2015–16 in Cape Verdean football

none Cape Verde 2015–16 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships CS Mindelense 2014–15 2016–17 yes The 2015–16 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde. Diary of the season João Lopes Rodrígues became chairman of Solpontensehttp://bravanuticiafresco.webnode.pt/news/santo%20ant%C3%A3o%3A%20solpontense%20futebol%20clube%20tem%20novo%20patrocinador/ Solpontense futebol clube tem novo patrocinador Solpontense Futebol Clube with a New Sponsor Webnode pt 2015 September 4 - Daniel de Jesus became president of CS Mindelense succeeding Adilson Nascimentohttp://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article112762&ak=1 Daniel de Jesus toma posse como novo presidente do Mindelense A Semana 5 September 2015 5 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906061446/http://asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article112762&ak=1 2015-09-06 dead September 12 - Orlando Delgago became president of Rosariense Clube, a club in the Santo Antão North Zone's Second Divisionhttps://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/cabo_verde/artigo/2015/09/12/orlando-delgado-e-o-novo-presidente-do-rosariense Orlando Delgado é o novo presidente do Rosariense" ("Orlando Delgado, the New President of Rosariense") 12 September 2015 SAPO Desporto CV 25 September 2015 September 16 - Desportivo de Assomada celebrated its 25th anniversary of the foundation of the club September 23: Portuguese coach Joel de Castro who was coaching Spartak d'Aguadinha started to coach Boavista FC Praia Jaime Veiga became coach of Spartak d'Aguadinha October: David Brito succeeded Nelson Figueiredo as coach of FC Juventude in Sal Janito Carvalho was again coach of Sporting Clube da Praia Domingo Gomes succeeded Djulinano Santos as president of Sport Clube Verdun of Sal, Dujlinano became manager of FC Juventude of Sal Marineida da Graça became the first female president of FC Ultramarina October 2 - Lúcio Antunes was transferred from Progresso Associação do Sambizanga, an Angolan football club to Académico do Aeroporto as coach, he succeeded Carlos Monizhttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7794:pre-epoca-regional-do-sal-academico-inicia-trabalhos-sob-comando-de-lucio-antunes&catid=39:futebol-sal&Itemid=85 https://archive.today/20151003203412/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7794:pre-epoca-regional-do-sal-academico-inicia-trabalhos-sob-comando-de-lucio-antunes&catid=39:futebol-sal&Itemid=85 dead October 3, 2015 Regional Pre-Season, Académico Started Working With the Command of Lúcio Antunes Criolosport 2 October 2015 3 October 2015 October 24: Amarildo Baessa was elected president of Cutelinhohttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-fogo/273-cutelinho-amarildo-baessa-eleito-presidente-do-clube Amarildo Baessa Elected President of Cutelinho Criolosport 24 October 2015 25 October 2015 pt 7 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907135448/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-fogo/273-cutelinho-amarildo-baessa-eleito-presidente-do-clube dead Mario Pinto became coach of Botafogo FC of Fogohttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-fogo/272-pre-epoca-fogo-botafogo-e-botafogo-mario-pinto https://web.archive.org/web/20160216175350/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-fogo/272-pre-epoca-fogo-botafogo-e-botafogo-mario-pinto dead February 16, 2016 Pré época Fogo: "Botafogo é Botafogo" Mário Pinto Criolosport 24 October 2015 25 October 2015 October 29 - Djo Bracó succeeded Osvaldinho Rocha as president of Onze Estrelashttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-boa-vista/312-pre-epoca-boavista-djo-braco-e-o-novo-treinador-do-onze-estrelas Pré época Boavista: Djo Bracó é o novo treinador do Onze Estrelas Djo Bracó, the New Manager for Onze Estrelas Criolosport 29 October 2015 29 October 2015 31 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151031122725/http://criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-boa-vista/312-pre-epoca-boavista-djo-braco-e-o-novo-treinador-do-onze-estrelas dead November 6 - Osvaldinho Silva Lopes succeeded Elísio Silva as coach or presidentPorto Novo: Académica tem novos dirigentes A Semana 6 November 2015 November 7: The 2015-16 Fogo Island League begins Mindelense won their third title for the São Vicente SuperCup after defeating Amarante November 13 - the 2015-16 Santiago Island League (South) beginshttp://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/desporto/item/46495-futebol-regional-de-santiago-sul-arranca-a-13-de-novembro