São Nicolau Opening Tournament

The São Nicolau Island Opening Tournament (Portuguese: Torneio de Abertura de São Nicolau, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Turnéu di Abertura di San Nikolau), is an opening tournament competition (equivalent to a league cup) played during the season in the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde The competition is organized by the São Nicolau Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de São Nicolau, ARFSN).[1] Some seasons featured rounds of one portion, some seasons featured three rounds and two groups with the top club of each group in the final match. It currently consists of seven rounds, a meeting with another club once. The winner with the most points (sometimes in the final) is the winner.

São Nicolau Island Opening Tournament
Founded2002
Region São Nicolau Island, Cape Verde
Number of teams8
Current championsSC Atlético (3rd time)
Most successful club(s)SC Atlético, Belo Horizonte and Ultramarina (3 titles)

SC Atlético, Belo Horizonte and Ultramarina won the most number of title numbering three, Talho only won once in 2004. Ultramarina was the second club to win a title in 2003 and Belo Horizonte probably the fourth to win a title in 2007. Atlético is the recent club to win a title for the season. Belo Horizonte had the most in 2011 and 2016, From 2012 to 2015, Ultramarina shared it with Belo Horizonte and up to 2016 three clubs together with Atlético. Belo Horizonte was the leader up to 2017 and three clubs has now three titles won.

Each of the three clubs won nearly 30% of the title total in 2017.

The 2017-18 season has been cancelled due to financial concerns.

Winners
Season Winner Runner-up
2001-02 SC Atlético
2002-03 FC Ultramarina
2003-04 FC Talho
2005-06 Unknown
2006-07 Belo Horizonte
2008-10 Unknown
2010-11 Belo Horizonte
2011-12 FC Ultramarina
2012-13 Cancelled
2013-14[2] FC Ultramarina
2014-15[3] SC Atlético
2015-16[4] FC Belo Horizonte
2016-17 SC Atlético
2017-18 Not held

Performance By Club
Club Winners Winning Years
SC Atlético 3 listed 2002, 2015, 2017
FC Belo Horizonte 3 listed 2007, 2011, 2016
FC Ultramarina 3 2003, 2012, 2014
Talho 1 2004

Performance by Municipality
Municipality Winners Club location Winners Winning years
Ribeira Brava 9 listed Juncalinho 3 listed 2007, 2011, 2016
Ribeira Brava 3 listed 2002, 2015, 2017
Talho 1 2004
Tarrafal de São Nicolau 3 listed Tarrafal de São Nicolau 3 listed 2003, 2012, 2014
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See also

References
  1. São Nicolau Regional Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website
  2. Batalha, José (4 June 2014). "2013/14 São Nicolau Opening Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. Batalha, José (16 April 2015). "2014-15 São Nicolau Opening Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. Batalha, José (12 May 2016). "2015/16 São Nicolau Opening Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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