2011–12 Santiago Island League (South)

The 2011–12 Santiago Island League (South) season began on 3 December and finished on 29 April. Sporting won the regional competition and qualified into the 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships. The championship was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS).[1]

2011–12 Santiago Island League (South)
Estádio da Várzea in 2010, where all of its Premier Division matches were played for the 2011-12 season
Season2011–12
ChampionsSporting Clube da Praia
PromotedADESBA
RelegatedVitória FC Praia
Matches played90
Goals scored245 (2.72 per match)
← 2010–11
2012–13 →

Boavista Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 20 clubs participated in the competition, each in two divisions.

Overview

One of the greatest matches of the season was part of the Capital Derby featuring Sporting and Boavista which was on February 11.[2]

A total of 245 goals were scored. Desportivo Praia scored the most numbering 46, second was Sporting Praia with 36 and third was Académica Praia with 26. 7th placed Celtic scored the least with 12, the second least was 8th placed Tchadense and the third least was last placed Vitória with 17. On the opposites, last placed Varanda conceded the most with 34, 8th placed Tchadense concede the second most with 31 and third most was 7th placed Celtic with 29. Sporting conceded the least with 13, second was Desportivo with 15.

The first round was taken by Boa Vista, Académica took it in the second round, Sporting took it in the third round, then Desportivo in the eighth round and again Sporting in the thirteenth round and for the remainder of the season.

Competing Teams

All matches were played at the Estádio da Várzea.

Table

Premier Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Clube da Praia 18 15 2 1 36 13 +23 47 Qualification for 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 Desportivo 18 13 2 3 46 15 +31 41
3 Boavista 18 8 6 4 25 17 +8 30
4 Académica 18 8 3 7 26 24 +2 27
5 CD Travadores 18 7 3 8 21 21 0 24
6 Ribeira Grande 18 6 4 8 25 28 −3 22
7 Celtic 18 4 4 10 12 29 −17 16
8 Tchadense 18 4 3 11 15 31 −16 15
9 Varanda 18 4 3 11 22 34 −12 15 Divisional decisional match
10 Vitória 18 4 2 12 17 26 −9 14 Relegation to Segundona
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2012. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second Division

Results
Week 1
Boavista2 – 0Desportivo
Di di Mena , Nuna
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Sporting Praia1 – 0Vitória
Tó
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Académica Praia2 – 0Varanda
Tututa
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Ribeira Grande0 – 1Travadores
Nando
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Tchadense0 – 0Celtic
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Week 2
Travadores1 – 2Sporting
Nando Vargas , Carlitos
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Celtic2 – 1Ribeira Grande
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Desportivo4 – 1Tchadense
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Varanda1 – 0Boavista
Júnior
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Vitória1 – 2Académica
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Week 3
Académica1 – 0Travadores
Tey
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Desportivo7 – 0Varanda
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Boavista2 – 0Vitória
Madjer , Tigana
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Sporting4 – 1Celtic
Dário , Zé di Tchetcha , Di Kely
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Tchadense1 – 2Ribeira Grande
Estádio da Varzea, Praia
Week 4
13, 14 and 15 January 2012
  • Travadores 1-3 Boavista
  • Varanda 0-1 Tchadense
  • Vitória 0-2 Desportivo
  • Ribeira Grande 2-3 Sporting
  • Celtic 1-0 Académica

Week 5

20, 21 and 22 January 2012
  • Académica 1-1 Ribeira Grande
  • Desportivo 1-1 Travadores
  • Vitória 4-1 Varanda
  • Tchadense 1-4 Sporting Praia
  • Boavista 1-1 Celtic

Week 6

3, 4 and 5 February 2012
  • Celtic 1-3 Desportivo
  • Vitória 1-0 Tchadense
  • Travadores 2-0 Varanda
  • Ribeira Grande 2-3 Boa Vista
  • Sporting 1-0 Académica

Week 7

10, 11 and 12 February 2012
  • Tchadense 1-2 Academica
  • Varanda 4-1 Celtic
  • Boavista 0-0 Sporting
  • Desportivo 7-3 Ribeira Grande
  • Vitória 1-2 Travadores