Futebol: Regional de Santiago Sul arranca a 13 de Novembro Southern Santiago Regional Season Begins on 13 November Expresso das Ilhas 3 November 2015 4 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053134/http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/desporto/item/46495-futebol-regional-de-santiago-sul-arranca-a-13-de-novembro 4 March 2016 dead November 15 - Both Académica and Sporting Praia took the number one lead in the Santiago South Premier Division with 3 points each November 22 - Eugénio Lima took the number one spot for Santiago South with 4 points November 29 - Celtic da Praia defeated Os Garridos 1-3 and took the number one spot for Santiago South with 7 points December 3 - GDRC Fiorentina announced to return after a three-year absence from the Southern Santo Antão Island League to financial concernshttp://www.oceanpress.info/cms/Pt/desporto/34153-santo-antao-sul-fiorentina-estreia-se-no-campeonato-regional Santo Antão Sul - Fiorentina estreia-se no campeonato regional Fiorentina Returned to the Regional Championships Criolosprt 3 December 2015 15 February 2016 pt https://web.archive.org/web/20160229231343/http://www.oceanpress.info/cms/Pt/desporto/34153-santo-antao-sul-fiorentina-estreia-se-no-campeonato-regional 2016-02-29 dead their first match of the season was against Lajedos December 12 The 2015-16 Santiago Island League (North) begins, the Second Division was restored after a nearly ten-year hiatus Gaming schedules for the Santo Antão North Zone's new season finishedhttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santo-antao-norte/527-futebol-santo-antao-norte-epoca-futebolistica-arranca-a-12-de-dezembro-presidente-da-associacao Futebol Santo Antão Norte: Época futebolística arranca a 12 de Dezembro – presidente da Associação Football (Soccer) Season Schedule to be Finished on December 13 - President of the Association Criolosports pt 28 November 2015 19 November 2016 7 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907145844/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santo-antao-norte/527-futebol-santo-antao-norte-epoca-futebolistica-arranca-a-12-de-dezembro-presidente-da-associacao dead December 13: Académica da Praia took the number one position and kept it for the next seven rounds for Santiago South Académica do Porto Novo won the Santo Antão South Zone Super Cup title for the seasonhttps://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/cabo_verde/artigo/2015/09/23/joel-de-castro-apresentado-oficialmente-como-novo-treinador-do-boavista-da-praia Joel de Castro apresentado como novo treinador do Boavista da Praia" ("Joel de Castro, the New Manager for Boavista Praia") 23 September 2015 SAPO Desporto 25 September 2015 Late-December: Académica do Porto Novo won their first and only title for the first edition of the Santo Antão Island Super Cup January 9 the 2015-16 Brava Island League beginshttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-brava/736-futebol-brava-campeonato-regional-arranca-no-sabado Futebol Brava: Campeonato regional arranca no sábado Criolosport pt 8 January 2016 29 January 2017 7 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907144507/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-brava/736-futebol-brava-campeonato-regional-arranca-no-sabado dead the 2015-16 Santo Antão Island League (South) begins, one of the first matches of the season was Fiorenta and Lajedos, Fiorentina's next match in over three yearshttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santo-antao-sul/734-futebol-santo-antao-sul-lajedos-fiorentina-marca-inicio-do-campeonato-regional-de-futebol-2015-2016 Futebol Santo Antão – Sul: Lajedos Fiorentina marca início do campeonato regional de futebol 2015/2016 Lajedos and Fiorentina Marked the Start of the 2015/16 Regional Championships Criolosport 8 January 2016 15 February 2016 pt 7 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907150947/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santo-antao-sul/734-futebol-santo-antao-sul-lajedos-fiorentina-marca-inicio-do-campeonato-regional-de-futebol-2015-2016 dead Mid-January - The first ever single island Santo Antão Cup took place January 16 2015-16 Boa Vista Island League beginshttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-boa-vista/797-futebol-boa-vista-academica-inicia-a-defesa-do-titulo-com-vitoria-sobre-juventude Futebol Boa Vista: Académica inicia a defesa do título com vitória sobre Juventude Académica Started to Defend the Title with a Win over Juventude Criolosports pt 18 