2015–16 in Cape Verdean football

The 2015–16 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.

Football in Cape Verde
Season2015–16
Men's football
2016 Cape Verdean Football ChampionshipsCS Mindelense
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Diary of the season
  • João Lopes Rodrígues became chairman of Solpontense[1]
  • September 4 - Daniel de Jesus became president of CS Mindelense succeeding Adilson Nascimento[2]
  • September 12 - Orlando Delgago became president of Rosariense Clube, a club in the Santo Antão North Zone's Second Division[3]
  • September 16 - Desportivo de Assomada celebrated its 25th anniversary of the foundation of the club
  • September 23:
  • October:
  • October 2 - Lúcio Antunes was transferred from Progresso Associação do Sambizanga, an Angolan football club to Académico do Aeroporto as coach, he succeeded Carlos Moniz[4]
  • October 24:
  • October 29 - Djo Bracó succeeded Osvaldinho Rocha as president of Onze Estrelas[7]
  • November 6 - Osvaldinho Silva Lopes succeeded Elísio Silva as coach or president[8]
  • 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) begins[9]
  • 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 concerns[10] 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 finished[11]
  • 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 season[12]
  • 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 begins[13]
    • 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 years[14]
  • Mid-January - The first ever single island Santo Antão Cup took place
  • January 16
    • 2015-16 Boa Vista Island League begins[15]
    • 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 eight[16]
    • 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 time[17]
    • 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 match[18]
  • April 21 - Académico do Aeroporto won their fourteenth title for Sal and their second consecutive title and again qualified into the national championships[19]
  • 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[20]
  • Paulense won their cup title for Santo Antão North
  • May 1:
  • 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 listed[22] 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 time[23] 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 rivalry[24]
  • 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
Main article: 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1FC Derby541082+613
2GD Varandinha531194+510
3Desportivo da Praia521276+17
4Sporting Clube da Praia520367-16
5SC Atlético5113510-54
6CD Sinagoga5023410-62

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1CS Mindelense (C)5320113+811
2Académica do Porto Novo532061+511
3Académico do Aeroporto52124$07
4Académico 83512258-35
5Sport Sal Rei Club5113811-34
6Vulcânicos510429-73

Final Stages
Semi-Finals Finals
FC Derby 0 2 2
Académica do Porto Novo 0 2 2 1 CS Mindelense 0 1 (4) 1 (4)
CS Mindelense 4 2 6 2 Académica do Porto Novo 1 0 (3) 1 (3)
GD Varandinha 1 0 1

Island or regional competitions

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.

  • Kelvi (Kelvi Lévi Lopes) from Académica Praia to Sporting Praia
  • Moisés Lopes from Boavista to Académica Praia
  • M.Teixeira from Travadores to Desportivo Praia
  • Maldini from Travadores to Desportivo Praia
  • Rodi from Poli Timişoara to Sporting Praia
  • Xibaka from CS Mindelense to Boavista Praia
  • Ezeijofor Ezenwa from Travadores to Celtic Praia

See also

Notes
  1. Also known as Benfiquinha
  2. Played in 2017
  3. Known as the Association Cup

References
  1. "Solpontense futebol clube tem novo patrocinador" [Solpontense Futebol Clube with a New Sponsor] (in Portuguese). Webnode. 2015.
  2. "Daniel de Jesus toma posse como novo presidente do Mindelense". A Semana. 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. "Orlando Delgado é o novo presidente do Rosariense" ("Orlando Delgado, the New President of Rosariense")". SAPO Desporto CV. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. "Regional Pre-Season, Académico Started Working With the Command of Lúcio Antunes". Criolosport. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  5. "Amarildo Baessa Elected President of Cutelinho" (in Portuguese). Criolosport. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. "Pré época Fogo: "Botafogo é Botafogo" Mário Pinto". Criolosport. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. "Pré época Boavista: Djo Bracó é o novo treinador do Onze Estrelas" [Djo Bracó, the New Manager for Onze Estrelas]. Criolosport. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  8. "Porto Novo: Académica tem novos dirigentes". A Semana. 6 November 2015. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  9. "Futebol: Regional de Santiago Sul arranca a 13 de Novembro" [Southern Santiago Regional Season Begins on 13 November]. Expresso das Ilhas. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  10. "Santo Antão Sul - Fiorentina estreia-se no campeonato regional" [Fiorentina Returned to the Regional Championships]. Criolosprt (in Portuguese). 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. "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 (in Portuguese). 28 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  12. "Joel de Castro apresentado como novo treinador do Boavista da Praia" ("Joel de Castro, the New Manager for Boavista Praia")". SAPO Desporto. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  13. "Futebol Brava: Campeonato regional arranca no sábado". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 8 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  14. "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 (in Portuguese). 8 January 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  15. "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 (in Portuguese). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  16. "Regional Championship Begins Saturday". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 5 February 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  17. "Futebol Santo Antão-Norte: Sinagoga sagra-se campeão regional" [Sinagoga Won Their Regional Championship]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  18. "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 (in Portuguese). 22 April 2016.
  19. "Futebol Sal: Académico revalida título de campeão" [Académico Achieved the Championship Title]. Criolosport (in Portuguese). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  20. "Académica do Porto Novo campeã de Santo Antão Sul" [Académica Porto Novo, Champion of Santo Antão South]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017.
  21. "Futebol São Vicente: Salamansa conquista Taça de São Vicente" [Salamansa Won the São Vicente Cup]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). May 1, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  22. "Definidos novos campeões regionais de futebol" [New Regional Champions Cjhosen]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  23. "Pré época Santiago Norte: Varandinha trabalha para o título" [Pre-Season Santiago North: Varandinha Working for a Title]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). 21 October 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  24. "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 (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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