Week 8

17, 18 and 19 February 2012
  • Celtic 0-2 Vitória
  • Sporting 1-2 Desportivo
  • Travadores 1-0 Tchadense
  • Ribeira Grande 2-2 Varanda
  • Académica 2-0 Boavista

Week 9

2, 3 and 4 March 2012
  • Tchadense 0-3 Boavista
  • Varanda 1-4 Sporting
  • Vitória 0-1 Ribeira Grande
  • Travadores 0-0 Celtic
  • Desportivo 3-0 Académica

Week 10

9, 10, 11 March 2012
  • Vitória 1-3 Sporting Praia
  • Travadores 1-2 Ribeira Grande
  • Desportivo 1-0 Boavista
  • Varanda 1-1 Académica Praia
  • Celtic 0-1 Tchadense

Week 11

'16, 17, 18 March 2012
  • Académica 3-1 Vitória
  • Ribeira Grande 0-0 Celtic
  • Sporting 1-0 Travadores
  • Tchadense 0-3 Desportivo
  • Boavista 2-1 Varanda

Week 12

23, 24, 25 March 2012
  • Ribeira Grande 3-0 Tchadense
  • Vitória 0-1 Boavista
  • Varanda 1-2 Desportivo
  • Travadores 4-3 Académica
  • Celtic 0-1 Sporting

Week 13

30, 31 March and 1 April 2012
  • Tchadense 2-1 Varanda
  • Sporting 3-0 Ribeira Grande
  • Académica 3-1 Celtic
  • Desporitvo 0-3 Vitória
  • Boavista 2-3 Travadores

Week 14

5, 6 and 7 April 2012
  • Ribeira Grande 2-1 Académica
  • Sporting Praia 2-1 Tchadense
  • Celtic 0-1 Boavista
  • Travadores 1-1 Desportivo
  • Vitória 1-1 Varanda

Week 15

13, 14 and 15 April 2012
  • Varanda 0-2 Travadores
  • Tchadense 1-1 Vitória
  • Desportivo 5-1 Celtic
  • Boavista 1-1 Ribeira Grande
  • Académica 1-2 Sporting

Week 16

17, 18 and 19 April 2012
  • Travadores 1-0 Vitória
  • Académica 2-1 Tchadense
  • Ribeira Grande 0-2 Desportivo
  • Celtic 0-3 Varanda
  • Sporting 1-1 Boavista

Week 17

20, 21 and 22 April 2012
  • Tchadense 2-0 Travadores
  • Vitória 0-1 Celtic
  • Boavista 1-1 Académica
  • Varanda 1-2 Ribeira Grande
  • Desportivo 0-1 Sporting

Week 18

27, 28 and 29 April 2012
  • Académica 1-3 Desportivo
  • Celtic 2-0 Travadores
  • Sporting 2-1 Varanda
  • Ribeira Grande 1-4 Vitória
  • Boavista 2-2 Tchadense

Division Decisional match

The division decisional match was played not long before the next season started in late December. The first leg was played on December 12 and the second on the 16. The first leg was scoreless and Varanda won the second leg and Varanda remained in the Premier Division for the following season.

  • First leg: Varanda 0-0 Fiorentina
  • Second leg: Fiorentina 1-3 Varanda

Position changes
Club / Week123456789101112131415161718
Académica da Praia212232233333344444
FC Boavista144444444444433333
Celtic555455767777777777
Desportivo da Praia1033333311111222222
Ribeira Grande886765575555555666
Sporting Clube da Praia321111122222111111
Tchadense69967910109101010888888
CD Travadores447888656666666555
Varanda988910108888881099999
Vitória7101010979910109991010101010
Source:
 Santiago South Zone Premier Division
2011–12 Champions 
Sporting Clube da Praia
6 title

Statistics
  • Biggest win: Desportivo 7-0 Varanda (16 December 2011)

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Futebol Santiago Sul: Sporting E Boavista Empatam O Classico". Criolosports.com. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
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