January 2016 29 December 2016 7 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907135152/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-boa-vista/797-futebol-boa-vista-academica-inicia-a-defesa-do-titulo-com-vitoria-sobre-juventude dead 2015-16 Santo Antão Island League (North) begins 2015-16 São Nicolau Island League begins 2015-16 São Vicente Island League begins January 17 - Batuque defeated Amarante 2-0 and took the number one lead for the São Vicente Premier Division for a week January 23 - the 2015-16 Maio Island League begins January 31 - CD Falcões do Norte defeated Salamansa FC 0-4 and took the number one spot for São Vicente for two weeks February 6: 2015-16 Sal Island League begins with two additional clubs totalling eighthttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-sal/913-futebol-sal-campeonato-regional-arranca-sabado Regional Championship Begins Saturday Criolosport pt 5 February 2016 28 December 2016 7 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907135253/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-sal/913-futebol-sal-campeonato-regional-arranca-sabado dead FC Derby defeated SC Farense 1-3 and took the number one spot for a week for São Vicente with 5 points February 13: Boavista Praia took the number one spot for Santiago South with 28 points Mindelense took the number one spot for São Vicente for the rest of the season February 20 - ADESBA took the number one spot for Santiago South for just four rounds March 20–24: No sports competitions due to the Parliamentary elections that took place March 25 - Desportivo Praia defeated Vitória da Praia 4-0 and took the number one spot for Santiago South for a week March 27: Brava Island League: Juventude Furna defeated Benfica 0-16 and made it the highest scoring match of any of the island leagues for the season in the nation April 3: Académica Fogo defeated São Lourenço 1-12 and made it the highest scoring match of the Fogo Premier Division and was second of any of the island leagues for the season in the nation Sporting Praia took the number one spot for Santiago South for a week April 10 - Desportivo Praia retook the number one spot for Santiago South for a week April 11 - Sporting Clube da Brava won their third consecutive and recent title for Brava and qualified into the national championships April 16 - Mindelense's record of 34 matches without a loss at the regional championships ended as the club lost to Amarante 2-0, their next loss in two years April 17: Sinagoga, the village's club located between Ribeira Grande and Paul was listed as regional champions for the first timehttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santo-antao-norte/1273-futebol-santo-antao-norte-sinagoga-sagra-se-campeao-regional Futebol Santo Antão-Norte: Sinagoga sagra-se campeão regional Sinagoga Won Their Regional Championship Criolosports pt 17 April 2016 1 November 2016 19 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200319230910/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santo-antao-norte/1273-futebol-santo-antao-norte-sinagoga-sagra-se-campeao-regional dead Sporting Praia regained the number one spot for Santiago South for a week April 20 - ABC de Patim returned to the regional premier division in the following season after winning the promotional final matchhttps://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/cabo_verde/artigo/2016/04/22/futebol-cabo-verde-abc-de-patim-regressa-a-1a-divisao-no-fogo-oito-anos-depois Futebol Cabo Verde: ABC de Patim regressa a 1a divisão no Fogo oito anos pois ABC de Patim Returned to the Fogo Premier Division in Eight Years SAPO CV pt 22 April 2016 April 21 - Académico do Aeroporto won their fourteenth title for Sal and their second consecutive title and again qualified into the national championshipshttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-sal/1296-futebol-sal-academico-revalida-titulo-de-campeao Futebol Sal: Académico revalida título de campeão Académico Achieved the Championship Title Criolosport pt 21 April 2016 25 April 2016 14 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160514154632/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-sal/1296-futebol-sal-academico-revalida-titulo-de-campeao dead April 23: Académica do Porto Novo's approximate 50 match (5 year) record without a loss at the regional championships finished as the club lost to Marítimo 2-0, also it was a record numbering about 60 combining with the South Zone's cup and super cup matches and not with the single Santo Antão Cup as they lost one match. At home