Footnotes
  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv99.html
  2. The criteria for qualification of Sporting Clube da Praia into the 2000 CAF Champions League was not continued
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