2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 38th beginner level (likely amateur) competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. It started on 13 May and finished on 27 August, it started a days later than last season. Originally to finish on 15 July, instead, it was rescheduled to 27 August. The championship was governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1]

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2017
ChampionsSporting Clube da Praia
Matches played42
Goals scored92 (2.19 per match)
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Sporting Praia won their 10th and recent national championship title, also it was the club's next in five years. Sporting Praia did not participate in the CAF Champions League competition in 2018, Not even runner up Ultramarina Tarrafal participates 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. Sporting Praia participated into the 2018 National Championships as champion of the 2017 season.

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.[2]

CS Mindelense was once more 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 top club from each group qualified for the first time as well as the club with the most points of a second position of each group qualified into the semis for the first time.

Sporting Praia defeated Académica Porto Novo in the semis in its two legs, Sporting Praia won the first and the second one was scoreless, on the other Ultramarina defeated Mindelense 2-0 and qualified into the finals without the first leg played.

Six clubs returned again, on the other only AJAC da Calheta de São Miguel was the only first timer in the national championships.

No huge wins dominated a match this season, the highest result was no more than three goals which was a few matches, one of them the Sporting Praia-Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) match which Sporting won 3-2. Académica Porto Novo scored the most goals in the regular season numbering 12. Overall Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) scored the most goals totaling 16, followed by Sporting Praia with 15.

Delays

One match, between a Santiago North participant and Vulcânicos was delayed as the regional association deducted three points on May 11 where AJAC thought they fielded and ineligible player Marco Aurélio in a match with Juventus Assomada on April 1, they took it to court and on May 17, the FCF kept the result 2-4 and AJAC qualified into the national championships for the first time.[3] The first round match was rescheduled to May 31.

Another delay occurred in July and was the next such delay in nine years (see 2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships). The stadium access to Estádio Orlando Rodrigues was locked as the stadium did not had extra keys for the first leg due to an unknown reason. A week later, Mindelense was unofficially awarded 3-0 and the club was still no entrant into the finals. Ultramarina appealed to the problems with their entry into the stadium. It caused the next delay of the national championship finals competition in nine years (but not overall). The first leg was rescheduled, Mindelense did not showed up due to unknown reasons and Mindelense-Ultramarina Tarrafal club strength was probably 50/50, it wasn't held into August and after August 13, Mindelense was indeed disqualified and its second leg result was annulled, but several kept it as stood. As Mindelense lost 0-2 in the second leg and the first leg unheld. Mindelense was out of the competition and overall was fourth behind Académica Porto Novo.

Finals

The finals featured Ultramarina and Sporting Praia, Ultramarina was the next appearance from São Nicolau in five years to appear in the finals after Atlético Ribeira Brava and the only one from the island who appeared twice. Sporting Praia regained their failed national title successes, Sporting won all two legs in Tarrafal de São Nicolau and the national capital Praia and went to claimed their 10th and recent title, also it was their next from Santiago South as well as the Santiago Island and Sotavento to win a title along with the national capital Praia.

Participating clubs
Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs
Club Location Venue Capacity
Onze UnidosCidade do Maio20 de Janeiro4,000
Académica do Porto NovoPorto NovoPorto Novo8,000
Académico do AeroportoEspargosMarcelo Leitão8,000
AJAC da CalhetaCalheta de São Miguel
also serves São Miguel Municipality		Estádio da Calheta1,000
FC DerbyMindeloAdérito Sena5,000
MindelenseMindeloAdérito Sena5,000
Paulense Desportivo ClubePaúlJoão Serra2,000
Sport Sal Rei ClubSal ReiArsénio Ramos500
Sporting Clube da BravaNova Sintra
also serves Brava Island		Aquiles de Oliveira500
Sporting Clube da PraiaPraiaVárzea12,000
FC UltramarinaTarrafal de São NicolauOrlando Rodrigues5,000
VulcânicosSão Filipe5 de Julho1,000

League standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1FC Ultramarina6411116+513
2Onze Unidos632195+311
3AJAC da Calheta6123711-45
4Vulcânicos6114711-44

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1CS Mindelense (C)641183+513
2Académica do Porto Novo6321127+511
3Académico do Aeroporto6123610-45
4Paulense DC6033410-63

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Sporting Clube da Praia642081+714
2FC Derby631194+510
3Sporting Clube da Brava631265+110
4Sport Sal Rei Club6006111-100

Best second placed club

The second placed club with the most points (sometimes goals and matches if equal) qualified into the knockout stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Académica do Porto Novo6321127+511
2Onze Unidos632195+311
3FC Derby631275+210

