2013 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship

The 2013 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 28th season of the São Tomé and Principe Championship the top-level football championship of São Tomé and Principe. It began in 13 April[1] and concluded on 16 September. Two national final matches occurred in the season.[2] Sporting Praia Cruz from São Tomé island won their second title.

São Tomé and Principe Championship
Season2013
ChampionsSporting Praia Cruz
Matches played2
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Location of teams in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship 2013 .

Teams

16 teams participated in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 10 from São Tomé Island and 6 from Príncipe Island. At the end of season champion of São Tomé Island League and champion of Principe Island League play one match for champion of São Tomé and Principe.

São Tomé teams 2013
Location of teams in the São Tomé 2011. Juba Diogo Simão is not mapped here.

Ten clubs participated in the 2013 season (second time since its reduction), the competition began in 13 April and finished on 21 September. 90 matches were played and a total of 268 goals were scored. Sporting Praia Cruz won the title and went on to participate in the national championship match for the seventh time in November. UDRA was second place and UDESCAI and Cruz Vermelha were relegated

Teams
Club City District
Aliança Nacional Pantufo Água Grande
Bairros Unidos FC Caixão Grande Mé-Zóchi
Cruz Vermelha Almeirim Água Grande
CD Guadalupe (Newly Promoted) Guadalupe Lobata
Juba Diogo Simão (Newly Promoted) Diogo Simão
Oque d'El Rei Oque d’El Rei Água Grande
Sporting Praia Cruz São Tomé Água Grande
UDESCAI Água Izé Cantagalo
UDRA São João dos Angolares Caué
Vitória FC São Tomé Água Grande

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Praia Cruz 18 14 4 0 56 8 +48 46 Qualification for 2013 São Tomé and Principe Championship
2 UDRA 18 12 5 1 37 14 +23 41
3 Vitória FC (Riboque) 18 9 4 5 24 20 +4 31
4 Bairros Unidos FC 18 8 5 5 30 20 +10 29
5 Desportivo de Oque d'El Rei 18 6 2 10 19 28 −9 20
6 Desportivo de Guadalupe 18 6 2 10 19 33 −14 20
7 Juba Diogo Simão 18 4 5 9 27 37 −10 17
8 Aliança Nacional 18 5 3 10 26 23 +3 18
9 UDESCAI (R) 18 4 3 11 20 40 −20 15 Relegation to São Tomé Championship 2 division
10 Cruz Vermelha (R) 18 2 1 15 12 45 −33 7
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2013. Source: São Tomé results 2013
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Principe teams 2013
Location of teams in the Principe 2013. FC Porto Real is not mapped here.

Six clubs took part, FC Porto Real returned to the competition due to that the club was suspended for a season. The competition started on 17 May and finished on 2 November with four intervals and three for some other club. FC Porto Real won the 2013 title and participated in the national championship match in November.

Club City District
1º de Maio Santo António Pagué
GD Os Operários Santo António Pagué
FC Porto Real Porto Real Pagué
Sporting Clube do Príncipe Santo António Pagué
GD Sundy (Current champions) Sundy [3] Pagué
UDAPB Picão Pagué

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Porto Real 20 12 6 2 34 18 +16 42 Qualification for 2013 São Tomé and Principe Championship
2 Sporting Clube do Príncipe 20 11 5 4 29 21 +8 38
3 GD Sundy 17 8 4 5 23 18 +5 28
4 GS Os Operários 16 5 4 7 21 28 −7 19
5 1o de Maio 16 4 3 9 2 24 −22 15
6 UDAPB 15 0 2 13 9 29 −20 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2013. Source: Príncipe results 2013
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

National final

Two national final matches took place on November 9 and 16 at noon.[4] The match featured FC Porto Real from Príncipe and Sporting Praia Cruz. Every goal were scored in the last few minutes of the match. Sporting Praia Cruz won 0-2 in the first leg, all goals were scored by Jujú at the 30th and the 53rd minute. Sporting Praia Cruz won the second leg, Pinguinho scored at the 17th minute and Naí at the 43rd minute, the last goal was scored at the second half, a penalty kick was scored at the 73rd minute by Jair and the club won all two legs and claimed the sixth national title and achieved entry into the 2014 CAF Champions League. There was some problem by the São Tomean Football Federation (FSF) that the sorting was approved by the CAF before the start of the dispute. USM El Harrach was excluded from the competition[5]

FC Porto Real0:2Sporting Praia Cruz
Jujú  30'  53'
Estádio 13 de Junho
Santo António
Sporting Praia Cruz3:0FC Porto Real
Pingunho  17', Naí  43', Jair  73' (pen)
 Winner 
Sporting Praia Cruz
6th title

References
  1. "São Tomé results 2013". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  2. "STP Championship".
  3. "301 Moved Permanently". places-in-the-world.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. "2013 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship". RSSSF.
  5. "Crise no futebol nacional" [Crisis in National Soccer]. Téla Nón. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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