Fogo Island League
| Region |
 Fogo Island, Cape Verde |
|---|---|
| Founded | around the 1960s |
| Number of teams |
10 (Premier Division) 8 (Second Division) |
| Promotion to | Cape Verdean Football Championship |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Fogo Island Cup Fogo Island Super Cup |
| Current champions |
Spartak d'Aguadinha (1st time) (2014-15) |
| Most championships | Botafogo FC (17 times) |
| Website | Official website |
The Fogo Island League is a regional championship played in Fogo Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in the Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. Its current president is Pedro Fernandes Pires.
About the Island/Regional League
The island league was formed in the 1960s. The first club that would win the most number of titles was Botafogo during the 1970s in one part the final years of colonial rule and after Cape Verdean independence up to the early 1980s. Académica for some times won titles every two years between 1991 and 1997 and 2002 and 2004, Vulcânicos won three consecutive titles from 1998 up to 2000, they were the next club to win titles every two years between 2007 and 2011, Académica was the next club to win three consecutive titles from 2012 up to 2014. The 2014 volcanic eruption in mid-November delayed the season by about a month and matches were rescheduled, later in the season saw a couple of high scoring matches, the highest Spartak would finish with 12 points over Parque Real on April 12. In 23 years, a new first-timer in titles Spartak was the island champion for 2015 and is the recent victor of Fogo.
In the late-2000s, it would become the next island league to also have a second division.
Botafogo has the most number of island titles with 17, the second is Académica (Fogo) with 12 and third is Vulcânicos with 9, the club with the fewest are two clubs with a single title, Juventude and recently Spartak d'Aguadinha.
One of the largest scoring matches in league history is Spartak d'Aguadinha. Spartak has one of the most number of goals scored in a single season with 73 in the 2014-15 season.
Fogo Island League – Clubs 2015–16
1st. Division
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2nd Division
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Non-participants
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Winners
- Source:[1]
- 1968-75: unknown, some or most of it were won by Botafogo
- 1975-76: Botafogo
- 1977-79: unknown, one of the titles was/were won by Botafogo
- 1979-80: Botafogo
- 1980-81: Botafogo
- 1982-84: unknown
- 1984–85: Académica/Morabeza (of Brava)?
- 1985–86: Académica
- 1986–87: Académica
- 1987–88: Académica
- 1988–89: Botafogo
- 1989–90: Cutelinho/Botafogo?
- 1990–91: Académica
- 1991–92: Vulcânicos
- 1992–93: Académica
- 1993–94: Vulcânicos
- 1994–95: Académica
- 1995–96: Botafogo
- 1996–97: Académica
- 1997–98: Vulcânicos
- 1998–99: Vulcânicos
- 1999–2000: Vulcânicos
- 2000–01: Botafogo
- 2001–02: Académica
- 2002–03: Cutelinho
- 2003–04: Vulcânicos
- 2004–05: Académica
- 2005–06: Botafogo
- 2006–07: Vulcânicos
- 2007–08: Académica
- 2008–09: Vulcânicos
- 2009–10: Botafogo
- 2010–11: Vulcânicos
- 2011–12: Académica
- 2012–13: Académica
- 2013–14: Académica
- 2014-15: Spartak d'Aguadinha
Performance by club
| Club | Winners | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Botafogo | 17 total, 8 listed, 1 unknown | 1976, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1990?, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010 |
| Associação Académica do Fogo | 15 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Vulcânicos | 9 | 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 |
| Cutelinho | 1/2? | 1990?, 2003 |
| Juventude | 1 | |
| Spartak d'Aguadinha | 1 | 2015 |
References
- ↑ Batalha, José (3 April 2014). "Cape Verde Islands – List of Regional Tournament Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
External link
- Fogo Island League (Portuguese)
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