Results
Week 1
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Onze Unidos 2 - 1 Ultramarina 20 de Janeiro 13 May 16:00
AJAC da Calheta 2 - 3 Vulcânicos Calheta 31 May[lower-alpha 1] 16:00
Paulense 0 - 1 Mindelense João Serra 14 May 16:00
Académica Porto Novo 1 - 1 Académico Aeroporto Porto Novo 13 May 16:00
Derby 0 - 1 Sporting Praia Adérito Sena 13 May 16:00
Sal Rei 0 - 1 Sporting Brava Arsénio Ramos 13 May 16:00
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Ultramarina 2 - 0 AJAC da Calheta Orlando Rodrigues 20 May 16:00
Vulcânicos 0 - 1 Onze Unidos 5 de Julho 20 May 16:00
Mindelense 2 - 1 Académica Porto Novo Adérito Sena 20 May 16:00
Académico Aeroporto 1 - 1 Paulense Marcelo Leitão 20 May 17:00
Sporting Praia 3 - 0 Sal Rei Várzea 20 May 16:00
Sporting Brava 2 - 1 Derby Aquiles de Oliveira 21 May 16:00
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Onze Unidos 1 - 1 AJAC da Calheta 20 de Janeiro 27 May 16:00
Ultramarina 2 - 2 Vulcânicos Orlando Rodrigues 27 May 16:00
Paulense 2 - 2 Académica Porto Novo João Serra 27 May 16:00
Mindelense 2 - 0 Académico Aeroporto Adérito Sena 27 May 16:00
Derby 1 - 0 Sal Rei Adérito Sena 28 May 16:00
Sporting Praia 1 - 0 Sporting Brava Várzea 27 May 16:00
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Ultramarina 2 - 1 Onze Unidos Orlando Rodrigues 4 June 16:00
Vulcânicos 1 - 2 AJAC da Calheta 5 de Julho 4 June 16:00
Mindelense 0 - 0 Paulense Adérito Sena 3 June 16:00
Académico Aeroporto 1 - 3 Académica Porto Novo Porto Novo 3 June 16:00
Sporting Praia 1 - 1 Derby Várzea 3 June 16:00
Sporting Brava 2 - 1 Sal Rei Aquiles de Oliveira 4 June 16:00
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
AJAC da Calheta 0 - 2 Ultramarina Calheta 11 June 16:00
Onze Unidos 2 - 0 Vulcânicos 20 de Janeiro 11 June 16:00
Académica Porto Novo 2 - 1 Mindelense Porto Novo 11 June 16:00
Paulense 1 - 3 Académico Aeroporto João Serra 11 June 16:00
Sal Rei 0 - 2 Sporting Praia Arsénio Ramos 11 June 16:00
Derby 2 - 1 Sporting Brava Adérito Sena 11 June 16:00
Week 6
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
AJAC da Calheta 2 - 2 Onze Unidos Calheta 18 June 16:00
Vulcânicos 1 - 2 Ultramarina 5 de Julho 18 June 16:00
Académica Porto Novo 3 - 0 Paulense Porto Novo 18 June 16:00
Académico Aeroporto 0 - 2 Mindelense Marcelo Leitão 18 June 16:00
Sal Rei 0 - 2 Derby Arsénio Ramos 18 June 16:00
Sporting Brava 0 - 0 Sporting Praia Aquiles de Oliveira 18 June 16:00

Final stages
Semi-Finals Finals
CS Mindelense 0
FC Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) 0 2 2 Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) 1 2 3
Sporting Praia 1 1 2 Sporting Clube da Praia 2 3 5
Académica do Porto Novo 1 0 1

Semi-finals
FC Ultramarina3-0[lower-alpha 2]CS Mindelense
Estádio Orlando Rodrigues,
Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Referee: Lenine Rocha
Académica do Porto Novo1-1Sporting Clube da Praia
Pagui  81' Tae  84'
Referee: Anacleto do Rosario
CS Mindelense0-2[lower-alpha 3]Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau)
Patchik  13'
Djassa  45+2'
Referee: Manuel Timas
Sporting Clube da Praia1-0Académica do Porto Novo
Blessed Teixeira  22'

Finals
FC Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau)1-2Sporting Clube da Praia
Patchico  89 (pen)' Blessed
Panduru
Estádio Orlando Rodrigues
Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Referee: António Rodrigues
Sporting Clube da Praia3-2FC Ultramarina (São Nicolau)
Nido  10'
Sunday  67',  70'		 Adyr  55'
Augusto  72'
Referee: Lenine Rocha
Cape Verdean Football 2017
Champions
Sporting Clube da Praia
10th title

Statistics
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See also

Notes
  1. Originally for May 13
  2. Not a single match was played, even that it was rescheduled later, Mindelense originally awarded 0-3, after they were disqualified, Ultramarina was awarded 3-0
  3. Result mostly annulled after Mindelense was suspended
  4. Originally for July 9
  5. Originally for July 15

References
  1. "2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. "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.
  3. "Campeonato Nacional de Futebol: Conselho de Justiça da FCF decide a favor da AJAC" [National Championships: FCF Justice Council Chose to Favour AJAC] (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. "Maio: Onze Unidos goleia (5-0) Real Marítimo e sagra-se campeão regional da ilha" [Maio: Onze Unidos Won Over (5-0) Real Marítimo And Become Regional Champion of the Island] (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 16 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. "Sporting da Praia sagra-se campeão regional de Santiago Sul" [Sporting Praia became Regional Champion of Santiago South]. Inforpress (in Portuguese). 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. "Santo Antão Norte/Futebol: Paulense sagra-se campeão regional a três jornadas do fim do campeonato" [Paulense Became Regional Champions Three Weeks Before the End of the Championships] (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. "Académica do Porto Novo sagrou-se, hoje, campeão regional de Santo Antão Sul de Futebol" [Académica Porto Novo Became Regional Champion of the Santo Antão South (Football) Today] (in Portuguese). RTC. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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