matches, the record continues. Académica do Porto Novo won their tenth title for Southern Santo Antão (eleventh of a combined total with the former Santo Antão Championships) and their sixth consecutive, one of around six clubs to win six consecutive titles in history of any of the regional leagues in Cape Verde, the club qualified into the national championships April 24: Mindelense's long record without a home loss at the regionals numbering 18 in the regionals came to an end after losing to Derby 0-1. Desportivo Praia retook the number one spot for Santiago South and held it for the last three weeks of the season CS Mindelense won their record forty-eight title and qualified into the national championships Sinagoga won their first and only title for Northern Santo Antão and qualified into the national championships for the first time Vulcânicos won their ninth and recent title and qualified into the national championships Lajedos was the first cup winner of the single Santo Antão Island Cup Académica do Porto Novo won their fourth consecutive cup title for Santo Antão South http://anacao.cv/2016/04/24/academica-do-porto-novo-campea-de-santo-antao-sul/ Académica do Porto Novo campeã de Santo Antão Sul Académica Porto Novo, Champion of Santo Antão South A Nação pt 24 April 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170919161731/http://anacao.cv/2016/04/24/academica-do-porto-novo-campea-de-santo-antao-sul/ September 19, 2017 Paulense won their cup title for Santo Antão North May 1: Sport Sal Rei Club won their ninth title for Boa Vista, their next in five years and qualified into the national championships Salamansa FC won their first and only cup title for São Vicentehttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-sao-vicente/1336-futebol-sao-vicente-salamansa-conquista-taca-de-sao-vicente Futebol São Vicente: Salamansa conquista Taça de São Vicente Salamansa Won the São Vicente Cup Criolosports pt May 1, 2016 October 7, 2016 September 7, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907140911/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-sao-vicente/1336-futebol-sao-vicente-salamansa-conquista-taca-de-sao-vicente dead May 4: Original date of the Santiago South Cup finals, it was rescheduled to April 15, 2017 and GDRC Delta won their only cup title for Santiago South May 7 - SC Atlético won their seventh title for São Nicolau and qualified into the national championships May 8 - All qualifiers into the national championship listedhttp://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article117985&ak=1 Definidos novos campeões regionais de futebol New Regional Champions Cjhosen A Semana pt 24 April 2016 25 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425111449/http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article117985&ak=1 2016-04-25 dead including Académico do Aeroporto, winner of Sal, Desportivo da Praia won their regional title in 26 years, the first as the divided Santiago South Zone, Desportivo returned in four years, their last entry was a second place club as the 2013 island champion Sporting was also national champion in 2012, Varandinha, champion of Santiago North competed for the first timehttp://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santiago-norte/240-pre-epoca-santiago-norte-varandinha-trabalha-para-o-titulo Pré época Santiago Norte: Varandinha trabalha para o título. Pre-Season Santiago North: Varandinha Working for a Title Criolosports pt 21 October 2015 20 December 2016 7 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907142712/http://www.criolosports.com/index.php/futebol-santiago-norte/240-pre-epoca-santiago-norte-varandinha-trabalha-para-o-titulo dead and Académico 83 of Maio May 13 - A day before the national championships started, the match between Desportivo Praia and Varandinha was rescheduled to June 1 due to some rivalryhttp://anacao.cv/2016/05/13/nacional-fcf-suspende-jogo-entre-desportivo-e-representante-de-santiago-norte/ Nacional: FCF suspende jogo entre Desportivo e representante de Santiago Norte FCF Suspended a Match Featuring Desportivo (Praia) and a Team from Northern Santiago A Nação pt 13 May 2016 30 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807130055/http://anacao.cv/2016/05/13/nacional-fcf-suspende-jogo-entre-desportivo-e-representante-de-santiago-norte/ 7 August 2016 dead May 14 - The National Championships begun June 1: Originally for May 15, the rescheduled Desportivo Praia-Varandinha match took place and Varandinha defeated that club 1-3 June 4: Mindelense defeated Sal Rei 5-2 and made it