2011–12 Sporting Clube da Praia season

Sporting Clube da Praia

2011–12 season
Chairman	Rui Évora
Manager	Alex
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South)	Champion
Cape Verdean Football Championships	Champion
Santiago South/Praia Super Cup	Runner-up
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The 2011–12 Sporting Clube da Praia season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. They would be regional champions and qualified into the national championship and won their 9th and recent title for the club.^[1][2]

The club scored a total of 56 goals. Of which 36 was scored in the Santiago South League and 20 in the national championships, 15 in the regular season and 5 in the playoffs. Their total points was 47 for the island and 11 in the national championships.

Santiago Island League (South)

The 2011-12 season started 3rd behind Boavista and Académca, then took Boavista's position, Sporting scored low goal matches in the first two rounds, after defeating Celtic 4-1, they took the number one spot at the third round and held it until Sporting's 1-2 loss to Desportivo on February 18 and that position was taken by Desportivo and Sporting was second until Sporting defeated Ribeira Grande 3-0 in the 13th round on the last day of March. Desportivo's loss to Vitória meant Sporting took the number one spot for the remainder of the season and finished with 47 points and had 15 wins, 2 draws, a loss and scored 36 goals, the region's second highest behind Desportivo's 46. Around that time, Beto Cardoso as coach left the club for two years, Alex took over for a few months.^[1]

Their highest point of 47 would be the second highest for the club behind 49 made in 2005, a season later, it became the third highest behind their 2013 result of 48 points. Since 2017, this total is now the fourth highest for the club as their 55 became the first made in the 2016-17 season.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Santiago South/Praia Super Cup

Sporting Praia qualified as champions and faced the cup winner ADESBA and lost the title for the season after losing in the penalty shootout as the match ended in a draw.

Cape Verdean National League

The club achieved entry into the national championships after winning the regional title of Santiago South, this was also their eighth consecutive.

The club participated in Group A and finished first with 11 points 3 wins and 2 draws and qualified into the playoffs.^[1][2]

Their first match was a victory over Sal's Juventude 6-1 which was the highest scoring match of the national season, another win which was the club's second was made where they defeated Brava's Académica 5-0, the first four match that had 5 goals, second highest in the nation, of which the first two were scored in the second round. Their last win was made as they defeated Académica from Fogo on May 19. A draw with São Vicente's Batuque was made where no goals were scored, the last match had a two goal draw with Estrela dos Amadores of Tarrafal, winner of the north of the island.^[1]

Playoffs

Sporting Praia challenged Académica Porto Novo from Santo Antão South and won all two legs, the first one was 3-0, the second one 1-0. Sporting climbed up to the finals and made a goal draw with São Nicolau's Atlético Ribeira Brava, the second draw was scoreless and won the match under the away goals rule and claimed their 9th and recent title.^[1] At the time, Sporting Praia continued to possessed the most national titles for two years when Mindelense surpassed Sporting Praia's totals in 2014 with 10.

Semi-finals

Finals

Squad

As of 11 April 2011^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Maguette 2 DF Delta 3 DF Nito 4 DF Loloti 5 FW Ballack 6 DF Ademar 7 FW Patrick 8 MF Palo 9 FW Zé De Tchetcha 10 MF Edimar 11 FW Caló 12 GK Bocas 13 DF Tó

No. Position Player 14 FW Rapazinho Puto 15 DF Capiton 16 MF Lê 17 DF Osvaldo 18 FW Mais Alto 19 MF Xelo 20 FW Vargas Fernandes 21 MF Son Sent 22 DF Di li 25 MF Theodore 30 MF Dário 33 DF Piki

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Alex

Other information

As of 2012

Chairman	Rui Évora
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio da Várzea (5,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: September 2012
Source: http://www.scp.cv

Team kit

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Away

Third Colours

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References

External links

• Official website