Sal Island Opening Tournament

The Sal Island Opening Tournament (Portuguese: Torneio de Abertura da Ilha do Sal, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Turneiu de Abertura Idja du Sal) is an opening tournament competition played during the season in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Sal Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Sal, ARFS).[1] The competition is similar to a league cup used in other countries. The first competition began in the 2000s.

Sal Island Opening Tournament
Foundedaround 2001 or 2002
Region Sal Island, Cape Verde
Number of teams12 (6 in each two divisions)
Current championsSC Santa Maria (2nd time)
Most successful club(s)Académico do Aeroporto (9 titles)

As the league later had two divisions, unlike other islands, the 2015 season had all of the clubs from the first and second divisions competed and extended to 11 rounds with several new clubs who started competing in official competitions. The group system was restored for the 2016-17 season and had two groups and each round, the leader of each group headed to the final and has two divisions.. The current winner is SC Santa Maria who became the fourth club to win their only title.

Winners
Season Winner Score Runner-up
2001/02 Académica do Sal
2002-04 Unknown
2004/05 Académico do Aeroporto
2005/06 Académico do Aeroporto
2006/07 Palmeira
2007/08 Académica do Sal
2008/09 Académico do Aeroporto
2009/10 Académico do Aeroporto
2010/11 Académico do Aeroporto
2011/12 Académica do Sal
2012/13 Académico do Aeroporto
2013/14 Académico do Aeroporto
2014/15 Académico do Aeroporto
2015-16 Académico do Aeroporto
2016/17 Santa Maria
2017 Santa Maria 1–0 Académico do Aeroporto

Performance By Club

Listed titles only

Club Winners Winning Years
Académico do Aeroporto 9 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Académica do Sal 2 listed 2002, 2008
SC Santa Maria 2 2016/17, 2017
GD Palmeira 1 listed 2007

Performance by area

Listed titles only

Settlement or city Area Winning years
Espargos 11 listed 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Santa Maria 3 listed 2007, 2016/17, 2017

See also

References
  1. Sal Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website
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