2015–16 Maio Island League

The 2015–16 Maio Island League season was the 25th of the competition of the second-tier football in the island of Maio, Cape Verde.^[1] Its started on 23 January and finished on 8 May 2016. The tournament was organized by the Maio Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Maio de Futebol, ARMF).^[2] Académico 83 won their 7th and title and finished with 29 points and participated in the 2016 national championships in May. Académico 83 both also qualified for the regional Super Cup and the first ever Champion's Cup played later in the year.

Académico 83 was the defending team of the title. Again, a total of 7 clubs participated in the competition and still each club had a bye week per round. Barreirense and Beira-Mar returned to the competition in the season.^[3] It was the first season that the Second Division was added and four new clubs came to that division including Cruzeiro, Figueirense, Miramar and Real Marítimo. A new club Santa Clara from Alcatraz-Pilão Cao would compete in the regionals for the first time in the Second Division, Beira-Mar chose to be the first club to be relegated in the regionals, originally a five match-division, Beira-Mar's withdrawal reduced it to four in the following season. Real Marítmo won the 2016 Second Division and became the eight club to compete in the Premier Division, also the club qualified for the first time into the regional Champions' Cup.

Overview

The biggest win was Académico 83 who defeated Barreirense 1-7 on May 7 in the 14th and final round of the season. The biggest home win was Académica Calheta do Maio who defeated Santana 6-0 on January 31 in the third round. Barreirense conceded 36 goals.

Morreirense took the number one spot in the first round. The Académicas took it for the rest of the season, Académica Calheta do Maio took it first up to round 12 with brief interruptions, Académico 83 first took it in the fourth round, rounds 6 & 7 and the final two rounds of the season.

Académico 83 scored the most number of goals of the season numbering 34, Beira-Mar scored the least numbering 7, in the following season, Beira-Mar withdrew due to financial reasons.

Santana had a 13 match losing streak and 18 matches without a win, their last win was on January 11, 2014 and their last draw was on February 23, 2014. Santana's next draw was on February 13 with Académico 83 numbering two goals and their next win was on February 21 who defeated Onze Unidos 2-1. Also Santana's last home win was on April 1, 2012 where they defeated Beira-Mar 3-1, it ended their 12 match losing streak at home on February 21, 2016, Santana's next win away was on April 23 after defeating Barreirense 2-1.

There were no competition on the third week of March due to the parliamentary elections on March 20 and the first week of May due to the regional cup competitions.

Participating clubs

League standings

Premier Division

Updated to games played on 8 May 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2015/16: Maio
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals (only if two teams are tied); 6) goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second Division

• 1st: Real Marítimo

Results

Position changes

Statistics

Notes

References

External links

• "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese). 
• Maio Island League at the Cape Verdean Football Federation (Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol) (in Portuguese)
• 2015-16 Maio League season at RSSSF