the highest scoring match of the season June 12 - Regular season ended and Mindelense, Derby and Académica Porto Novo qualified into the semis, also Varandinha qualified for the first time June 18 - Playoffs began June 25: With a total of six goals scored in two matches between Mindelense and Varandinha, Mindelense became the first of two clubs to qualify for the finals June 26: Académica Porto Novo scored the first two goals in the first half of the second leg before Derby did in the second half, Académica Porto Novo qualified into the finals under the away goals rule July 2: The finals began, and was the last finals match featuring two clubs from the same island chain, Académica Porto Novo defeated Mindelense 0-1 July 9 - The second leg of the finals began and was the last finals matches at the championships, Mindelense defeated Académica 0-1, as each had a total of a goal each, it went into extra time and then the penalty shootouts where Mindelense won 4-5 and claimed a record twelfth title and won four consecutive titles, the last club who won four consecutive national titles was Sporting Praia. Final standings Cape Verdean Football Championships 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships Two number one clubs finished first and were FC Derby (of Group A) and CS Mindelense (of Group), Derby had a draw and Mindelense had two, neither had any losses, Derby scored 8 and Mindelense scored 11, along with GD Varandinha for the first time and Académica do Porto Novo. Mindelense and Académica do Porto Novo (on away goals) advanced while Varandinha and Derby lost. In four years, Mindelense again competed with Académica do Porto Novo and a goal in each of the two matches, second consecutive time that both clubs had the same goal totals, again Mindelense won 4-3 in penalty kicks in the last match and claimed their twelfth and recent national title. Group A PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1FC Derby541082+6132GD Varandinha531194+5103Desportivo da Praia521276+174Sporting Clube da Praia520367-165SC Atlético5113510-546CD Sinagoga5023410-62 Group B PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1CS Mindelense (C)5320113+8112Académica do Porto Novo532061+5113Académico do Aeroporto52124$074Académico 83512258-355Sport Sal Rei Club5113811-346Vulcânicos510429-73 Final Stages Semi-Finals Finals FC Derby 0 2 2 Académica do Porto Novo 0 2 2 CS Mindelense 4 2 6 GD Varandinha 1 0 1 1 CS Mindelense 0 1 (4) 1 (4) 1 0 (3) 1 (3) RD2-score0 2 Académica do Porto Novo Island or regional competitions 2 Regional Championships CompetitionWinners Premier SecondBoa VistaSport Sal Rei ClubBravaSportingFogoVulcânicosABC de PatimMaioAcadémico 83Real MarítimoSalAcadémico do AeroportoGaviõesSantiago North ZoneVarandinhaJuventus AssomadaSantiago South ZoneDesportivo da PraiaBenfica Also known as BenfiquinhaSanto Antão North ZoneSinagogaSanto CrucifíxioSanto Antão South ZoneAcadémica do Porto NovoSão NicolauSC AtléticoSão VicenteCS MindelenseRibeira Bote Regional Cups CompetitionWinnersBoa VistaSport Sal Rei ClubBravaSporting BravaFogoNot playedMaioAcadémico 83SalJuventudeSantiago South ZoneGDRC DeltaPlayed in 2017Santo Antão (single)LajedosSanto Antão North ZonePaulenseSanto Antão South ZoneAcadémica do Porto NovoSão NicolauAJAT'SNSão VicenteSalamansa 2 Regional Super Cups The 2015 champion winner played with a 2015 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed). CompetitionWinnersBoa VistaSport Sal Rei ClubBravaUnknownFogoUnknownMaioOnze UnidosSalAcadémico do AeroportoSantiago SouthBoavista FCSanto Antão Cup (single)Académica do Porto NovoSanto Antão NorthPaulenseSanto Antão SouthAcadémica do Porto NovoSão NicolauFC Belo HorizonteSão VicenteCS Mindelense Regional Opening Tournaments CompetitionWinnersBoa VistaAcadémica OperáriaBravano competition, cancelledFogoMaioSalAcadémica do SalSantiago South ZoneDesportivo da PraiaSanto Antão North ZonePaulenseSanto Antão South Zoneno competition, cancelledSão NicolauFC Belo HorizonteSão VicenteKnown as the Association CupAmarante (Premier Division) 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. CPV Kelvi (Kelvi Lévi Lopes) from Académica Praia to Sporting Praia CPV Moisés Lopes from Boavista to Académica Praia CPV M.Teixeira from Travadores to Desportivo Praia CPV Maldini from Travadores to Desportivo Praia CPV Rodi from ROU Poli Timişoara to Sporting Praia CPV Xibaka from CS Mindelense to Boavista Praia NGA Ezeijofor Ezenwa from Travadores to Celtic Praia See also 2015 in Cape Verde 2016 in Cape Verde Timeline of Cape Verdean football Notes References